Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless informed otherwise. The seminar talk starts with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
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VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR – Chia-Cheng Chang (LBNL)
May 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Chia-Cheng Chang (LBNL)
Title: Time evolution of open quantum many-body systems
Abstract:
The increasing interest and efforts put forth towards the development of quantum computing have lead to a shift in how one goes about tackling problems that are typically thought of as difficult. In this talk I will discuss a specific paradigm of quantum computing called adiabatic quantum computing, and narrow the scope to discuss what is known as quantum annealing. In particular, the first part of the talk will be devoted to discussing what quantum annealing is, and its connection with adiabatic quantum computing. I will follow by discussing the scope of problems that quantum annealers can hope to solve, include an example for tackling integer linear programming. I will end by discussing our simulation of an open quantum many-body system and compare against experimental results obtained from a DWave quantum annealer. On the DWave, we employ a modified time evolution schedule and observe an improvement in performance. Results from the simulation provide a possible explanation of the underlying physics by correlating algorithmic improvements to the interplay between quantum decoherence and many-body localization..
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https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/99612217893
Meeting ID: 996 1221 7893
INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.