Speaker
Ignacio Cirac
(Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Description
Many-body quantum systems are very difficult to simulate with classical
computers, as the computational resources (time and memory) usually grow exponentially
with the size of the system. However, quantum computers and analog quantum simulators
can perform that task much more efficiently. In this talk, I will first show how those
devices can be use to compute physical properties at finite temperatures overcoming the
so-called sign problem. I will then focus on analog quantum
simulation with cold atoms in optical lattices and describe methods for tackling
physics and chemistry problems with such a system.
Primary author
Ignacio Cirac
(Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
