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Nature Reviews Physics

Simulating fermions with a digital quantum computer

Riley W. Chien, Mitchell Chiew, Brent Harrison, Jason Necaise, Weishi Wang, Maryam Mudassar, Campbell McLauchlan, Thomas M. Henderson, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Sergii Strelchuk, James Daniel Whitfield

Published Feb 23, 2026• 1 citation
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10.1038/s42254-025-00914-5

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