10 December 2025
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, UCM
Europe/Madrid timezone

Quantum computing fragmentation functions

10 Dec 2025, 15:48
13m
Aula Magna M1 (Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, UCM)

Aula Magna M1

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, UCM

Plaza de Ciencias 1, 28040 Madrid

Speaker

Juan José Gálvez Viruet (Univ. Complutense de Madrid)

Description

One of the most anticipated applications of quantum information science is the simulation of complex systems. Those involving quarks and gluons are particularly compelling, as their real-time phenomenology remains elusive to computational techniques such as traditional Monte Carlo methods. Overcoming these challenges could provide unprecedented insights into the dynamics of partons.

In this context, we discuss the calculation of fragmentation functions, key to describe how quarks and gluons transform into observable hadrons. As we move along we introduce a series of strategies to face the problem using quantum computers, all grounded in a codification paradigm where particles and their internal degrees of freedom are the central objects.

Authors

Felipe J. Llanes-Estrada (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Juan José Gálvez Viruet (Univ. Complutense de Madrid) María Gómez-Rocha (Universidad de Granada) Nicolas Alberto Martínez Dr Timothy J. Hobbs (ANL)

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