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Description
Quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions (the Schwinger model) exhibits a number of features similar to quantum chromodynamics in 3+1D, including confinement and a fermion condensate, making it the perfect sandbox during the NISQ era. In this talk, I will present new scalable algorithms that use the symmetries and hierarchy of length scales in the Schwinger model (and generally applicable to other confining theories) for simulating the real-time dynamics of hadrons on a quantum computer, and their realization on a 56-site lattice (112 qubits) using IBM’s quantum computers. I will also comment on the discretization effects seen when studying heavy-hadrons propagating through a dense medium, such as energy loss and the destruction of entanglement.
