[HTML][HTML] The variational quantum eigensolver: a review of methods and best practices

J Tilly, H Chen, S Cao, D Picozzi, K Setia, Y Li, E Grant… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The variational quantum eigensolver (or VQE), first developed by Peruzzo et al.(2014), has
received significant attention from the research community in recent years. It uses the …

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 …

Quantum computing for high-energy physics: State of the art and challenges

A Di Meglio, K Jansen, I Tavernelli, C Alexandrou… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
Quantum computers offer an intriguing path for a paradigmatic change of computing in the
natural sciences and beyond, with the potential for achieving a so-called quantum …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 50 Years of quantum chromodynamics: Introduction and Review

F Gross, E Klempt, SJ Brodsky, AJ Buras… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

Quantum Simulation of SU(3) Lattice Yang-Mills Theory at Leading Order in Large- Expansion

AN Ciavarella, CW Bauer - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Quantum simulations of the dynamics of QCD have been limited by the complexities of
map** the continuous gauge fields onto quantum computers. By parametrizing the gauge …

Quantum algorithms for quantum dynamics

A Miessen, PJ Ollitrault, F Tacchino… - Nature Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
Among the many computational challenges faced across different disciplines, quantum-
mechanical systems pose some of the hardest ones and offer a natural playground for the …

Cold-atom quantum simulators of gauge theories

JC Halimeh, M Aidelsburger, F Grusdt, P Hauke… - Nature Physics, 2025 - nature.com
Gauge theories constitute the basis of the Standard Model and provide useful descriptions of
various phenomena in condensed matter. Realizing gauge theories on tunable tabletop …

High-energy collision of quarks and mesons in the Schwinger model: From tensor networks to circuit QED

R Belyansky, S Whitsitt, N Mueller, A Fahimniya… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
With the aim of studying nonperturbative out-of-equilibrium dynamics of high-energy particle
collisions on quantum simulators, we investigate the scattering dynamics of lattice quantum …

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 …