Quantum simulation of fundamental particles and forces

CW Bauer, Z Davoudi, N Klco, MJ Savage - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Key static and dynamic properties of matter—from creation in the Big Bang to evolution into
subatomic and astrophysical environments—arise from the underlying fundamental …

Standard model physics and the digital quantum revolution: thoughts about the interface

N Klco, A Roggero, MJ Savage - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Advances in isolating, controlling and entangling quantum systems are transforming what
was once a curious feature of quantum mechanics into a vehicle for disruptive scientific and …

Scalable circuits for preparing ground states on digital quantum computers: The Schwinger model vacuum on 100 qubits

RC Farrell, M Illa, AN Ciavarella, MJ Savage - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
The vacuum of the lattice Schwinger model is prepared on up to 100 qubits of IBM's Eagle-
processor quantum computers. A new algorithm to prepare the ground state of a gapped …

Preparations for quantum simulations of quantum chromodynamics in dimensions. I. Axial gauge

RC Farrell, IA Chernyshev, SJM Powell, NA Zemlevskiy… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Tools necessary for quantum simulations of 1+ 1 dimensional quantum chromodynamics are
developed. When formulated in axial gauge and with two flavors of quarks, this system …

Preparations for quantum simulations of quantum chromodynamics in dimensions. II. Single-baryon -decay in real time

RC Farrell, IA Chernyshev, SJM Powell, NA Zemlevskiy… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
A framework for quantum simulations of real-time weak decays of hadrons and nuclei in a
two-flavor lattice theory in one spatial dimension is presented. A single generation of the …

Search for efficient formulations for Hamiltonian simulation of non-Abelian lattice gauge theories

Z Davoudi, I Raychowdhury, A Shaw - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Hamiltonian formulation of lattice gauge theories (LGTs) is the most natural framework for
the purpose of quantum simulation, an area of research that is growing with advances in …

Quantum simulations of hadron dynamics in the Schwinger model using 112 qubits

RC Farrell, M Illa, AN Ciavarella, MJ Savage - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Hadron wave packets are prepared and time evolved in the Schwinger model using 112
qubits of IBM's 133-qubit Heron quantum computer ibm_torino. The initialization of the …

Toward simulating quantum field theories with controlled phonon-ion dynamics: A hybrid analog-digital approach

Z Davoudi, NM Linke, G Pagano - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
Quantum field theories are the cornerstones of modern physics, providing relativistic and
quantum mechanical descriptions of physical systems at the most fundamental level …

Basic elements for simulations of standard-model physics with quantum annealers: Multigrid and clock states

M Illa, MJ Savage - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We explore the potential of D-Wave's quantum annealers for computing some of the basic
components required for quantum simulations of standard model physics. By implementing …

Nuclear matrix elements from lattice QCD for electroweak and beyond-Standard-Model processes

Z Davoudi, W Detmold, P Shanahan, K Orginos… - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, numerical solutions of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) using the
technique of lattice QCD have developed to a point where they are beginning to connect …