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most citedQuantum Computing for High-Energy Physics: State of the Art and Challenges. Summary of the QC4HEP Working Group

211 citations · 482 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

quant-ph2026

Bias Analysis and Regularization of Sequential Minimal Optimization in Variational Quantum Eigensolvers

Samuele Pedrielli, Frederik Stalschus, Stefan Kühn +3

The Nakanishi Fujii Todo (NFT) algorithm, also known as Rotosolve, implements Sequential Minimal Optimization for Variational Quantum Eigensolvers (SMO-VQE) by exploiting the trigo…

hep-lat2025

Computing quantum entanglement with machine learning

Andrea Bulgarelli, Elia Cellini, Karl Jansen +5

Entanglement calculations in quantum field theories are extremely challenging and typically rely on the replica trick, where the problem is rephrased in a study of defects. We demo…

hep-lat2025★ 1 cited

Fermion Discretization Effects in the Two-Flavor Lattice Schwinger Model: A Study with Matrix Product States

Tim Schwägerl, Karl Jansen, Stefan Kühn

We present a comprehensive tensor network study of staggered, Wilson, and twisted mass fermions in the Hamiltonian formulation, using the massive two-flavor Schwinger model as a be…

quant-ph2024

Gaussian boson sampling for binary optimization

Jean Cazalis, Tirth Shah, Yahui Chai +2

Binary optimization is a fundamental area in computational science, with wide-ranging applications from logistics to cryptography, where the tasks are often formulated as Quadratic…

hep-lat2024

Small-scale Hamiltonian optimization of interpolating operators for Lagrangian lattice quantum field theory

Artur Avkhadiev, Lena Funcke, Karl Jansen +2

Lattice quantum field theory calculations may potentially combine the advantages of Hamiltonian formulations with the scalability and control of conventional Lagrangian frameworks.…

quant-ph2024★ 7 cited

Hybrid Oscillator-Qubit Quantum Processors: Simulating Fermions, Bosons, and Gauge Fields

Eleanor Crane, Kevin C. Smith, Teague Tomesh +9

We develop a hybrid oscillator-qubit processor framework for quantum simulation of strongly correlated fermions and bosons that avoids the boson-to-qubit mapping overhead encounter…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Concurrent VQE for Simulating Excited States of the Schwinger Model

Yibin Guo, Takis Angelides, Karl Jansen +1

This work explores the application of the concurrent variational quantum eigensolver (cVQE) for computing excited states of the Schwinger model. By designing suitable ansatz circui…

hep-lat2024

Towards determining the (2+1)-dimensional Quantum Electrodynamics running coupling with Monte Carlo and quantum computing methods

Arianna Crippa, Simone Romiti, Lena Funcke +4

In this paper, we examine a compact lattice gauge theory in dimensions and present a strategy for studying the running coupling and extracting the non-perturbative $…

quant-ph2023

Simulating the flight gate assignment problem on a trapped ion quantum computer

Yahui Chai, Evgeny Epifanovsky, Karl Jansen +2

We study the flight gate assignment problem on IonQ's Aria trapped ion quantum computer using the variational quantum eigensolver. Utilizing the conditional value at risk as an agg…

quant-ph2023★ 211 cited

Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics: State of the Art and Challenges. Summary of the QC4HEP Working Group

Alberto Di Meglio, Karl Jansen, Ivano Tavernelli +43

Quantum computers offer an intriguing path for a paradigmatic change of computing in the natural sciences and beyond, with the potential for achieving a so-called quantum advantage…

quant-ph2023

Particle track reconstruction with noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers

Tim Schwägerl, Cigdem Issever, Karl Jansen +4

The reconstruction of trajectories of charged particles is a key computational challenge for current and future collider experiments. Considering the rapid progress in quantum comp…

quant-ph2022

Exploring the phase structure of the multi-flavor Schwinger model with quantum computing

Lena Funcke, Tobias Hartung, Karl Jansen +4

We propose a variational quantum eigensolver suitable for exploring the phase structure of the multi-flavor Schwinger model in the presence of a chemical potential. The parametric…

hep-ex2022

Track reconstruction at the LUXE experiment using quantum algorithms

Arianna Crippa, Lena Funcke, Tobias Hartung +8

LUXE (Laser Und XFEL Experiment) is a proposed experiment at DESY which will study Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) in the strong-field regime, where QED becomes non-perturbative. Mea…

quant-ph2022★ 20 cited

Classical Splitting of Parametrized Quantum Circuits

Cenk Tüysüz, Giuseppe Clemente, Arianna Crippa +3

Barren plateaus appear to be a major obstacle to using variational quantum algorithms to simulate large-scale quantum systems or replace traditional machine learning algorithms. Th…

quant-ph2021★ 33 cited

Towards Quantum Simulations in Particle Physics and Beyond on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Devices

Lena Funcke, Tobias Hartung, Karl Jansen +4

We review two algorithmic advances that bring us closer to reliable quantum simulations of model systems in high energy physics and beyond on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ…

hep-lat2021★ 17 cited

Phase structure of the CP(1) model in the presence of a topological -term

Katsumasa Nakayama, Lena Funcke, Karl Jansen +2

We numerically study the phase structure of the CP(1) model in the presence of a topological -term, a regime afflicted by the sign problem for conventional lattice Monte Carlo s…

hep-lat2018★ 43 cited

O(3) nonlinear sigma model in 1+1 dimensions with matrix product states

Falk Bruckmann, Karl Jansen, Stefan Kühn

We numerically study the spectral properties, the entanglement and the zero-temperature phase structure at nonvanishing chemical potential of the O(3) nonlinear sigma model. Using…

hep-lat2016★ 29 cited

Towards overcoming the Monte Carlo sign problem with tensor networks

Mari Carmen Bañuls, Krzysztof Cichy, J. Ignacio Cirac +3

The study of lattice gauge theories with Monte Carlo simulations is hindered by the infamous sign problem that appears under certain circumstances, in particular at non-zero chemic…

quant-ph2014★ 119 cited

Quantum simulation of the Schwinger model: A study of feasibility

Stefan Kühn, J. Ignacio Cirac, Mari-Carmen Bañuls

We analyze some crucial questions regarding the practical feasibility of quantum simulation for lattice gauge models. Our analysis focuses on two models suitable for the quantum si…