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 012320

Subject Categories

Subatomic Physics

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Other Physics Topics

Theoretical Chemistry

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.100.012320

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