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arxiv: 2604.16210 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-17 · 🪐 quant-ph · hep-lat

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Preparation and detection of quasiparticles for quantum simulations of scattering

Mattia Morgavi , Peter Majcen , Marco Rigobello , Simone Montangero , Pietro Silvi

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The pith

Dressed creation operators built from intermediate Wannier functions enable selective quasiparticle wave-packet preparation and detection in lattice models.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces a technique to prepare and detect specific quasiparticle excitations in (quasi-)one-dimensional quantum lattice theories by constructing local dressed operators from maximally localized Wannier functions. These functions are taken from quasiparticle bands computed at intermediate system sizes, allowing the operators to remain unitary and localized when applied to the full interacting system. The approach supports species-resolved handling of wave packets, which in turn separates contributions from known quasiparticles from unknown resonances during scattering. This matters for quantum simulations because it provides a practical way to initialize and measure targeted excitations on top of interacting vacua without relying on free-particle approximations.

Core claim

Maximally localized Wannier functions constructed from quasiparticle bands at intermediate system sizes yield unitary local dressed creation operators that generate localized excitations on interacting vacua; these operators support species-resolved wave-packet preparation and detection, enabling the isolation of known quasiparticle signals from unknown resonances in scattering processes, as demonstrated via matrix product state simulations of pure hardcore Hamiltonian QCD on a ladder lattice.

What carries the argument

Maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) from quasiparticle bands at intermediate sizes, used to build unitary local dressed creation operators for selective wave-packet operations.

If this is right

  • Species-resolved preparation and detection of quasiparticle wave packets becomes possible on interacting vacua.
  • Known quasiparticle contributions can be separated from unknown resonances in scattering outputs.
  • Scattering processes and mass resonances can be detected in models such as hardcore Hamiltonian QCD on ladder lattices using matrix product states.
  • The method applies to selective excitation in (quasi-)one-dimensional quantum lattice theories for simulation purposes.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same intermediate-size Wannier construction might reduce computational cost when extending the approach to larger or higher-dimensional lattices.
  • If the operators remain local, they could be combined with other tensor-network or quantum-circuit methods to simulate more complex scattering channels.
  • Detection of resonances could help identify new quasiparticle species in models where analytic band structures are unavailable.
  • The technique may generalize to other strongly interacting lattice systems beyond the hardcore QCD test case.

Load-bearing premise

Maximally localized Wannier functions from quasiparticle bands at intermediate system sizes produce unitary local dressed creation operators that remain accurate and local when applied to the full interacting system and larger lattices.

What would settle it

The prepared wave packets lose localization or unitarity when the operators are applied to larger lattices or the complete interacting Hamiltonian, or the scattering outputs fail to separate known quasiparticle contributions from detected mass resonances in the tested ladder model.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.16210 by Marco Rigobello, Mattia Morgavi, Peter Majcen, Pietro Silvi, Simone Montangero.

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Figure 2. Figure 2: Schematic summary of the model-independent algorithm for generating the scattering input states. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: (a) OBC ladder with L plaquettes and L + 1 rungs (L in PBC); lattice spacing a = 1. (b) Notation: ↑, ↓, r for rails and rungs. (c) Link DoFs n ↑ j , n ↓ j , n r j , n r j−1 at plaquette j. (d) The nine ⊤-junction configurations compatible with Gauss’ law (Z3 or SU(3)1). (e) Examples of states in the n basis for the three polarization sectors n x = 0, 1, 2. (f) In the n x = 0 sector, both truncations map to… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: A schematic representation of the low-energy glueball [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: First levels of the excitation spectrum, for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Infidelity 1 − F of the variational unitary creation operator ansatz (see Sec. I C) as a function of the coupling λ, for both Z3 and SU(3)1 across different glueball bands. ℓW = 5 has been chosen for all the subsequent wave-packet preparation protocols. by second-order perturbation theory (dashed black lines). However, as λ is decreased (g 2 → 0), the perturbative expansion clearly breaks down, while the c… view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Energy density excess εj (Eq. (8)) for a time￾evolved MLWF e −iHt ˆ ϕˆ† j |ΩL⟩ on a lattice of L = 51 sites for different bands and groups. Energy is shown in units of 0 ++ 1 band centroid ⟨ω⟩ (Eq. (49)). The solid blue lines indicate the trajectories with maximum speed vmax computed from interpolation of the single-particle spectrum at an intermediate system size (l = 11, see [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/ful… view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Heatmap of |∆˜ (ω, k)| in momentum space (see Eq. (53)) for the lightest glueball bands 0 ++ 1 , 0 −− 1 across different couplings λ = 0.1, 0.5, 0.9 in both the Z3 and SU(3)1 models. The densities ∆˜ are computed on a lattice of L = 51 sites using TDVP-evolved MLWFs ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: 0 ++–0 ++ glueball scattering on a ladder of L = 101 plaquettes. On the left column, results for the Abelian Z3 model are shown, while on the right column for the non￾Abelian SU(3)1 model. In both cases, we compare λ = 1/2 (intermediate regime, g = 1) and the small-g regime (λ = 0.1). Local energy excess εj (Eq. (8)) and entanglement entropy Sj of the spatial bipartition at site j are shown. Energy is exp… view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Scattering simulations in the weak coupling regime: [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: The ⊤-junction basis for a single vertex, generated by assigning all allowed truncated link states and subsequently projecting onto the gauge-invariant singlet state. In this notation, r, g, b represent the basis states of the fundamental representation 3 of SU(3), while the states c, y, m are the basis states of the anti-fundamental representation 3¯. The state w is the unique state of the singlet repres… view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: Non-vanishing expectation values of the corner operators for the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p021_13.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

