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Quantum simulation of the Weyl equation with a trapped ion
The Weyl equation describes chiral massless relativistic particles, called
Weyl fermions, which have important relations to neutrinos. A direct
observation of the dynamics of Weyl fermions in an experiment is difficult to
achieve. This study investigates a method of simulating the Weyl equation in
1+2-dimension by a single trapped ion. The predictions about a two-dimensional
Zitterbewegung and an especially interesting phenomenon of Weyl fermions can be
tested by the future trapped ion experiment, which might enhance our
understanding of neutrinos.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure