Is it possible to add index to a temp table? And what’s the difference between create #t and declare @t

#tablename is a physical table, stored in tempdb that the server will drop automatically when the connection that created it is closed, @tablename is a table stored in memory & lives for the lifetime of the batch/procedure that created it, just like a local variable.

You can only add a (non PK) index to a #temp table.

create table #blah (fld int)
create nonclustered index idx on #blah (fld)