Variational Quantum Simulation of the Interacting Schwinger Model on a Trapped-Ion Quantum Processor

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20824v1
• Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:43:57 GMT
• Title: Variational Quantum Simulation of the Interacting Schwinger Model on a Trapped-Ion Quantum Processor
• Authors: Christian Melzer, Stephan Schuster, Diego Alberto Olvera Millán, Janine Hilder, Ulrich Poschinger, Karl Jansen, Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler,
• Abstract summary: In this work, we explore the multi-flavor lattice Schwinger model - a toy model inspired by quantum chromodynamics.<n>We employ a parametric quantum circuit executed on our quantum processor to identify ground states in different parameter regimes of the model.<n>The resulting states are analyzed via quantum state tomography, to reveal how characteristic properties such as correlations in the output state change.
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• Abstract: Simulations in high-energy physics are currently emerging as an application of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers. In this work, we explore the multi-flavor lattice Schwinger model - a toy model inspired by quantum chromodynamics - in one spatial dimension and with nonzero chemical potential by means of variational quantum simulation on a shuttling-based trapped-ion quantum processor. This fermionic problem becomes intractable for classical numerical methods even for small system sizes due to the notorious sign problem. We employ a parametric quantum circuit executed on our quantum processor to identify ground states in different parameter regimes of the model, mapping out a quantum phase transition which is the hallmark feature of the model. The resulting states are analyzed via quantum state tomography, to reveal how characteristic properties such as correlations in the output state change across the phase transition. Moreover, we use the results to determine the phase boundaries of the model.

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