Speed limits and locality in many-body quantum dynamicsWe review the mathematical speed limits on quantum information processing in
many-body systems. After the proof of the Lieb-Robinson Theorem in 1972, the
past two decades have seen substantial developments in its application to other
questions, such as the simulatability of quantum systems on classical or
quantum computers, the generation of entanglement, and even the properties of
ground states of gapped systems. Moreover, Lieb-Robinson bounds have been
extended in non-trivial ways, to demonstrate speed limits in systems with
power-law interactions or interacting bosons, and even to prove notions of
locality that arise in cartoon models for quantum gravity with all-to-all
interactions. We overview the progress which has occurred, highlight the most
promising results and techniques, and discuss some central outstanding
questions which remain open. To help bring newcomers to the field up to speed,
we provide self-contained proofs of the field's most essential results.
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