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Main Authors: Burbano, Ivan M., Carrillo, Marco A., Urek, Rana, Ciavarella, Anthony N., Briceño, Raúl A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06511
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author Burbano, Ivan M.
Carrillo, Marco A.
Urek, Rana
Ciavarella, Anthony N.
Briceño, Raúl A.
author_facet Burbano, Ivan M.
Carrillo, Marco A.
Urek, Rana
Ciavarella, Anthony N.
Briceño, Raúl A.
contents The real-time correlators of quantum field theories can be directly probed through new approaches to simulation, such as quantum computing and tensor networks. This provides a new framework for computing scattering observables in lattice formulations of strongly interacting theories, such as lattice quantum chromodynamics. In this paper, we prove that the proposal of real-time estimators of scattering observables is universally applicable to all scattering observables of gapped quantum field theories. All finite-volume errors are exponentially suppressed, and the rate of this suppression is controlled by the regulator considered, namely, a displacement of the spectrum of the theory into the complex plane. A partial restoration of Lorentz symmetry by averaging over different boosts gives an additional suppression of finite volume errors. Our results also apply to the simulation of wavepacket scattering, where a similar averaging is performed to construct the wavepackets that regulate the finite volume effects. This result represents a necessary key step towards determining a broad class of scattering observables via quantum computing that are currently inaccessible via classical computing. Such observables are relevant for various applications, including hadron spectroscopy, hadron structure, and precision tests of the Standard Model. We also comment on potential applications of our results to traditional computational schemes.
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spellingShingle Real-time Estimators for Scattering Observables: A full account of finite volume errors for quantum simulation
Burbano, Ivan M.
Carrillo, Marco A.
Urek, Rana
Ciavarella, Anthony N.
Briceño, Raúl A.
High Energy Physics - Lattice
The real-time correlators of quantum field theories can be directly probed through new approaches to simulation, such as quantum computing and tensor networks. This provides a new framework for computing scattering observables in lattice formulations of strongly interacting theories, such as lattice quantum chromodynamics. In this paper, we prove that the proposal of real-time estimators of scattering observables is universally applicable to all scattering observables of gapped quantum field theories. All finite-volume errors are exponentially suppressed, and the rate of this suppression is controlled by the regulator considered, namely, a displacement of the spectrum of the theory into the complex plane. A partial restoration of Lorentz symmetry by averaging over different boosts gives an additional suppression of finite volume errors. Our results also apply to the simulation of wavepacket scattering, where a similar averaging is performed to construct the wavepackets that regulate the finite volume effects. This result represents a necessary key step towards determining a broad class of scattering observables via quantum computing that are currently inaccessible via classical computing. Such observables are relevant for various applications, including hadron spectroscopy, hadron structure, and precision tests of the Standard Model. We also comment on potential applications of our results to traditional computational schemes.
title Real-time Estimators for Scattering Observables: A full account of finite volume errors for quantum simulation
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06511