Strategies for quantum-optimized construction of interpolating operators in classical simulations of lattice quantum field theories

Abstract

It has recently been argued that noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers may be used to optimize interpolating operator constructions for lattice quantum field theory (LQFT) calculations on classical computers. Here, two concrete realizations of the method are developed and implemented. The first approach is to maximize the overlap, or fidelity, of the state created by an interpolating operator acting on the vacuum state to the target eigenstate. The second is to instead minimize the energy expectation value of the interpolated state. These approaches are implemented in a proof-of-concept calculation in (1+1)-dimensions for a single-flavor massive Schwinger model to obtain quantum-optimized interpolating operator constructions for a vector meson state in the theory. Although fidelity maximization is preferable in the absence of noise due to quantum gate errors, it is found that energy minimization is more robust to these effects in the proof-of-concept calculation. This work serves as a concrete demonstration of how quantum computers in the intermediate term might be used to accelerate classical LQFT calculations.

13 pages, 5 figures

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