We introduce a method for the selective preparation and detection of quasiparticle wave packets, based on creation operators that generate dressed, localized excitations on top of interacting vacua of (quasi-)one-dimensional quantum lattice theories. This method exploits maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) constructed from quasiparticle bands at intermediate system sizes, enabling the construction of unitary local dressed creation operators. The algorithm allows for species-resolved wave-packet preparation and detection, enabling the separation of known quasiparticle contributions from unknown resonances. We test this approach with matrix product states (MPS) on pure hardcore Hamiltonian QCD on a ladder lattice, detecting scattering outputs and mass resonances.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper introduces a method for selective preparation and detection of quasiparticle wave packets in (quasi-)one-dimensional quantum lattice theories. It constructs unitary local dressed creation operators from maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) of quasiparticle bands computed at intermediate system sizes, then applies them to interacting vacua. This enables species-resolved operations that separate known quasiparticle contributions from unknown resonances. The approach is tested numerically with matrix product states (MPS) on a pure hardcore Hamiltonian QCD model on a ladder lattice, showing detection of scattering outputs and mass resonances.

Significance. If the central construction holds, the method would provide a practical, species-resolved tool for analyzing scattering in lattice gauge theories and other strongly interacting 1D systems simulated on quantum hardware or classical tensor networks. The explicit MPS demonstration on the hardcore QCD ladder is a concrete strength, as it applies the operators to a non-trivial interacting model and reports observable outputs. However, the overall significance remains provisional without quantitative validation of operator robustness under extrapolation.

major comments (2)
  1. [Method section (construction of dressed operators)] The construction of dressed creation operators from MLWFs at intermediate system sizes (described in the method section) assumes these operators remain unitary, local, and accurate when applied to the full interacting vacuum and larger lattices, but no explicit bounds, scaling analysis, or fidelity metrics versus system size or interaction strength are provided to support this extrapolation.
  2. [Numerical tests section] In the numerical tests with MPS on the hardcore ladder QCD model, the results demonstrate detection of scattering outputs and resonances, yet the section reports no quantitative error analysis, overlap fidelities, operator-norm deviations, or localization-length scaling with lattice size, leaving the key claim of reliable species separation unverified beyond the specific tested parameters.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract refers to 'pure hardcore Hamiltonian QCD on a ladder lattice' without a brief reference or citation to the specific model Hamiltonian, which would aid readers from outside lattice gauge theory.
  2. [Introduction/Method] Notation for the dressed operators and MLWFs could be introduced with a short table or explicit definition early in the text to improve readability for the general quantum simulation audience.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of the manuscript and for highlighting both the potential significance of the dressed-operator approach and the concrete value of the MPS demonstration on the hardcore QCD ladder. We address each major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Method section (construction of dressed operators)] The construction of dressed creation operators from MLWFs at intermediate system sizes (described in the method section) assumes these operators remain unitary, local, and accurate when applied to the full interacting vacuum and larger lattices, but no explicit bounds, scaling analysis, or fidelity metrics versus system size or interaction strength are provided to support this extrapolation.

    Authors: We agree that explicit quantitative support for the extrapolation would strengthen the presentation. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated subsection that reports fidelity metrics, deviations from unitarity, and localization-length scaling of the dressed operators versus system size and interaction strength, computed from the existing MPS data on the ladder model. These results will provide concrete bounds for the regimes tested and thereby support the applicability of the construction beyond the intermediate sizes used to build the MLWFs. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Numerical tests section] In the numerical tests with MPS on the hardcore ladder QCD model, the results demonstrate detection of scattering outputs and resonances, yet the section reports no quantitative error analysis, overlap fidelities, operator-norm deviations, or localization-length scaling with lattice size, leaving the key claim of reliable species separation unverified beyond the specific tested parameters.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the current numerical section would benefit from additional quantitative metrics. We will revise the section to include overlap fidelities between the states prepared by the dressed operators and the target quasiparticle eigenstates, operator-norm deviations from the ideal creation operators, and explicit localization-length scaling with lattice size. These additions will directly verify the reliability of species separation for the parameters already simulated and will quantify the robustness of the method within the tested regime. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; construction is self-contained

full rationale

The paper presents a method for quasiparticle wave-packet preparation using MLWFs from intermediate-size bands to build dressed creation operators, then applies them in MPS simulations on a specific hardcore ladder model. This follows standard Wannier and tensor-network techniques without any step that reduces the central claim to a fitted parameter renamed as prediction, a self-definitional loop, or a load-bearing self-citation whose content is unverified. The numerical test supplies independent evidence for the tested regime rather than defining the operators by construction. No ansatz is smuggled via citation, and no uniqueness theorem is invoked to force the choice. The derivation chain remains externally grounded in established MLWF and MPS methods.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard assumptions of lattice quantum field theory and tensor-network methods plus the domain-specific assumption that intermediate-size quasiparticle bands yield usable Wannier functions for the full system.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Quasiparticle bands exist and can be computed at intermediate system sizes in the models considered.
    Invoked to construct MLWFs for the dressed operators.
  • domain assumption Matrix product states can accurately represent the relevant states and dynamics in the ladder QCD model.
    Used for the numerical test of scattering outputs.
invented entities (1)
  • Dressed creation operators from MLWFs no independent evidence
    purpose: To generate localized quasiparticle wave packets on interacting vacua
    New construction introduced in the paper; no independent evidence provided in abstract.

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