Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics: State of the Art and Challenges. Summary of the QC4HEP Working Group
Abstract
Quantum computers offer an intriguing path for a paradigmatic change of computing in the natural sciences and beyond, with the potential for achieving a so-called quantum advantage, namely a significant (in some cases exponential) speed-up of numerical simulations. The rapid development of hardware devices with various realizations of qubits enables the execution of small scale but representative applications on quantum computers. In particular, the high-energy physics community plays a pivotal role in accessing the power of quantum computing, since the field is a driving source for challenging computational problems. This concerns, on the theoretical side, the exploration of models which are very hard or even impossible to address with classical techniques and, on the experimental side, the enormous data challenge of newly emerging experiments, such as the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider. In this roadmap paper, led by CERN, DESY and IBM, we provide the status of high-energy physics quantum computations and give examples for theoretical and experimental target benchmark applications, which can be addressed in the near future. Having the IBM 100 x 100 challenge in mind, where possible, we also provide resource estimates for the examples given using error mitigated quantum computing.
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@article{arxiv.2307.03236,
title = {Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics: State of the Art and Challenges. Summary of the QC4HEP Working Group},
author = {Alberto Di Meglio and Karl Jansen and Ivano Tavernelli and Constantia Alexandrou and Srinivasan Arunachalam and Christian W. Bauer and Kerstin Borras and Stefano Carrazza and Arianna Crippa and Vincent Croft and Roland de Putter and Andrea Delgado and Vedran Dunjko and Daniel J. Egger and Elias Fernandez-Combarro and Elina Fuchs and Lena Funcke and Daniel Gonzalez-Cuadra and Michele Grossi and Jad C. Halimeh and Zoe Holmes and Stefan Kuhn and Denis Lacroix and Randy Lewis and Donatella Lucchesi and Miriam Lucio Martinez and Federico Meloni and Antonio Mezzacapo and Simone Montangero and Lento Nagano and Voica Radescu and Enrique Rico Ortega and Alessandro Roggero and Julian Schuhmacher and Joao Seixas and Pietro Silvi and Panagiotis Spentzouris and Francesco Tacchino and Kristan Temme and Koji Terashi and Jordi Tura and Cenk Tuysuz and Sofia Vallecorsa and Uwe-Jens Wiese and Shinjae Yoo and Jinglei Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.03236},
year = {2024}
}