A Quantum Simulation Approach to Implementing Nuclear Density Functional Theory via Imaginary Time Evolution

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Main Authors: Li, Yang Hong, Al-Khalili, Jim, Stevenson, Paul
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Published: 2023
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author Li, Yang Hong
Al-Khalili, Jim
Stevenson, Paul
author_facet Li, Yang Hong
Al-Khalili, Jim
Stevenson, Paul
contents The quantum imaginary time evolution (QITE) algorithm is a direct implementation of the classical imaginary time evolution algorithm on quantum computer. We implement the QITE algorithm for the case of nuclear Hartree-Fock equations in a formalism equivalent to nuclear density functional theory. We demonstrate the algorithm in the case of the helium-4 nucleus with a simplified effective interaction of the Skyrme kind and demonstrate that the QITE, as implemented on simulated quantum computer, gives identical results to the classical algorithm.
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spellingShingle A Quantum Simulation Approach to Implementing Nuclear Density Functional Theory via Imaginary Time Evolution
Li, Yang Hong
Al-Khalili, Jim
Stevenson, Paul
Nuclear Theory
The quantum imaginary time evolution (QITE) algorithm is a direct implementation of the classical imaginary time evolution algorithm on quantum computer. We implement the QITE algorithm for the case of nuclear Hartree-Fock equations in a formalism equivalent to nuclear density functional theory. We demonstrate the algorithm in the case of the helium-4 nucleus with a simplified effective interaction of the Skyrme kind and demonstrate that the QITE, as implemented on simulated quantum computer, gives identical results to the classical algorithm.
title A Quantum Simulation Approach to Implementing Nuclear Density Functional Theory via Imaginary Time Evolution
topic Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15425