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9 papers

quant-ph2026

Robust Quantum Machine Learning for Collider Event Selection under Detector Variability

Christopher Brown, Michael Spannowsky, Simon Williams

Robust machine-learning methods are becoming increasingly important for high-energy physics data analysis as experiments enter the era of higher luminosity and future higher-energy…

quant-ph2025

Qumode Tensor Networks for False Vacuum Decay in Quantum Field Theory

Steven Abel, Michael Spannowsky, Simon Williams

False vacuum decay in scalar quantum field theory (QFT) is a cornerstone of early Universe cosmology and high energy physics, yet its real-time dynamics is essentially inaccessible…

quant-ph2025

Berry's phase on photonic quantum computers

Steven Abel, Iwo Wasek, Simon Williams

We formulate a continuous-variable quantum computing (CVQC) algorithm to study Berry's phase on photonic quantum computers. We demonstrate that CVQC allows the simulation of charge…

quant-ph2025

Continuous-variable photonic quantum extreme learning machines for fast collider-data selection

Benedikt Maier, Michael Spannowsky, Simon Williams

We study continuous-variable photonic quantum extreme learning machines as fast, low-overhead front-ends for collider data processing. Data is encoded in photonic modes through qua…

quant-ph2025

Real-Time Scattering Processes with Continuous-Variable Quantum Computers

Steven Abel, Michael Spannowsky, Simon Williams

We propose a framework for simulating the real-time dynamics of quantum field theories (QFTs) using continuous-variable quantum computing (CVQC). Focusing on ()-dimensional $Ï…

quant-ph2025

Enhancing Quantum Field Theory Simulations on NISQ Devices with Hamiltonian Truncation

James Ingoldby, Michael Spannowsky, Timur Sypchenko +1

Quantum computers can efficiently simulate highly entangled quantum systems, offering a solution to challenges facing classical simulation of Quantum Field Theories (QFTs). This pa…