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With quantum computers of significant size now on the horizon, we should understand how to best exploit their initially limited abilities. To this end, we aim to identify a practical problem that is beyond the reach of current classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Andrew M. Childs , Dmitri Maslov , Yunseong Nam , Neil J. Ross , Yuan Su

Studying the dynamics of open quantum systems can enable breakthroughs both in fundamental physics and applications to quantum engineering and quantum computation. Since the density matrix $\rho$, which is the fundamental description for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-08 Owen Dugan , Peter Y. Lu , Rumen Dangovski , Di Luo , Marin Soljačić

The Fokker-Planck equation models rare events across sciences, but its high-dimensional nature challenges classical computers. Quantum algorithms for such non-unitary dynamics often suffer from exponential {decay in} success probability. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Tyler Kharazi , Ahmad M. Alkadri , Kranthi K. Mandadapu , K. Birgitta Whaley

We introduce an algebra qCCS of pure quantum processes in which no classical data is involved, communications by moving quantum states physically are allowed, and computations is modeled by super-operators. An operational semantics of qCCS…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-08 Mingsheng Ying , Yuan Feng , Runyao Duan , Zhengfeng Ji

Quantum mechanical problems are among the hardest to simulate and, in some cases, remain intractable even for the most powerful computers. Quantum computing has emerged as a new technological platform to address such challenges, with rapid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Alexander Miessen

We describe a quantum algorithm for preparing states that encode solutions of non-homogeneous linear partial differential equations. The algorithm is a continuous-variable version of matrix inversion: it efficiently inverts differential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-11 Juan Miguel Arrazola , Timjan Kalajdzievski , Christian Weedbrook , Seth Lloyd

Quantum computers have the potential to simulate chemical systems beyond the capability of classical computers. Recent developments in hybrid quantum-classical approaches enable the determinations of the ground or low energy states of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-06 Chee-Kong Lee , Jonathan Wei Zhong Lau , Liang Shi , Leong Chuan Kwek

Combining quantum sensing with quantum computing can lead to quantum computational sensors that are able to more efficiently extract task-specific information from physical signals than is possible otherwise. Early examples of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Saeed A. Khan , Sridhar Prabhu , Logan G. Wright , Peter L. McMahon

We present a pedagogical introduction to the current state of quantum computing algorithms for the simulation of classical fluids. Different strategies, along with their potential merits and liabilities, are discussed and commented on.

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Sauro Succi , Wael Itani , Katepalli Sreenivasan , René Steijl

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

Constraints in power consumption and computational power limit the skill of operational numerical weather prediction by classical computing methods. Quantum computing could potentially address both of these challenges. Herein, we present…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Reuben Demirdjian , Daniel Gunlycke , Carolyn A. Reynolds , James D. Doyle , Sergio Tafur

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a specialised branch of fluid mechanics that utilises numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze fluid-flow problems. One promising avenue to enhance CFD is the use of quantum computing,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Javier Gonzalez-Conde , Dylan Lewis , Sachin S. Bharadwaj , Mikel Sanz

Quantum computing promises to revolutionize several scientific and technological domains through fundamentally new ways of processing information. Among its most compelling applications is digital quantum simulation, where quantum computers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Laurin E. Fischer

In a recent milestone experiment, Google's processor Sycamore heralded the era of "quantum supremacy" by sampling from the output of (pseudo-)random circuits. We show that such random circuits provide tailor-made building blocks for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-06-09 Jonas Richter , Arijeet Pal

Quantum simulation can help us study poorly understood topics such as high-temperature superconductivity and drug design. However, existing quantum simulation algorithms for current quantum computers often have drawbacks that impede their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-28 Kishor Bharti , Tobias Haug

Simulating fluid dynamics on a quantum computer is intrinsically difficult due to the nonlinear and non-Hamiltonian nature of the Navier-Stokes equation (NSE). We propose a framework for quantum computing of fluid dynamics based on the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-05 Zhaoyuan Meng , Yue Yang

Quantum plasma physics is a rapidly evolving research field with a very inter-disciplinary scope of potential applications, ranging from nano-scale science in condensed matter to the vast scales of astrophysical objects. The theoretical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-10-02 Shabbir A. Khan , Michael Bonitz

Quantum circuit execution is the central task in quantum computation. Due to inherent quantum-mechanical constraints, quantum computing workflows often involve a considerable number of independent measurements over a large set of slightly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-06 Daniel Claudino , Dmitry I. Lyakh , Alexander J. McCaskey

We simulate the nonlinear chaotic dynamics of Lorenz-type models for a classical two-dimensional thermal convection flow with 3 and 8 degrees of freedom by a hybrid quantum--classical reservoir computing model. The high-dimensional quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Philipp Pfeffer , Florian Heyder , Jörg Schumacher

We present a composable design scheme for the development of hybrid quantum/classical algorithms and workflows for applications of quantum simulation. Our object-oriented approach is based on constructing an expressive set of common data…