Quantum Computers Exploring Quantum Mechanics
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slide1. Quantum Computers Exploring Quantum Mechanics Scientific Achievement
By remotely accessing an IBM quantum computer through the OLCF's Quantum Computer User Program, a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory successfully simulated a key process in particle physics: hadronization.
Hadronization occurs when two or more quarks — the subatomic building blocks of matter — bind together through the strong nuclear force to form composite particles called hadrons.
The most familiar examples of hadrons are protons and neutrons, which form the nuclei of atoms. So, having a better understanding of the hadronization process means having a better understanding of the structure of matter and the universe. Significance and Impact
Although based on a simplified model of quantum mechanics, the project lays the groundwork for how physicists can leverage the power of quantum computers to make large scientific calculations beyond the capabilities of classical supercomputers.
This project ultimately aims to develop the computational techniques needed to simulate quantum chromodynamics of large subatomic systems on quantum computers of the future, which will be larger and more accurate than current models. String breaking is a fundamental mechanism in the hadronization process. Quarks are linked by “strings” of gluons that stretch as the quarks collide and spin away, ultimately releasing enough energy to “snap” the gluon string apart as a new quark-antiquark pair bind together to form a hadron. Credit: Getty Images. Technical Approach
The PI limited his simulation of string breaking — a fundamental mechanism in the hadronization process — with a heavy quark limit and just one dimension.
The PI also developed a “scalable circuit concurrent variational quantum solver,” a computational technique to bring the quantum computer’s qubits to a quantum vacuum state. PI(s)/Facility Lead(s): Anthony Ciavarella, Berkeley Lab
Collaborating Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
ASCR Program: QCUP
ASCR PM: Benjamin Brown
Publication: Anthony Ciavarella, “String breaking in the heavy quark limit with scalable circuits,” Physical Review D 111 (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.054501.
Code Developed: scalable circuit concurrent variational quantum solver<br>
By remotely accessing an IBM quantum computer through the OLCF's Quantum Computer User Program, a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory successfully simulated a key process in particle physics: hadronization.
Hadronization occurs when two or more quarks — the subatomic building blocks of matter — bind together through the strong nuclear force to form composite particles called hadrons.
The most familiar examples of hadrons are protons and neutrons, which form the nuclei of atoms. So, having a better understanding of the hadronization process means having a better understanding of the structure of matter and the universe. Significance and Impact
Although based on a simplified model of quantum mechanics, the project lays the groundwork for how physicists can leverage the power of quantum computers to make large scientific calculations beyond the capabilities of classical supercomputers.
This project ultimately aims to develop the computational techniques needed to simulate quantum chromodynamics of large subatomic systems on quantum computers of the future, which will be larger and more accurate than current models. String breaking is a fundamental mechanism in the hadronization process. Quarks are linked by “strings” of gluons that stretch as the quarks collide and spin away, ultimately releasing enough energy to “snap” the gluon string apart as a new quark-antiquark pair bind together to form a hadron. Credit: Getty Images. Technical Approach
The PI limited his simulation of string breaking — a fundamental mechanism in the hadronization process — with a heavy quark limit and just one dimension.
The PI also developed a “scalable circuit concurrent variational quantum solver,” a computational technique to bring the quantum computer’s qubits to a quantum vacuum state. PI(s)/Facility Lead(s): Anthony Ciavarella, Berkeley Lab
Collaborating Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
ASCR Program: QCUP
ASCR PM: Benjamin Brown
Publication: Anthony Ciavarella, “String breaking in the heavy quark limit with scalable circuits,” Physical Review D 111 (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.054501.
Code Developed: scalable circuit concurrent variational quantum solver<br>