The Department of Theoretical physics have the pleasure to welcome Anne Matthies, University of Cologne, who will talk on Simulated Cooling on Quantum Computers. See brief abstract below:
Complex quantum systems are very difficult to model on classical computers. Thus, one important task of future quantum computers will be to simulate quantum systems and solve central problems of quantum chemistry and material sciences. For a successful quantum simulation one has, first, to model the correct quantum dynamics. Secondly, and even more challenging, the relevant quantum state has to be initialized. In this talk, I will give an introduction to quantum computing and discuss it's challenges and successes.
I will end by giving an outlook to my research, where we combined ideas of solid-state physics and cooling technologies with quantum algorithms to prepare low-energy states on present-day quantum devices.