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arXiv:2206.08510 · Physical Review C

Quantum computation of nuclear observables involving linear combinations of unitary operators

Pooja Siwach, P. Arumugam

Published Jun 28, 2022• 15 citations
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Abstract

We present the quantum computation of nuclear observables where the operators of interest are first decomposed in terms of the linear combination of unitaries. Then we utilize the Hadamard test and the linear combination of unitaries based methods to compute the expectation values. We apply these methods to calculate the electric quadrupole moment of the deuteron. The results are compared for the Jordan-Wigner transformation and Gray code encoding. We discuss the versatility of our approach that can be utilized in general to calculate several observables on a quantum computer.

DOI
10.1103/physrevc.105.064318

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Nuclear lattice effective field theory has become an important framework for quantum many-body calculations in nuclear physics, yet its classical implementation remains increasingly challenging for more general interactions and larger systems. In this work, we develop a quantum-computing framework for a three-dimensional nuclear lattice model. We construct a variational quantum eigensolver framework and systematically compare the Jordan-Wigner and Gray code encodings. Our analysis shows that for the few-body systems considered here, Gray code combined with symmetry reduction yields a substantially more compact qubit representation. Based on this framework, we perform numerical studies for 2H^{2}\mathrm{H}2H, 3H^{3}\mathrm{H}3H, and 4He^{4}\mathrm{He}4He on finite lattices. The calculated ground-state energies exhibit a clear approach toward the corresponding experimental binding energies as the lattice size increases. These results provide a proof-of-principle foundation for future quantum simulations of nuclear many-body problems.
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