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20202026
most citedEstimation of Thermodynamic Observables in Lattice Field Theories with Deep Generative Models

118 citations · 417 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

quant-ph2026

Mapping twist fields to local operators via tensor networks

Andrea Bulgarelli, Marco Panero, Paolo Stornati +1

Twist fields are a powerful formal tool to compute Rényi entropies in quantum many-body systems, but their conventional formulation in tensor network states involves operations act…

quant-ph2026

Exact stabilizer scars in two-dimensional lattice gauge theory

Sabhyata Gupta, Piotr Sierant, Luis Santos +1

The complexity of highly excited eigenstates is a central theme in nonequilibrium many-body physics, underpining questions of thermalization, classical simulability, and quantum in…

quant-ph2026

Limits of Clifford Disentangling in Tensor Network States

Sergi Masot-Llima, Piotr Sierant, Paolo Stornati +1

Tensor network methods leverage the limited entanglement of quantum states to efficiently simulate many-body systems. Alternatively, Clifford circuits provide a framework for handl…

quant-ph2026

Hardware-inspired Continuous Variables Quantum Optical Neural Networks

Todor Krasimirov-Ivanov, Alba Cervera-Lierta, Paolo Stornati +1

Continuous-variables (CV) quantum optics is a natural formalism for neural networks (NNs) due to its ability to reproduce the information processing of such trainable interconnecte…

quant-ph2025★ 8 cited

Fermionic Magic Resources of Quantum Many-Body Systems

Piotr Sierant, Paolo Stornati, Xhek Turkeshi

Understanding the computational complexity of quantum states is a central challenge in quantum many-body physics. In qubit systems, fermionic Gaussian states can be efficiently sim…

cs.LG2024

Physics-Informed Bayesian Optimization of Variational Quantum Circuits

Kim A. Nicoli, Christopher J. Anders, Lena Funcke +7

In this paper, we propose a novel and powerful method to harness Bayesian optimization for Variational Quantum Eigensolvers (VQEs) -- a hybrid quantum-classical protocol used to ap…

quant-ph2024★ 13 cited

Quantum Algorithms for Inverse Participation Ratio Estimation in multi-qubit and multi-qudit systems

Yingjian Liu, Piotr Sierant, Paolo Stornati +2

Inverse Participation Ratios (IPRs) and the related Participation Entropies quantify the spread of a quantum state over a selected basis of the Hilbert space, offering insights int…

hep-lat2024

Nonperturbative signatures of fractons in the twisted multiflavor Schwinger Model

Pavel P. Popov, Valentin Kasper, Maciej Lewenstein +3

Gauge-field configurations with nontrivial topology have profound consequences for the physics of Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories. Over time, arguments have been gathering f…

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 $…

hep-lat2023★ 16 cited

Sublattice scars and beyond in two-dimensional quantum link lattice gauge theories

Indrajit Sau, Paolo Stornati, Debasish Banerjee +1

In this article, we elucidate the structure and properties of a class of anomalous high-energy states of matter-free quantum link gauge theory Hamiltonians using numerical a…

quant-ph2023★ 31 cited

Synthetic dimensions for topological and quantum phases: Perspective

Javier Argüello-Luengo, Utso Bhattacharya, Alessio Celi +8

In this Perspective article we report on recent progress on studies of synthetic dimensions, mostly, but not only, based on the research realized around the Barcelona groups (ICFO,…

quant-ph2023★ 2 cited

Variational quantum simulation using non-Gaussian continuous-variable systems

Paolo Stornati, Antonio Acin, Ulysse Chabaud +3

This work introduces a novel approach to quantum simulation by leveraging continuous-variable systems within a photonic hardware-inspired framework. The primary focus is on simulat…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 10 cited

Quantum spin helices more stable than the ground state: onset of helical protection

Stefan Kühn, Felix Gerken, Lena Funcke +4

Topological magnetic structures are promising candidates for resilient information storage. An elementary example are spin helices in one-dimensional easy-plane quantum magnets. To…

quant-ph2023★ 15 cited

Towards Finding an Optimal Flight Gate Assignment on a Digital Quantum Computer

Yahui Chai, Lena Funcke, Tobias Hartung +4

We investigate the performance of the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) for the optimal flight gate assignment problem. This problem is a combinatorial optimization problem tha…

quant-ph2023★ 14 cited

Critical behavior of Ising model by preparing thermal state on quantum computer

Xiaoyang Wang, Xu Feng, Tobias Hartung +2

We simulate the critical behavior of the Ising model utilizing a thermal state prepared using quantum computing techniques. The preparation of the thermal state is based on the var…

hep-lat2022★ 3 cited

Crystalline phases at finite winding densities in a quantum link ladder

Paolo Stornati, Philipp Krah, Karl Jansen +1

Condensed matter physics of gauge theories coupled to fermions can exhibit a rich phase structure, but are nevertheless very difficult to study in Monte Carlo simulations when they…

quant-ph2022★ 6 cited

Modern applications of machine learning in quantum sciences

Anna Dawid, Julian Arnold, Borja Requena +26

In this book, we provide a comprehensive introduction to the most recent advances in the application of machine learning methods in quantum sciences. We cover the use of deep learn…

quant-ph2021

Dimensional Expressivity Analysis, best-approximation errors, and automated design of parametric quantum circuits

Lena Funcke, Tobias Hartung, Karl Jansen +3

The design of parametric quantum circuits (PQCs) for efficient use in variational quantum simulations (VQS) is subject to two competing factors. On one hand, the set of states that…

quant-ph2021

Model-Independent Error Mitigation in Parametric Quantum Circuits and Depolarizing Projection of Quantum Noise

Xiaoyang Wang, Xu Feng, Lena Funcke +5

Finding ground states and low-lying excitations of a given Hamiltonian is one of the most important problems in many fields of physics. As a novel approach, quantum computing on No…

hep-lat2021★ 20 cited

Machine Learning of Thermodynamic Observables in the Presence of Mode Collapse

Kim A. Nicoli, Christopher Anders, Lena Funcke +5

Estimating the free energy, as well as other thermodynamic observables, is a key task in lattice field theories. Recently, it has been pointed out that deep generative models can b…

quant-ph2021

Investigating the variance increase of readout error mitigation through classical bit-flip correction on IBM and Rigetti quantum computers

Constantia Alexandrou, Lena Funcke, Tobias Hartung +6

Readout errors are among the most dominant errors on current noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. Recently, an efficient and scaleable method for mitigating such errors has be…

hep-lat2021

Phases at finite winding number of an Abelian lattice gauge theory

Paolo Stornati, Debasish Banerjee, Karl Jansen +1

Pure gauge theories are rather different from theories with pure scalar and fermionic matter, especially in terms of the nature of excitations. For example, in scalar and fermionic…

quant-ph2021

Using classical bit-flip correction for error mitigation including 2-qubit correlations

Constantia Alexandrou, Lena Funcke, Tobias Hartung +5

We present an error mitigation scheme which corrects readout errors on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers [1,2]. After a short review of applying the method to one q…

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…