Real-time chiral dynamics from a digital quantum simulation
Dmitri E. Kharzeev, Yuta Kikuchi
Abstract
This paper uses quantum computing to describe the real-time dynamics of the chiral magnetic effect, as observed recently in Dirac and Weyl semimetals, and currently searched for in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Using the IBM-Q digital quantum simulator, the authors study the chiral magnetic current induced in (1+1) dimensional QED by a global chiral quench - a sudden change in the chiral chemical potential or the theta-angle.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsQuantum mechanicsQuantum dynamicsDirac (video compression format)QuantumDynamics (music)Theoretical physicsChiral anomalyQuantum electrodynamicsQuantum simulatorMagnetic fieldQuantum computerCurrent (fluid)Quantum dotOpen quantum systemFerromagnetismStatistical physicsQuantum systemChiral modelQuantum dissipationClassical mechanicsFermionHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsQuantum and Classical Electrodynamics