Simulating the Cosmic Dance of False Vacuum Bubbles with a Quantum Annealer

We explored a fundamental mystery of the Universe—false vacuum decay, a process known from quantum field theory that could determine the ultimate fate of the cosmos. Using a 5564-qubit quantum annealer, we have taken a significant step forward in simulating and understanding this phenomenon.

Quantum Annealer Improves Understanding of Quantum Many-Body Systems

Physicists have long been pursuing the idea of simulating quantum particles with a computer that is itself made up of quantum particles. This is exactly what scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich have done together with colleagues from Slovenia. They used a quantum annealer to model a real-life quantum material and showed that the quantum annealer can directly mirror the microscopic interactions of electrons in the material.

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