Ancilla-Free Quantum Protocol for Thermal Green's Functions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03288v2
• Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:23:01 GMT
• Title: Ancilla-Free Quantum Protocol for Thermal Green's Functions
• Authors: Changhao Yi, Cunlu Zhou,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a simple and noise-resilient quantum algorithm for computing both zero- and finite-temperature Green's functions.<n>We employ a tailored quench spectroscopy scheme to recover the exact real and imaginary parts of two-point time correlators.<n>The protocol is theoretically efficient, experimentally accessible, and directly applicable to both digital quantum computers and analog quantum simulators.
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• Abstract: We introduce a simple and noise-resilient quantum algorithm for computing both zero- and finite-temperature Green's functions, requiring no ancillas and relying only on native time evolution and measurements readily available on current platforms. Assuming parity symmetry of the system, as in the Fermi-Hubbard and Heisenberg models, we construct symmetric and antisymmetric thermal states and employ a tailored quench spectroscopy scheme to recover the exact real and imaginary parts of two-point time correlators. Green's functions are then reconstructed through efficient signal analysis. The protocol is theoretically efficient, experimentally accessible, and directly applicable to both digital quantum computers and analog quantum simulators. Beyond Green's functions, the same framework extends naturally to out-of-time-order correlators (OTOC). This work highlights a practical path toward probing finite-temperature dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems on near-term and early fault-tolerant quantum hardware.

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