A Euclidean Monte-Carlo-informed route to ground-state preparation for quantum simulation of scalar field theory
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| author | Gupta, Navya White, Christopher David Davoudi, Zohreh |
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| contents | Quantum simulators hold great promise for studying real-time (Minkowski) dynamics of quantum field theories. Nonetheless, preparing non-trivial initial states remains a major obstacle. Euclidean-time Monte-Carlo methods yield ground-state spectra and static correlation functions that can, in principle, guide state preparation. In this work, we exploit this classical information to bridge Euclidean and Minkowski descriptions for a (1+1)-dimensional interacting scalar field theory. We propose variational ansatz families which achieve comparable ground-state energies, yet exhibit distinct correlations and local non-Gaussianity. By optimizing selected wavefunction moments with Monte-Carlo data, we obtain ansatzes that can be efficiently translated into quantum circuits. Our algorithmic cost analysis shows these circuits' gate complexity scales polynomially in system size. Our work paves the way for systematically leveraging classically-computed information to prepare initial states in quantum field theories of interest in nature. |
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| spellingShingle | A Euclidean Monte-Carlo-informed route to ground-state preparation for quantum simulation of scalar field theory Gupta, Navya White, Christopher David Davoudi, Zohreh High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory Quantum Physics Quantum simulators hold great promise for studying real-time (Minkowski) dynamics of quantum field theories. Nonetheless, preparing non-trivial initial states remains a major obstacle. Euclidean-time Monte-Carlo methods yield ground-state spectra and static correlation functions that can, in principle, guide state preparation. In this work, we exploit this classical information to bridge Euclidean and Minkowski descriptions for a (1+1)-dimensional interacting scalar field theory. We propose variational ansatz families which achieve comparable ground-state energies, yet exhibit distinct correlations and local non-Gaussianity. By optimizing selected wavefunction moments with Monte-Carlo data, we obtain ansatzes that can be efficiently translated into quantum circuits. Our algorithmic cost analysis shows these circuits' gate complexity scales polynomially in system size. Our work paves the way for systematically leveraging classically-computed information to prepare initial states in quantum field theories of interest in nature. |
| title | A Euclidean Monte-Carlo-informed route to ground-state preparation for quantum simulation of scalar field theory |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24875 |