Variational quantum eigensolver for chemical molecules

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Autori principali: Ion, Luca, Smith, Adam
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author Ion, Luca
Smith, Adam
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Smith, Adam
contents Solving interacting multi-particle systems is a central challenge in quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics. In this work, we investigate the computation of ground states and ground-state energies for the He-H+ and H2O molecules using quantum computing techniques. We employ the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), implemented both on a quantum computer simulator and on an IBM quantum device. The resulting energies are benchmarked against exact ground-state energies obtained via classical methods. Simulations of the H2O molecule were performed on Nottingham's High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities.
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spellingShingle Variational quantum eigensolver for chemical molecules
Ion, Luca
Smith, Adam
Quantum Physics
Computational Physics
Solving interacting multi-particle systems is a central challenge in quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics. In this work, we investigate the computation of ground states and ground-state energies for the He-H+ and H2O molecules using quantum computing techniques. We employ the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), implemented both on a quantum computer simulator and on an IBM quantum device. The resulting energies are benchmarked against exact ground-state energies obtained via classical methods. Simulations of the H2O molecule were performed on Nottingham's High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities.
title Variational quantum eigensolver for chemical molecules
topic Quantum Physics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22572