Dynamical simulations of many-body quantum chaos on a quantum computer

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Abstract

Quantum circuits with local unitaries offer a rich framework for exploring the many-body quantum dynamics of discrete-time systems. In this context, a special class of dual unitary circuits recently gained attention. These circuits exhibit unitarity in both space and time, enabling analytical solutions for specific correlation functions in non-integrable systems. In this work, we demonstrate the capability to accurately simulate infinite-temperature autocorrelators at the dual unitary point of the kicked Ising model on a superconducting quantum processor with 91 qubits. By leveraging the analytic tractability, we show how these systems can serve as performance benchmarks for non-Clifford circuits and build trust in quantum simulations beyond exact verification. Our experiments are enabled by accurate noise characterization on a large-scale quantum processor, in conjunction with high repetition rates for data acquisition and a tensor-network error mitigation method (TEM) that operates entirely in post-processing. These results add to the growing body of work that extends the reach of near-term quantum processors beyond brute-force classical simulations, thus establishing error-mitigated digital quantum simulations as a trustworthy platform for the exploration of novel emergent quantum many-body phases.

Presenters

  • Laurin E Fischer

    • IBM Quantum, IBM Research Zürich

Authors

  • Laurin E Fischer

    • IBM Quantum, IBM Research Zürich
  • Matea Leahy

    • Algorithmiq
  • Andrew Eddins

    • IBM Quantum
    • IBM Corporation
  • Nathan Keenan

    • IBM Quantum
    • IBM Quantum, IBM Research Europe - Dublin
  • Davide Ferracin

    • Algorithmiq
  • Matteo Rossi

    • Algorithmiq
  • Youngseok Kim

    • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • Andre He

    • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
  • Francesca Pietracaprina

    • Algorithmiq
  • Boris Sokolov

    • Algorithmiq
  • Shane Dooley

    • Trinity College Dublin
  • Zoltan Zimboras

    • Wigner Research Center for Physics
    • Algorithmiq
  • Francesco Tacchino

    • IBM Research - Zurich
  • Sabrina Maniscalco

    • Algorithmiq
  • John Goold

    • Trinity College Dublin
  • Guillermo Garcia-Perez

    • Algorithmiq
  • Ivano Tavernelli

    • IBM Research - Zurich
  • Abhinav Kandala

    • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
  • Sergey Filippov

    • Algorithmiq