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Scientific IN2P3 News: Promosing steps towards nuclear physics with quantum computing

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Scientific News: In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters, M. Grasso and coworkers have shown that a long-standing puzzle to reproduce the observed Gamow-Teller response can be solved by accounting for complex internal configurations in nuclei.

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Marcella Grasso has been appointed President of the Scientific Council of the European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) in Trento (Italy), from January 1, 2021. To see more...

Denis Lacroix is laureat of the CNRS-80 PRIME

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Denis and his collaborators including the LIP6 people will work on "Simulate Atomic Nuclei and their Constituents with quantum computers".

With the arrival of the first quantum computer demonstrators such as those developed by IBM or Google, the field of quantum computing is experiencing a new boom on a global scale. The programming on these prototypes of quantum computers (QC) remains today a challenge, in particular concerning adapted algorithms and control of the quantum noise inherent to these computers. The aim of the project is to explore the new opportunities offered by QC to simulate interacting fermions such as nucleons or quarks where it can potentially bring a major breakthrough. While at the international level (mainly US) such exploration has recently started, this problem has currently barely been addressed in France. Our aim during the project is to develop new algorithms to accurately simulate strongly interacting quantum many body systems on QCs, for the noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) machines which start to be available now, but also for the general purpose quantum computers which are expected to be developed over next decades. Tentative applications will be made in atomic, nuclear and particle physics.

Our team contributes to IN2P3 national perspective

  • Quantum computing for nuclear physics

  • Neural network for nuclear theory

  • Future of nuclear theory

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The team organized the "Journées thématique IN2P3 on quantum computing"

In recent years, we experienced the arrival of the first quantum computer (QC) demonstrators such as those developed by D-Wave, Google, IBM or Rigetti. Overall, this field is experiencing a new boost on a global scale.

The programming on these prototypes of quantum computers remains today a challenge in particular concerning adapted algorithms and control of the quantum noise inherent to these computers. Nevertheless, in the next decade, these computers as well as the new associated algorithms may hypothetically provide computing power hitherto unequaled in terms of speed and storage.

It seems in particular timely to investigate whether the domains covered by the IN2P3 institute both at the informatics and/or fundamental research levels can benefit from these recent advances.

The goal of this meeting is to invite experts in the field of quantum computing to present to non-expert scientists and engineers the state of the art in this area of research.