QuEST Group Meeting

QuEST Group Meeting 2023

Every Thursday, 12 noon (Google Meet)

Presenter: Ahmad Hazazi 

Date: January 5, 2023

Title: Particle on the sphere: group-theoretic quantization in the presence of a magnetic monopole

Abstract: I will review a work done by Rodrigo Andrade e Silva and Ted Jacobson. 

Here is the arxiv version: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.04888

The paper is published in IOP : https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/abf961


Presenter: Hishamuddin Zainuddin

Date/Time: 19 January 2023

Title: Random Readings on Group Theory with Quantum Physics (Back to Basics)

Abstract: The talk will be on relationships between group theory, representation theory & spaces and quantum physics. It will touch upon the complex and ray nature of quantum states, complex projective spaces, relationships between SU(2) and SL(2) etc.

Main references:

1) William Goldman, Lecture notes on Lie groups and Lie algebras

2) David Gurarie, Symmetries and Laplacians, (Dover, 1992)

3) Anthony W. Knapp, Representation Theory of Semisimple Groups (Princeton Univ. Press, 1986)

4) J.C. Alexander, "Matrices, Eigenvalues and Complex Projective Space", Amer. Math. Monthly, Vol. 85 No. 9 (1978)727-733.

5) David Schroeren, "Symmetry Fundamentalism in Quantum Mechanics", Philos. Stud. Vol.178 (2021) 3995-4024.


Presenter: Choong Pak Shen

Date/Time: 9 February 2023

Title: SLOCC classification by Cayley hyperdeterminant

Abstract: In this presentation, I will briefly outline the SLOCC classification using Cayley hyperdeterminant (until Section III A in the reference).

Reference: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0212146v1


Presenter:  Nurisya Mohd Shah

Date/Time     :  23 February 2023

Title : On the Lax representation

Abstract : We give an overview and example of Lax representation. We will highlight on what is called a Lax pair and how it is related to the well-known Heisenberg picture. Lax pair method also known to be importance in the nonlinear differential equations which are exactly integrable.


Speaker   :  Ahmad Aqwa Rosli

Date/Time:  11 May 2023/ 12.30 pm

Abstract : Pre-viva on Picture Process of Quantum Mechanics


Speaker: Choong PS

Date: 1 June 2023

Title: A kickstarter to quantum error correction

Abstract: A brief introduction to NISQ and some preliminary QEC.


Speaker: Choong PS

Date: 21 July 2023

Title: Stabilizer formalism

Abstract: A brief introduction stabilizer formalism.


Presenter: Hishamuddin Zainuddin

Date/Time: August 1, 2023, 12 noon

Title: Action Functionals and Symmetries


Presenter: Choong Pak Shen

Date/Time: August 8, 12pn

Title: Error syndrome and error correction


Presenter: Hishamuddin Zainuddin

Date/Time:August 22, 2023, 12 noon

Title: Action Functionals and Symmetries II


Presenter: Nurisya Mohd Shah

Date/Time:August 17, 12pm

Title: On geometric quantum complexity of bosonic oscillator systems  - Euler-Arnold equation


Presenter: Choong Pak Shen

Date/Time:August 29, 12pm

Title: Introduction to toric codes


Presenter: Amsyar

Date/Time: September 13, 2023 (Wednesday); 12 noon

Title: Transformasi secara teori keadaan koheren kepada dua keadaan baharu: keadaan dengan bukti ciri-ciri tidak-klasik dan keadaan dengan kualiti-kualiti foton-tunggal lebih baik


Presenter: Farhana

Date/Time: October 4, 2023 / 12 noon

Title: On density functional theory


Presenter: Umair Halim

Date/Time: October 18, 2023 (Tuesday); 12.30 pm

Title: The Role of Quantum Potential in Generating Chaotic Bohmian Trajectory.

Abstract: Particle trajectories guided by the wave function are well-defined through Bohmian mechanics, which is a causal interpretation of quantum mechanics. Periodic and chaotic behaviours could be exhibited from the certain classical integrable systems that have been shown within this framework. Recently, several studies have shown that a Bohmian trajectory approaching closely to a nodal point makes a spiral around the point and becomes chaotic. In this work, using 2-dimensional commensurate harmonic oscillators, we explore the effects of the distance between the nodal point’s region and the initial positions on the dynamical behaviour of Bohmian trajectories. The result shows the system undergoes a transition to chaos after clearly having regular behaviour.  At the onset of chaos, the quantum trajectories diverge from the regular orbit and move toward the centre region of nodal points. In addition, the system with an initial position near the region only needs a short amount of time to exhibit chaos compared to a more distant one. This phenomenon may be due to the abrupt change in quantum potential i.e., the potential which is absent in classical mechanics. The connection between chaos and quantum potential is proved using numerical computation of the Lyapunov exponent together with the plotting of quantum potential.


Presenter: Valentine

Date/Time: 1 November 2023; 12.00 noon 

Title: A review on the group theoretic method in QEC


Presenter: Nurisya Mohd Shah

Date/Time: 6 December 2023; 12.00 noon 

Title: Quantum complexity in bosonic oscillator

Abstract: This is a study on the paper entitled “Geometric quantum complexity of bosonic oscillator systems”. We try to go through some important calculations in the literature.