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20172026
most citedThe CLIC Potential for New Physics

83 citations · 234 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 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…

physics.ins-det2026

Machine Learning on Heterogeneous, Edge, and Quantum Hardware for Particle Physics (ML-HEQUPP)

Julia Gonski, Jennifer Ott, Jenni Ott +129

The next generation of particle physics experiments will face a new era of challenges in data acquisition, due to unprecedented data rates and volumes along with extreme environmen…

hep-ph2025

Another Fit Bites the Dust: Conformal Prediction as a Calibration Standard for Machine Learning in High-Energy Physics

Jack Y. Araz, Michael Spannowsky

Machine-learning techniques are essential in modern collider research, yet their probabilistic outputs often lack calibrated uncertainty estimates and finite-sample guarantees, lim…

hep-ph2025

QINNs: Quantum-Informed Neural Networks

Aritra Bal, Markus Klute, Benedikt Maier +3

Classical deep neural networks can learn rich multi-particle correlations in collider data, but their inductive biases are rarely anchored in physics structure. We propose quantum-…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

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

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

Real-Time Scattering on Quantum Computers via Hamiltonian Truncation

James Ingoldby, Michael Spannowsky, Timur Sypchenko +2

We present a quantum computational framework using Hamiltonian Truncation (HT) for simulating real-time scattering processes in -dimensional scalar theory. Unlike trad…

hep-ph2025★ 1 cited

Communicating Likelihoods with Normalising Flows

Jack Y. Araz, Anja Beck, Méril Reboud +2

We present a machine-learning-based workflow to model an unbinned likelihood from its samples. A key advancement over existing approaches is the validation of the learned likelihoo…

hep-ph2025★ 3 cited

1 Particle - 1 Qubit: Particle Physics Data Encoding for Quantum Machine Learning

Aritra Bal, Markus Klute, Benedikt Maier +3

We introduce 1P1Q, a novel quantum data encoding scheme for high-energy physics (HEP), where each particle is assigned to an individual qubit, enabling direct representation of col…

quant-ph2025★ 9 cited

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 $φ…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

The role of data embedding in quantum autoencoders for improved anomaly detection

Jack Y. Araz, Michael Spannowsky

The performance of Quantum Autoencoders (QAEs) in anomaly detection tasks is critically dependent on the choice of data embedding and ansatz design. This study explores the effects…

quant-ph2024★ 10 cited

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…

quant-ph2024★ 20 cited

Simulating quantum field theories on continuous-variable quantum computers

Steven Abel, Michael Spannowsky, Simon Williams

We delve into the use of photonic quantum computing to simulate quantum mechanics and extend its application towards quantum field theory. We develop and prove a method that levera…

quant-ph2023★ 4 cited

Exploring thermal equilibria of the Fermi-Hubbard model with variational quantum algorithms

Jack Y. Araz, Michael Spannowsky, Matthew Wingate

This study investigates the thermal properties of the repulsive Fermi-Hubbard model with chemical potential using variational quantum algorithms, crucial in comprehending particle…

hep-ph2023★ 6 cited

Quantum Pathways for Charged Track Finding in High-Energy Collisions

Christopher Brown, Michael Spannowsky, Alexander Tapper +2

In high-energy particle collisions, charged track finding is a complex yet crucial endeavour. We propose a quantum algorithm, specifically quantum template matching, to enhance the…

hep-lat2023★ 17 cited

Simulating Lattice Gauge Theory with the Variational Quantum Thermalizer

Michael Fromm, Owe Philipsen, Michael Spannowsky +1

The properties of strongly-coupled lattice gauge theories at finite density as well as in real time have largely eluded first-principles studies on the lattice. This is due to the…

hep-ph2018★ 83 cited

The CLIC Potential for New Physics

J. de Blas, R. Franceschini, F. Riva +100

The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a mature option for the future of high energy physics. It combines the benefits of the clean environment of colliders with operation…

hep-ph2017★ 79 cited

Resonant Di-Higgs Production in the Channel: Probing the Electroweak Phase Transition at the LHC

T. Huang, J. M. No, L. Pernié +4

We analyze the prospects for resonant di-Higgs production searches at the LHC in the (, ) channel,…