Description
Strongly coupled gauge theories are notoriously difficult to study. Classical simulations of these systems, are often expensive, and many quantities are inaccessible entirely. Here, quantum simulations offer an exciting opportunity and open the door to studying dynamics throughout time. Real-time evolution of simple gauge theories reveals rich physics, such as quantum many-body scars: the system fails to thermalize after a long time starting from a small subset of initial states. In my talk, I will introduce gauge theories in the Hamiltonian formalism and present recent results on quantum scars. These results can guide near-term quantum simulation experiments and open many fundamental questions about the thermalization of gauge theories.