Nuclear Physics Seminar - Pavel Lougovski (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Quantum Computing and Subatomic Physics: State of the Art, Challenges and Prospects

Pavel Lougovski (ORNL) 3/6/19 Nuclear Physics seminar speaker
March 6, 2019
2:30PM - 3:30PM
4138 Physics Research Building

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2019-03-06 14:30:00 2019-03-06 15:30:00 Nuclear Physics Seminar - Pavel Lougovski (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Quantum Computing and Subatomic Physics: State of the Art, Challenges and Prospects Simulations of complex many-body quantum phenomena present a formidable computational challenge. Quantum computing holds promise to drastically improve our simulations capabilities for many-body systems across all scientific domains. We discuss recent progress and challenges in quantum simulations of light nuclei and a prototypical quantum field theory---the Schwinger model---on quantum hardware ranging from superconducting circuits to trapped ions. Our results illustrate the potential of quantum computers to augment classical computations in bridging the scales from quarks to nuclei. 4138 Physics Research Building America/New_York public

Simulations of complex many-body quantum phenomena present a formidable computational challenge. Quantum computing holds promise to drastically improve our simulations capabilities for many-body systems across all scientific domains. We discuss recent progress and challenges in quantum simulations of light nuclei and a prototypical quantum field theory---the Schwinger model---on quantum hardware ranging from superconducting circuits to trapped ions. Our results illustrate the potential of quantum computers to augment classical computations in bridging the scales from quarks to nuclei.