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arXiv 2005.14369physics.plasm-phquant-ph
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量子计算在等离子体模拟中的应用研究

On applications of quantum computing to plasma simulations

I. Y. Dodin, E. A. Startsev

AI总结:

该研究探索量子计算应用于经典等离子体模拟的机遇与挑战,证明等离子体波问题、含非厄米动力学和非线性的等离子体问题均可通过类量子形式适配量子计算,还提出了混合量子-经典计算机的潜在应用方向。

摘要:

量子计算作为一种有望加速物理系统模拟的途径正受到越来越多的关注,将其应用于经典等离子体模拟也颇具研究价值。然而,量子信息科学传统上以建模量子力学中特定形式的线性哈密顿系统为目标,因此将现有成果拓展至等离子体应用领域仍是一项挑战。本文对该领域的长期发展机遇与潜在障碍开展了初步探索。首先,研究表明许多等离子体波问题可自然地以类量子形式表示,因此天然适配量子计算机。其次,针对包含非厄米动力学(不稳定性、不可逆耗散)与非线性效应的更一般等离子体问题,研究发现通过扩展位形空间,这类系统同样可以类量子形式表示,从而能够借助量子计算机进行模拟,不过与第一类情况相比需要消耗更多计算资源。最后,本文概述了混合量子-经典计算机的潜在应用,包括全局本征模分析以及一种非线性模拟的替代方法。

英文摘要:

Quantum computing is gaining increased attention as a potential way to speed up simulations of physical systems, and it is also of interest to apply it to simulations of classical plasmas. However, quantum information science is traditionally aimed at modeling linear Hamiltonian systems of a particular form that is found in quantum mechanics, so extending the existing results to plasma applications remains a challenge. Here, we report a preliminary exploration of the long-term opportunities and likely obstacles in this area. First, we show that many plasma-wave problems are naturally representable in a quantumlike form and thus are naturally fit for quantum computers. Second, we consider more general plasma problems that include non-Hermitian dynamics (instabilities, irreversible dissipation) and nonlinearities. We show that by extending the configuration space, such systems can also be represented in a quantumlike form and thus can be simulated with quantum computers too, albeit that requires more computational resources compared to the first case. Third, we outline potential applications of hybrid quantum--classical computers, which include analysis of global eigenmodes and also an alternative approach to nonlinear simulations.

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