Toward Quantum Advantage in High Energy Physics

Apr 19, 2023, 9:00 AM → Apr 21, 2023, 5:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Herbert Walter Lecture Hall (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ))

The advent of quantum computation presents the opportunity to solve problems presently intractable on classical computers. Within high energy physics, such problems include predicting particle collisions and determining equations of state in strongly coupled gauge theories at finite density, and beyond. At present, the resources and methods to obtain these results are subject of lively interdisciplinary debate. In parallel, classical methods like Monte Carlo, Tensor Networks, and Machine Learning will continue to develop, pushing the boundary for practical quantum advantage higher, while providing novel insights on strongly correlated quantum matter. This topical workshop will bring together experts in quantum and classical methods to discuss recent achievements in the field, and identify future challenges towards possible quantum advantage in high energy physics.

Please note that the number of seats to attend the workshop is limited. You will be informed ahead of the Topical Workshop whether you were selected for participation.
If you are invited for week 2 of the MIAPbP Program "Quantum Computing Methods for High Energy Physics", you are automatically registered for the Topical Workshop.

Wednesday, April 19

1 Opening Talk: "Quantum advantage in HEP, physics drives and the path forward"

Speaker: Organizers

Opening-talk_Slides.pdf

2 Classical Monte Carlo simulations of finite-density and real-time dynamics in HEP: status and prospects

Speaker: Paulo Bedaque (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)

Bedaque_Slides.pdf

10:20 AM Break

3 Classical tensor-network simulations of finite-density and real-time dynamics in HEP: status and prospects

Speaker: Mari-Carmen Banuls (Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, DE)

Banuls_Slides.pdf

4 Panel discussion on: “Classical-simulation methods in HEP: what can they ultimately achieve and what is the limit?”

Panelists: Mari-Carmen Banuls, Paulo Bedaque, Karl Jansen, Yannick Meurice, Erez Zohar

Speakers: Erez Zohar, Karl Jansen, Mari-Carmen Banuls, Paulo Bedaque, Yannick Meurice

Panel-I-classical-methods.pdf

12:30 PM Lunch

5 Status and prospect of quantum simulating quantum fields: analog approaches

Speaker: Federica Surace (California Institute of Technology, USA)

Surace_Slides.pdf

6 Simulating one-dimensional quantum chromodynamics on a quantum computer: Real-time evolutions of tetra- and pentaquarks

Speaker: Christine Muschik (University of Waterloo, Institute for Quantum Computing, CA)

3:20 PM Break

7 Poster session

Thursday, April 20

8 Entanglement in quantum fields: how to define, probe, and harness?

Speaker: Natalie Klco (Duke University, USA)

9 Quantum-simulation methods for Large Hadron Collider: parton shower and scattering amplitudes

Speaker: Stefano Carrazza (University of Milan and INFN, IT)

Carrazza_Slides.pdf

10:20 AM Break

10 Quantum-assisted methods and quantum machine learning for HEP: applications and prospects

Speaker: Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN, CH/FR)

Vallecorsa_Slides.pdf

11 Panel discussion on: “What are the immediate and long-term applications of, challenges associated with, and the roadmaps for, achieving quantum advantage in HEP?”

Panelists: Stefano Carrazza, Natalie Klco, Christine Muschik, Jesse Stryker, Federica Surace, Sofia Vallecorsa

Speakers: Christine Muschik, Federica Surace, Jesse Stryker, Natalie Klco, Sofia Vallecorsa, Stefano Carrazza

Panel-II-quantum-methods.pdf

12:30 PM Lunch

12 Formal and algorithmic developments for quantum-simulating non-Abelian and higher-dimensional gauge theories

Speaker: Jesse Stryker (University of Maryland, College Park)

Stryker_Slides.pdf

13 Entanglement, spacetime, and quantum gravity

Speaker: Joe Lykken (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)

3:20 PM Break

14 Lightning talk: "Variational quantum thermalizers for gauge theories”

Speaker: Michael Fromm

Fromm_Slides.pdf

15 Lightning talk: "Variational quantum simulation of Abelian lattice gauge theories with qudit systems"

Speaker: Pavel Popov

Popov_Slides.pdf

16 Lightning talk: "Spin exchange-enabled quantum simulator of large-scale non-Abelian gauge theories"

Speaker: Jad C. Halimeh

17 Lightning talk: "Cold-atom regularizations of Gross-Neveu-type relativistic QFTs"

Speaker: Alejandro Bermúdez

Bermudez_Slides.pdf

18 Lightning talk: "Perturbative boundaries of quantum advantage for digitized anharmonic oscillators"

Speaker: Yannick Meurice

Meurice_Slides.pdf

19 Lightning talk: "Quantum integration of elementary-particle processes"

Speaker: Mathieu Pellen (University Freiburg)

PELLEN_Miapp_Munich_2023.pdf

20 Lightning talk: "Quantum algorithms for the simulation of perturbative QCD processes"

Speaker: Herschel A. Chawdhry

Chawdhry_Slides.pdf

21 Lightning talk: "Fermionic gauged Gaussian Tensor Networks for (2+1)d lattice gauge theories"

Speaker: Patrick Emonts

Emonts_Slides.pdf

22 Lightning talk: "Confinement in 1D Z2 gauge theories with dynamical matter"

Speaker: Fabian Grusdt

Friday, April 21

23 Analog simulation and digital computation with neutral atoms for HEP applications and beyond

Speaker: Monika Aidelsburger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, DE)

24 Analog simulation and digital computation with trapped ions for HEP applications and beyond

Speaker: Martin Ringbauer (Universität Innsbruck, AT)

10:20 AM Break

25 Analog simulation and digital computation with solid-state platforms for HEP applications and beyond

Speaker: Tom O'Brien (Google Quantum AI, München, DE)

26 Panel discussion on: “Will the quantum-simulating technologies enable quantum advantage in HEP?”

Panelists: Monika Aidelsburger, Ignacio Cirac, Joe Lykken, Tom O’Brien, Martin Ringbauer

Speakers: Ignacio Cirac, Joe Lykken, Martin Ringbauer, Monika Aidelsburger, Tom O'Brien

Panel-III-quantum-hardware.pdf

27 Final remarks by organizers