Name: How to prepare quantum thermal states
Start: 2026-03-04T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-04T15:30:00-05:00
Location: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Description

Since the 1980s, simulation of quantum many-body systems has been a leading candidate for practical quantum advantage. Yet computing thermal equilibrium properties, a central pillar of this vision, still lacks an end-to-end algorithmic solution. Today, I will present a general-purpose algorithmic and analytic framework for preparing quantum thermal states as a quantum analog of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, and as a workable model of nature’s system-bath interaction.

Organized by

Neal Dalal

How to prepare quantum thermal statesConfirmed

by Chi-Fang (Anthony) Chen

PI/2-292 - Time Room

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics