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Coherent Quantum Evaluation of Collider Amplitudes for Effective Field Theory Constraints

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-02-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Quantum Physics

Abstract

Precision measurements at electron-positron colliders provide stringent tests of the Standard Model and powerful probes of possible higher-dimensional interactions. We present a hybrid quantum-classical framework for computing leading-order helicity amplitudes for e+e+e^+e^-\to \ell^+\ell^- scattering on gate-based quantum hardware and using the resulting cross sections to constrain both Standard Model couplings and effective field theory operators. In our approach, external kinematics are encoded into single-qubit Weyl spinors, and full helicity amplitudes are reconstructed by coherently combining diagrammatic contributions within a single quantum circuit. Classical post-processing yields physical amplitudes and differential cross sections that can be directly compared with collider data. As a proof of concept, we compute unpolarised angular distributions and perform binned likelihood fits to precision electron-positron measurements. The extracted bounds are statistically consistent with Standard Model expectations, demonstrating that quantum-assisted amplitude evaluation can interface directly with phenomenological analyses and experimental data. This work establishes a concrete pathway toward applying quantum computing to precision collider physics and effective field theory studies.

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@article{arxiv.2602.21311,
  title  = {Coherent Quantum Evaluation of Collider Amplitudes for Effective Field Theory Constraints},
  author = {Yacine Haddad and Kaidi Xu and Vincent Croft and Jad C. Halimeh and Michele Grossi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.21311},
  year   = {2026}
}