Abstract: Conformal field theory, describing systems with scaling symmetry, plays a crucial role throughout physics. In this presentation I will describe how to simulate quantum field theories, including conformal field theories, with quantum computers. As I will explain, the main challenge is to find a meaningful way to compare the discrete with the continuum
AbstractWe develop quantum information processing primitives for the planar rotor, the state space of aparticle on a circle. By interpreting rotor wavefunctions as periodically identified wavefunctions of aharmonic oscilator, we determine the group of bosonic Gaussian operations inherited by the rotor.This n-rotor Cliford group, U(1)n(n+1)/2xGLn(Z),is represented by continuous U(1) gatesgenerat...