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In complete analogy with the classical situation (which is briefly reviewed) it is possible to define bi-Hamiltonian descriptions for Quantum systems. We also analyze compatible Hermitian structures in full analogy with compatible Poisson…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Marmo , G. Scolarici , A. Simoni , F. Ventriglia

A physical requirement on the Hamiltonian operator in quantum mechanics is that it must generate real energy spectrum and unitary time evolution. While the Hamiltonians are Dirac Hermitian in conventional quantum mechanics, they observe…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-07-31 Minyi Huang , Asutosh Kumar , Junde Wu

Describing systems with non-Hermitian (NH) operators remains a challenge in quantum theory due to instabilities (e.g., exceptional points and decoherence) arising from interactions with the environment. We propose a framework to express the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-31 Priyanshi Bhasin , Tanmoy Das

Conventional methods of quantum simulation involve trade-offs that limit their applicability to specific contexts where their use is optimal. In particular, the interaction picture simulation has been found to provide substantial asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Abhishek Rajput , Alessandro Roggero , Nathan Wiebe

The Hamiltonian formalism offers a natural framework for discussing the notion of Poisson Lie T-duality. This is because the duality is inherent in the Poisson structures alone and exists regardless of the choice of Hamiltonian. Thus one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Stern

The realization of effective Hamiltonians featuring many-body interactions beyond pairwise coupling would enable the quantum simulation of central models underpinning topological physics and quantum computation. We overcome crucial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-25 Francesco Petiziol , Mahdi Sameti , Stefano Carretta , Sandro Wimberger , Florian Mintert

The separation of internal energy into heat and work in quantum thermodynamics is a controversial issue for a long time, and we revisit and solve this problem in this work. It is shown that the Hamiltonian plays dual roles for a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-03 Tao Zhou , Jiangyang Pu , Xiaohua Wu

One of the main aims in the field of quantum simulation is to achieve a quantum speedup, often referred to as "quantum computational supremacy", referring to the experimental realization of a quantum device that computationally outperforms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 J. Bermejo-Vega , D. Hangleiter , M. Schwarz , R. Raussendorf , J. Eisert

In the conventional formalism of physics, with 1-time, systems with different Hamiltonians or Lagrangians have different physical interpretations and are considered to be independent systems unrelated to each other. However, in this paper…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-03-26 Ignacio J. Araya , Itzhak Bars

Electronic structure simulation is an anticipated application for quantum computers. Due to high-dimensional quantum entanglement in strongly correlated systems, the quantum resources required to perform such simulations are far beyond the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Jie Liu , Zhenyu Li , Jinlong Yang

Quantum simulation algorithms often require numerous ancilla qubits and deep circuits, prohibitive for near-term hardware. We introduce a framework for simulating quantum channels using ensembles of low-depth circuits in place of many-qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-01 Joseph Peetz , Scott E. Smart , Prineha Narang

Quantum computation can be achieved by preparing an appropriate initial product state of qudits and then letting it evolve under a fixed Hamiltonian. The readout is made by measurement on individual qudits at some later time. This approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-22 Tzu-Chieh Wei , John C. Liang

Quantum simulation is a foundational application for quantum computers, projected to offer insights into complex quantum systems beyond the reach of classical computation. However, with the exception of Trotter-based methods, which suffer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Amir Kalev , Itay Hen

Dualities in physics have challenged traditional forms of scientific realism by undermining the idea that theories describe a unique underlying ontology. In this paper, we develop a new perspective on scientific realism that responds to…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Richard Dawid , Guilherme Franzmann

Recent years have seen significant advances, both theoretical and experimental, in our understanding of quantum many-body dynamics. Given this problem's high complexity, it is surprising that a substantial amount of this progress can be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-21 Bruno Bertini , Pieter W. Claeys , Tomaž Prosen

Quantum computing is gaining increased attention as a potential way to speed up simulations of physical systems, and it is also of interest to apply it to simulations of classical plasmas. However, quantum information science is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 I. Y. Dodin , E. A. Startsev

We report the quantum computing of reacting flows by simulating the Hamiltonian dynamics. The scalar transport equation for reacting flows is transformed into a Hamiltonian system, mapping the dissipative and non-Hermitian problem in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-30 Zhen Lu , Yue Yang

We introduce a quantum information theory-inspired method to improve the characterization of many-body Hamiltonians on near-term quantum devices. We design a new class of similarity transformations that, when applied as a preprocessing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Andi Gu , Hong-Ye Hu , Di Luo , Taylor L. Patti , Nicholas C. Rubin , Susanne F. Yelin

When can a quantum system of finite dimension be used to simulate another quantum system of finite dimension? What restricts the capacity of one system to simulate another? In this paper we complete the program of studying what simulations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Michael J. Bremner , Dave Bacon , Michael A. Nielsen

The current applications of non-Hermitian but ${\cal PT}-$symmetric Hamiltonians $H$ cover several, mutually not too closely connected subdomains of quantum physics. Mathematically, the split between the open and closed systems can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-29 Miloslav Znojil