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Lattice models are abundant in theoretical and condensed-matter physics. Generally, lattice models contain time-independent hopping and interaction parameters that are derived from the Wannier functions of the noninteracting problem. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-19 Kaspar Sakmann , Alexej I. Streltsov , Ofir E. Alon , Lorenz S. Cederbaum

In this paper, we present a proof-of-concept quantum algorithm for simulating time-dependent Hamiltonian evolution by reducing the problem to simulating a time-independent Hamiltonian in a larger space using a discrete clock Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-28 Zecheng Li , Chunhao Wang

Imaginary time evolution is a powerful tool for studying quantum systems. While it is possible to simulate with a classical computer, the time and memory requirements generally scale exponentially with the system size. Conversely, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-17 Sam McArdle , Tyson Jones , Suguru Endo , Ying Li , Simon Benjamin , Xiao Yuan

We present an algorithm to simulate two-dimensional quantum lattice systems in the thermodynamic limit. Our approach builds on the {\em projected entangled-pair state} algorithm for finite lattice systems [F. Verstraete and J.I. Cirac,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Jordan , R. Orus , G. Vidal , F. Verstraete , J. I. Cirac

We present a controlled bond expansion (CBE) approach to simulate quantum dynamics based on the time-dependent variational principle (TDVP) for matrix product states. Our method alleviates the numerical difficulties of the standard,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-11 Jheng-Wei Li , Andreas Gleis , Jan von Delft

This article presents the first complete application of a quantum time-marching algorithm for simulating multidimensional linear transport phenomena with arbitrary boundaries, whereby the success probabilities are problem intrinsic. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Sergio Bengoechea , Paul Over , Thomas Rung

The variational method is a versatile tool for classical simulation of a variety of quantum systems. Great efforts have recently been devoted to its extension to quantum computing for efficiently solving static many-body problems and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-09 Xiao Yuan , Suguru Endo , Qi Zhao , Ying Li , Simon Benjamin

We develop a variational principle to determine the quantum controls and initial state which optimizes the quantum Fisher information, the quantity characterizing the precision in quantum metrology. When the set of available controls is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-27 Jing Yang , Shengshi Pang , Zekai Chen , Andrew N. Jordan , Adolfo del Campo

We present a number of new physical systems that may be addressed using methods of time dependent transformation. A recap of results available for two-state systems is given, with particular emphasis on the AC stark effect. We give some…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-05 Peter Morrison

Changing some of its parameters over time is a paradigmatic way of driving an otherwise isolated many-body quantum system out of equilibrium, and a vital ingredient for building quantum computers and simulators. Here, we further develop a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-06 Lennart Dabelow , Peter Reimann

The time-dependent variational principle is used to optimize the linear and nonlinear parameters of Gaussian basis functions to solve the time-dependent Schrodinger equation in 1 and 3 dimensions for a one-body soft Coulomb potential in a…

Many-body approaches to open quantum systems have recently become powerful tools for investigating the detailed role of dissipative environments in diverse non-equilibrium molecular and condensed matter processes. Here, we report the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-15 Florian A. Y. N. Schröder , Alex W. Chin

We introduce a time evolution algorithm for one-dimensional quantum field theories with periodic boundary conditions. This is done by applying the Dirac-Frenkel time-dependent variational principle to the set of translational invariant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 Damian Draxler , Jutho Haegeman , Frank Verstraete , Matteo Rizzi

We introduce a classical computational method for quantum dynamics that relies on a global-in-time variational principle. Unlike conventional time-stepping approaches, our scheme computes the entire state trajectory over a finite time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-27 Alessandro Sinibaldi , Douglas Hendry , Filippo Vicentini , Giuseppe Carleo

We present a time-dependent extension of logarithmic perturbation theory for nonrelativistic quantum dynamics governed by the Schr\"odinger equation, in which the logarithm of the wave function is expanded in powers of a coupling constant.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Juan Carlos del Valle , Paul Bergold , Karolina Kropielnicka

The simulation of quantum dynamics calls for quantum algorithms working in first quantized grid encodings. Here, we propose a variational quantum algorithm for performing quantum dynamics in first quantization. In addition to the usual…

Linear dissipative differential equation is a fundamental model for a large number of physical systems, such as quantum dynamics with non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, open quantum system dynamics, diffusion process and damped system. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 Gengzhi Yang , Akwum Onwunta , Dong An

The anharmonic lattice is a representative example of an interacting bosonic many-body system. The self-consistent harmonic approximation has proven versatile for the study of the equilibrium properties of anharmonic lattices. However, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-07-28 Jae-Mo Lihm , Cheol-Hwan Park

This paper introduces a novel method for approximating the dynamics of a large autonomous system projected onto a fixed subspace. The core contribution is a novel recursive algorithm to construct an effective time-dependent generator that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Tommaso Grigoletto

In this work we develop several new simulation algorithms for 1D many-body quantum mechanical systems combining the Matrix Product State variational ansatz with Taylor, Pade and Arnoldi approximations to the evolution operator. By comparing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll