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SUMMARY:Simulating Collision Events on a Quantum Computer - Simon Williams
  (Imperial College)
DTSTART:20230516T100000Z
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CONTACT:Heribertus Bayu Hartanto
DESCRIPTION:High quality simulated data is crucial for the interpretation 
 of measurements from high energy collisions at collider experiments\, with
  QCD parton showers forming an important statistical component of modern e
 vent generators. With the impressive progress in quantum technology\, quan
 tum computers provide an interesting opportunity for high energy particle 
 physics. The ability of the quantum device to naturally incorporate quantu
 m phenomena offers an exciting potential for improving the simulation of p
 article physics\, increasing the physics capabilities and efficiencies of 
 modern event generators. \n\n \n\nIn this talk I present a novel approach 
 to simulating the parton showering process using the Discrete QCD model\, 
 and thus generating collider events on a Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum 
 (NISQ) device. The algorithm benefits from an elegant quantum walk impleme
 ntation\, embedded in a classical toolchain. Due to the statistical nature
  of the shower process\, it has been shown that the noise from the device 
 is not a primary concern\, and the description of LEP data is encouraging.
  This is the first quantum algorithm with the ability to simulate realisti
 c\, high-energy particle collision events using a NISQ device. 
LOCATION:Ryle Seminar Room
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