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Electronically excited states of molecules are at the heart of photochemistry, photophysics, as well as photobiology and also play a role in material science. Their theoretical description requires highly accurate quantum chemical…
We consider the question of how correlated the system hardness is between classical algorithms of electronic structure theory in ground state estimation and quantum algorithms. To define the system hardness for classical algorithms we…
We present computational chemistry data for small molecules ($CO$, $HCl$, $F_2$, $NH_4^+$, $CH_4$, $NH_{3}$, $H_3O^+$, $H{_2}O$, $BeH_{2}$, $LiH$, $OH^-$, $HF$, $HeH^+$, $H_2$), obtained by implementing the Unitary Coupled Cluster method…
Hybrid quantum-classical computing algorithms offer significant potential for accelerating the calculation of the electronic structure of strongly correlated molecules. In this work, we present the first quantum simulation of conical…
Solving electronic structure problems is considered one of the most promising applications of quantum computing. However, due to limitations imposed by the coherence time of qubits in the Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) era or the…
Finding accurate ground state energy of a many-body system has been a major challenge in quantum chemistry. The integration of classic and quantum computers has shed new light on resolving this outstanding problem. Here we propose…
By design, the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) strives to recover the lowest-energy eigenvalue of a given Hamiltonian by preparing quantum states guided by the variational principle. In practice, the prepared quantum state is…
Conical intersections (CIs) are pivotal in many photochemical processes. Traditional quantum chemistry methods, such as the state-average multi-configurational methods, face computational hurdles in solving the electronic Schr\"odinger…
Excited state properties play a pivotal role in various chemical and physical phenomena, such as charge separation and light emission. However, the primary focus of most existing quantum algorithms has been the ground state, as seen in…
We use the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) as implemented in the Qiskit software package to compute the ground state energy of small molecules derived from water, H$_2$O, and hydrogen cyanide, HCN. The work aims to benchmark…
Quantum chemistry is envisioned as an early and disruptive application for quantum computers. Yet, closer scrutiny of the proposed algorithms shows that there are considerable difficulties along the way. Here, we propose two criteria for…
Variational-Quantum-Eigensolver(VQE) method on a quantum computer is a well-known hybrid algorithm to solve the eigenstates and eigenvalues that uses both quantum and classical computers. This method has the potential to solve quantum…
First-quantized eigensolver (FQE) is a recently proposed framework of quantum computation for obtaining the ground state of an interacting electronic system based on probabilistic imaginary-time evolution. In this study, we propose a method…
The Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) is widely regarded as a promising algorithm for calculating ground states of quantum systems that are intractable for classical computers. This promise is typically motivated by the hope of…
We systematically investigate the calculation of excited states in quantum chemistry using auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC). Symmetry allows targeting of the lowest triplet excited states in AFQMC based on restricted open-shell…
We introduce the concept of strong quantum speedup. We prove that approximating the ground state energy of an instance of the time-independent Schr\"odinger equation, with $d$ degrees of freedom, $d$ large, enjoys strong exponential quantum…
The accurate prediction and understanding of molecular energy and chemical reactivity are fundamental pursuits in the field of molecular quantum chemistry. With the limitations of the current noisy intermediate scale quantum computer (NISQ)…
The variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) is a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm designed for current and near-term quantum devices. Despite its initial success, there is a lack of understanding involving several of its key aspects. There…
Quantum computing has emerged as a promising technology for solving problems that are intractable for classical computers. In this study, we introduce quantum computing and implement the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) algorithm using…
Quantum simulation of quantum chemistry is one of the most compelling applications of quantum computing. It is of particular importance in areas ranging from materials science, biochemistry and condensed matter physics. Here, we propose a…