Basic elements for simulations of standard-model physics with quantum annealers: Multigrid and clock states
Marc Illa, Martin J. Savage
Abstract
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 a basic multigrid (including ``zooming'') and specializing Feynman-clock algorithms, D-Wave's Advantage is used to study harmonic and anharmonic oscillators relevant for lattice scalar field theories and effective field theories, the time evolution of a single plaquette of SU(3) Yang-Mills lattice gauge field theory, and the dynamics of flavor entanglement in four-neutrino systems.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsQuantumMultigrid methodStatistical physicsComputational scienceComputer scienceQuantum mechanicsPartial differential equationQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum and electron transport phenomena