Numerical simulation is an important method for verifying the quantum circuits used to simulate low-energy nuclear states. However, real-world applications of quantum computing for nuclear theory often generate deep quantum circuits that place demanding memory and processing requirements on conventional simulation methods. Here, we present advances in high-performance numerical simulations of deep quantum circuits to efficiently verify the accuracy of low-energy nuclear physics applications. Our approach employs novel methods for accelerating the numerical simulation including management of simulated mid-circuit measurements to verify projection based state preparation circuits. In this study, we test these methods across a variety of high-performance computing systems and our results show that circuits up to 21 qubits and more than 115,000,000 gates can be efficiently simulated.
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Li, Ang, Baroni, Alessandro, Stetcu, Ionel, & Humble, Travis S. (2024). Deep quantum circuit simulations of low-energy nuclear states. European Physical Journal. A, Hadrons and Nuclei (Online), 60(5). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01286-7
@article{osti_2406575,
author = {Li, Ang and Baroni, Alessandro and Stetcu, Ionel and Humble, Travis S.},
title = {Deep quantum circuit simulations of low-energy nuclear states},
annote = {Numerical simulation is an important method for verifying the quantum circuits used to simulate low-energy nuclear states. However, real-world applications of quantum computing for nuclear theory often generate deep quantum circuits that place demanding memory and processing requirements on conventional simulation methods. Here, we present advances in high-performance numerical simulations of deep quantum circuits to efficiently verify the accuracy of low-energy nuclear physics applications. Our approach employs novel methods for accelerating the numerical simulation including management of simulated mid-circuit measurements to verify projection based state preparation circuits. In this study, we test these methods across a variety of high-performance computing systems and our results show that circuits up to 21 qubits and more than 115,000,000 gates can be efficiently simulated.},
doi = {10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01286-7},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2406575},
journal = {European Physical Journal. A, Hadrons and Nuclei (Online)},
issn = {ISSN 1434-601X},
number = {5},
volume = {60},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
year = {2024},
month = {05}}
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
2406575
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-23-30527; TRN: US2501327
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal. A, Hadrons and Nuclei (Online), Vol. 60, Issue 5; ISSN 1434-601X
Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis on - SC '17https://doi.org/10.1145/3126908.3126947