Simulations of subatomic many-body physics on a quantum frequency processor
Journal article, 2019
Simulating complex many-body quantum phenomena is a major scientific impetus behind the development of quantum computing, and a range of technologies are being explored to address such systems. We present the results of the largest photonics-based simulation to date, applied in the context of subatomic physics. Using an all-optical quantum frequency processor, the ground-state energies of light nuclei including the triton (H3), He3, and the alpha particle (He4) are computed. Complementing these calculations and utilizing a 68-dimensional Hilbert space, our photonic simulator is used to perform subnucleon calculations of the two- and three-body forces between heavy mesons in the Schwinger model. This work is a first step in simulating subatomic many-body physics on quantum frequency processors - augmenting classical computations that bridge scales from quarks to nuclei.
Nuclei
THree-nucleon forces
Author
Hsuan Hao Lu
Purdue University
Natalie Klco
University of Washington
Joseph M. Lukens
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
T. D. Morris
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A. Bansal
University of Tennessee
Andreas Ekström
Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic and Plasma Physics
G. Hagen
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
University of Tennessee
T. Papenbrock
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
University of Tennessee
A. M. Weiner
Purdue University
Martin J. Savage
University of Washington
Pavel Lougovski
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Physical Review A
24699926 (ISSN) 24699934 (eISSN)
Vol. 100 1 012320Subject Categories
Subatomic Physics
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Other Physics Topics
Theoretical Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.100.012320