How Might Quantum Platforms Reshape Many-Body Physics?

Quantum platforms are approaching a scale at which they will enable the realization of a vast number of quantum circuits. Some of these will solve computational problems of interest to industry and commerce; others will address longstanding questions about quantum systems; and still others will vindicate Wigner and Dyson. Yet even this will leave ample room for posing entirely new questions about many-body quantum systems.In this talk, I will describe two possibilities. The first is a concrete proposal: defining and studying quantum games of various kinds. The second is a broader vision: using quantum platforms in a “discovery mode,” analogous to the role particle accelerators have played in uncovering new particle physics.

Speaker: Shavaji Sopndhi, University of Oxford