3 papers
quant-ph2026
Variational Thermal State Preparation on Digital Quantum Processors Assisted by Matrix Product States
Rui-Hao Li, Semeon Valgushev, Khadijeh Najafi
The preparation of quantum Gibbs states at finite temperatures is a cornerstone of quantum computation, enabling applications in quantum simulation of many-body systems, machine le…
quant-ph2026
Quantum critical dynamics and emergent universality in decoherent digital quantum processors
Brendan Rhyno, Swarnadeep Majumder, Smitha Vishveshwara +1
Understanding how noise influences nonequilibrium quantum critical dynamics is essential for both fundamental physics and the development of practical quantum technologies. While t…
quant-ph2026
Observing quantum many-body dynamics in emergent curved spacetime using programmable quantum processors
Brendan Rhyno, Bastien Lapierre, Smitha Vishveshwara +2
We digitally simulate quantum many-body dynamics in emergent curved backgrounds using 80 superconducting qubits on IBM Heron processors. By engineering spatially varying couplings…