https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-15024-w
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Jet evolution in a quantum computer: quark and gluon dynamics
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Departamento de Física, Escola de Ciências, Universidade do Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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LIP-Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Escola de Ciências, Campus de Gualtar, Universidade do Minho, 4701-057, Braga, Portugal
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LIP-Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
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Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1609-001, Lisbon, Portugal
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NNF Quantum Computing Programme, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Received:
13
February
2025
Accepted:
31
October
2025
Published online:
18
November
2025
Abstract
The intrinsic quantum nature of jets and the Quark-Gluon Plasma makes the study of jet quenching a promising candidate to benefit from quantum computing power. Standing as a precursor of the full study of this phenomenon, we study the propagation of SU(3) partons in Quark-Gluon Plasma using quantum simulation algorithms. The algorithms are developed in detail, and the propagation of both quarks and gluons is analysed and compared with analytical expectations. The results, obtained with quantum simulators, demonstrate that the algorithm successfully simulates parton propagation, yielding results consistent with analytical baseline calculations.
Present address: NNF Quantum Computing Programme, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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