Towards scalable quantum computations of atomic nuclei

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Chenyi Gu, Matthias Heinz, Oriel Kiss, Thomas Papenbrock
Phys. Rev. C, vol. 113, APS, 2026 Mar, p. 034321

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Gu, C., Heinz, M., Kiss, O., & Papenbrock, T. (2026). Towards scalable quantum computations of atomic nuclei. Phys. Rev. C, 113, 034321. https://doi.org/10.1103/gqdy-dvps

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Gu, Chenyi, Matthias Heinz, Oriel Kiss, and Thomas Papenbrock. “Towards Scalable Quantum Computations of Atomic Nuclei.” Phys. Rev. C 113 (March 2026): 034321.

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Gu, Chenyi, et al. “Towards Scalable Quantum Computations of Atomic Nuclei.” Phys. Rev. C, vol. 113, APS, Mar. 2026, p. 034321, doi:10.1103/gqdy-dvps.

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@article{chenyi2026a,
  title = {Towards scalable quantum computations of atomic nuclei},
  year = {2026},
  month = mar,
  journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
  pages = {034321},
  publisher = {APS},
  volume = {113},
  doi = {10.1103/gqdy-dvps},
  author = {Gu, Chenyi and Heinz, Matthias and Kiss, Oriel and Papenbrock, Thomas},
  month_numeric = {3}
}

Quantum computers offer new ways to solve the nuclear many-body problem, but realistic applications remain out of reach. Computations on a position-space lattice are promising as they exploit the short-range nature of nuclear forces. Using a local effective field theory Hamiltonian with two- and three-nucleon forces, this paper analyzes the resources required to compute ground states using adaptive variational algorithms. Demonstrations for the deuteron and helium-3 illustrate how such approaches may scale toward future quantum computations of nuclei.

Ground state energies and state fidelities obtained using ADAPT-VQE .