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Topological data analysis is a rapidly developing area of data science where one tries to discover topological patterns in data sets to generate insight and knowledge discovery. In this project we use quantum walk algorithms to discover…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-23 Yuan Feng , Raffaele Miceli , Michael McGuigan

A quantum walk is a time-homogeneous quantum-mechanical process on a graph defined by analogy to classical random walk. The quantum walker is a particle that moves from a given vertex to adjacent vertices in quantum superposition. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-18 Andrew M. Childs , David Gosset , Zak Webb

Simulation and programming of current quantum computers as Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices represent a hot topic at the border of current physical and information sciences. The quantum walk process represents a basic…

In nuclear fusion and fission, fluctuation and dissipation arise due to the coupling of collective degrees of freedom with internal excitations. Close to the barrier, both quantum, statistical and non-Markovian effects are expected to be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 G. Hupin , D. Lacroix

We formulate a quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) method for calculating the ground state of many-boson systems. The method is based on a field-theoretical approach, and is closely related to existing fermion auxiliary-field QMC methods which are…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wirawan Purwanto , Shiwei Zhang

Quantum walks have emerged as an interesting alternative to the usual circuit model for quantum computing. While still universal for quantum computing, the quantum walk model has very different physical requirements, which lends itself more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Peter P. Rohde , Andreas Schreiber , Martin Stefanak , Igor Jex , Christine Silberhorn

We introduce two kinds of quantum algorithms to explore microcanonical and canonical properties of many-body systems. The first one is a hybrid quantum algorithm that, given an efficiently preparable state, computes expectation values in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Sirui Lu , Mari Carmen Bañuls , J. Ignacio Cirac

Quantum walks have been shown to have a wide range of applications, from artificial intelligence, to photosynthesis, and quantum transport. Quantum stochastic walks (QSWs) generalize this concept to additional non-unitary evolution. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Peter K. Schuhmacher , Luke C. G. Govia , Bruno G. Taketani , Frank K. Wilhelm

We use discrete-event simulation on a digital computer to study two different models of experimentally realizable quantum walks. The simulation models comply with Einstein locality, are as "realistic" as the one of the simple random walk in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-08 Madita Willsch , Dennis Willsch , Kristel Michielsen , Hans De Raedt

In a Quantum Walk (QW) the "walker" follows all possible paths at once through the principle of quantum superposition, differentiating itself from classical random walks where one random path is taken at a time. This facilitates the…

Quantum computing offers a powerful new perspective on probabilistic and collective behaviors traditionally taught in statistical physics. This paper presents two classroom-ready modules that integrate quantum computing into the…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-11-06 Zihan Li , Dan A. Mazilu , Irina Mazilu

We recently demonstrated that standard fixed-time lattice random-walk models cannot be modified to properly represent biased diffusion processes in more than two dimensions. The origin of this fundamental limitation appears to be the fact…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-10 Michel G. Gauthier , Gary W. Slater

Quantum walks in an elaborately designed graph, is a powerful tool simulating physical and topological phenomena, constructing analog quantum algorithms and realizing universal quantum computing. Integrated photonics technology has emerged…

The simple algorithm for the simulation and visualization of non relativistic quantum dynamics is proposed that is based on a collective behavior of classical particles. Any quantum particle is represented as the swarm of its classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuri Ozhigov

A quantum Monte Carlo algorithm is constructed starting from the standard perturbation expansion in the interaction representation. The resulting configuration space is strongly related to that of the Stochastic Series Expansion (SSE)…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-30 A. W. Sandvik , R. R. P. Singh , D. K. Campbell

Monte Carlo Simulations of the Spatial Transport of Excitons in a Quantum Well Structure Yutaka Takahashi (Dep. of Electrical and Information Eng., Yamagata University) The in-plane spatial transport of nonequilibrium excitons in a GaAs…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Yutaka Takahashi

We address the issue of accurately treating interaction effects in the mesoscopic regime by investigating the ground state properties of isolated irregular quantum dots. Quantum Monte Carlo techniques are used to calculate the distributions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Amit Ghosal , C. J. Umrigar , Hong Jiang , Denis Ullmo , Harold U. Baranger

Recent findings suggest that processes such as the electronic energy transfer through the photosynthetic antenna display quantal features, aspects known from the dynamics of charge carriers along polymer backbones. Hence, in modeling energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Elena Agliari , Oliver Muelken , Alexander Blumen

Non-Hermitian quantum systems exhibit unique properties and hold significant promise for diverse applications, yet their dynamical simulation poses a particular challenge due to intrinsic openness and non-unitary evolution. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Xiaogang Li , Kecheng Liu , Qiming Ding

Multi-photon propagation in connected structures - a quantum walk - offers the potential for simulating complex physical systems and provides a route to universal quantum computation. Increasing the complexity of quantum photonic networks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-21 Hugo Defienne , Marco Barbieri , Ian A. Walmsley , Brian J. Smith , Sylvain Gigan