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We present a unitary framework for dissipative quantum dynamics that can be efficiently applied to large-scale Fermi systems. The method introduces local Hermitian operators that emulate frictional forces while strictly preserving the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-16 J. E. Alba-Arroyo , Daniel Pęcak , Michael McNeil Forbes , Gabriel Wlazłowski

We introduce a hybrid quantum-classical framework for efficiently implementing approximate unitary dilations of non-unitary operators with enhanced noise resilience. The method embeds a target non-unitary operator into a subblock of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 S. X. Li , Keren Li , J. B. You , Y. -H. Chen , Clemens Gneiting , Franco Nori , X. Q. Shao

We show that a nonlinear Schr\"odinger wave equation can reproduce all the features of linear quantum mechanics. This nonlinear wave equation is obtained by exploring, in a uniform language, the transition from fully classical theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-20 Chris D. Richardson , Peter Schlagheck , John Martin , Nicolas Vandewalle , Thierry Bastin

We provide the exact analytic solution of the stochastic Schr\"odinger equation describing an harmonic oscillator interacting with a non-Markovian and dissipative environment. This result represents an arrival point in the study of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Luca Ferialdi , Angelo Bassi

Hamiltonian simulation is a central task in quantum computing, with wide-ranging applications in quantum chemistry, condensed matter physics, and combinatorial optimization. A fundamental challenge lies in approximating the unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Molena Nguyen , Naihuan Jing

We develop a quantum algorithm for solving high-dimensional fractional Poisson equations. By applying the Caffarelli-Silvestre extension, the $d$-dimensional fractional equation is reformulated as a local partial differential equation in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Shi Jin , Nana Liu , Yue Yu

Following Feynman and as elaborated on by Lloyd, a universal quantum simulator (QS) is a controlled quantum device which reproduces the dynamics of any other many particle quantum system with short range interactions. This dynamics can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-11 Hendrik Weimer , Markus Müller , Igor Lesanovsky , Peter Zoller , Hans Peter Büchler

Standard quantum mechanics relies on two distinct dynamical principles: unitary evolution and collapse. A mathematically self-contained variational framework is presented that replaces this dualism with a single principle, in which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Lance H. Carter

The development of powerful numerical techniques has drastically improved our understanding of quantum matter out of equilibrium. Inspired by recent progress in the area of noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, this paper highlights…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-01 Jonas Richter

Solving linear and nonlinear differential equations with large degrees of freedom is an important task for scientific and industrial applications. In order to solve such differential equations on a quantum computer, it is necessary to embed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Yuki Ito , Yu Tanaka , Keisuke Fujii

Quantum simulation has primarily focused on unitary dynamics, while many physical and engineering systems can be modeled by linear ordinary differential equations whose generators include non-Hermitian terms. Recent studies have shown that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Seonggeun Park

Response functions are key observables for probing the structure and dynamics of many-body systems. We introduce and demonstrate a quantum-classical framework for computing response functions of general many-fermion systems that also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Weijie Du , Yangguang Yang , Zixin Liu , Chao Yang , James P. Vary

We present and benchmark quantum computing approaches for calculating real-time single-particle Green's functions and nonlinear susceptibilities of Hamiltonian systems. The approaches leverage adaptive variational quantum algorithms for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Martin Mootz , Thomas Iadecola , Yong-Xin Yao

Certain aspects of some unitary quantum systems are well-described by evolution via a non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian, as in the Wigner-Weisskopf theory for spontaneous decay. Conversely, any non-Hermitian Hamiltonian evolution can be…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-12-01 Jay Hubisz , Bharath Sambasivam , Judah Unmuth-Yockey

We investigate the many-particle and mean-field correspondence for a non-Hermitian N-particle Bose-Hubbard dimer where a complex onsite energy describes an effective decay from one of the modes. Recently a generalized mean-field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-07-22 Eva-Maria Graefe , Hans Jürgen Korsch , Astrid Elisa Niederle

Open quantum systems host a wide range of intriguing phenomena, yet their simulation on well-controlled quantum devices is challenging, owing to the exponential growth of the Hilbert space and the inherently non-unitary nature of the…

Linear response functions are a cornerstone concept in physics as they enable efficient estimation of many dynamical properties. In addition to predicting dynamics of observables under perturbations without resimulating the system, these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Xiantao Li , Chunhao Wang

We present a quantum algorithmic framework for simulating linear, anti-Hermitian (lossless) wave equations in heterogeneous, anisotropic, and time-independent media. This framework encompasses a broad class of wave equations, including the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-06 Cyrill Bösch , Malte Schade , Giacomo Aloisi , Scott D. Keating , Andreas Fichtner

In this paper we study quantum simulation algorithms on the elastic wave equations using the Schr\"odingerisation method. The Schr\"odingerisation method transforms any linear PDEs into a system of Schr\"odinger-type PDEs -with unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Shi Jin , Chundan Zhang

Recent demonstrations of superconducting quantum computers by Google and IBM and trapped-ion computers from IonQ fueled new research in quantum algorithms, compilation into quantum circuits, and empirical algorithmics. While online access…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-26 Aneeqa Fatima , Igor L. Markov