Advances in Quantum Simulation from Quarks to Chemistry

Organizers:

Thomas Iadecola, Pennsylvania State University
Henry Lamm, Fermilab
Norman Tubman, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Quantum computers are making steady progress towards the simulation of classically intractable quantum many-body systems. Such simulations are of interest to a broad swath of the physics community, ranging from nuclear and high-energy physicists hoping to perform first-principles simulations of quantum chromodynamics, to condensed matter physicists trying to understand the emergent phases of quantum matter in and out of equilibrium, to quantum chemists aiming to unravel the structure and reactions of complex molecules. While each of these communities has made substantial progress towards near-term implementations striking at these larger goals, communication between them has been limited. This workshop will bring together theoretical physicists from the above-mentioned fields as well as experimentalists who are pushing the frontiers of digital and analog quantum hardware. In promoting robust interactions between these various groups, it will help to shed light on several crucial crosscutting questions, including 1) how to integrate quantum simulation with early-fault-tolerant approaches tailored to emerging hardware, 2) how quantum computing architectures moving beyond qubits can be harnessed for more resource-efficient simulations, and 3) how error mitigation, mid-circuit measurements and feedback, and engineered dissipation can be used to engineer more robust simulations before full error correction is achieved.