Quantum simulation for high-energy physics

CW Bauer, Z Davoudi, AB Balantekin, T Bhattacharya… - PRX quantum, 2023 - APS
It is for the first time that quantum simulation for high-energy physics (HEP) is studied in the
US decadal particle-physics community planning, and in fact until recently, this was not …

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 …

Digital quantum simulation of the schwinger model and symmetry protection with trapped ions

NH Nguyen, MC Tran, Y Zhu, AM Green, CH Alderete… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
Tracking the dynamics of physical systems in real time is a prime application of quantum
computers. Using a trapped-ion system with up to six qubits, we simulate the real-time …

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 …

Quantum and Classical Spin-Network Algorithms for -Deformed Kogut-Susskind Gauge Theories

TV Zache, D González-Cuadra, P Zoller - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Treating the infinite-dimensional Hilbert space of non-Abelian gauge theories is an
outstanding challenge for classical and quantum simulations. Here, we employ q-deformed …

Quantum computation of dynamical quantum phase transitions and entanglement tomography in a lattice gauge theory

N Mueller, JA Carolan, A Connelly, Z Davoudi… - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
Strongly coupled gauge theories far from equilibrium may exhibit unique features that could
illuminate the physics of the early universe and of hadron and ion colliders. Studying real …

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 …

Towards quantum computing phase diagrams of gauge theories with thermal pure quantum states

Z Davoudi, N Mueller, C Powers - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The phase diagram of strong interactions in nature at finite temperature and chemical
potential remains largely theoretically unexplored due to inadequacy of Monte-Carlo–based …

Quantum simulation of lattice QCD with improved Hamiltonians

AN Ciavarella - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories are anticipated to directly probe the real time
dynamics of QCD, but scale unfavorably with the required truncation of the gauge fields …