Speaker
Steven White
(University of California, Irvine)
Description
The search for applications of quantum computers has highlighted the field of quantum chemistry, where one can also apply tensor network methods. There are several challenges in getting useful results for molecules compared to simulating a model Hamiltonian in condensed matter physics. The first issue is in descretizing continuum space to get a finite Hamiltonian which is amenable to tensor network techniques. Another is the need for high accuracy, particularly in energies, to compare with experiments. I will give an overview of the approaches used in this field, and then focus on our work using grid and wavelet-based discretizations coupled with DMRG methods.
