18–19 May 2026
Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo
Asia/Tokyo timezone

A Quantum Algorithm for Measuring Entanglement Asymmetry and Quantum Mpemba Effect

19 May 2026, 16:55
25m
Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo

Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo

Speaker

Harunobu Fujimura (大阪大学)

Description

We propose a quantum algorithm to efficiently estimate the entanglement asymmetry, a recently introduced measure of symmetry breaking at the subsystem level that plays a key role in the quantum Mpemba effect. Our protocol combines the SWAP test with ideas from quantum phase estimation and requires a number of measurements independent of the system size, making it suitable for large quantum many-body systems and quantum field theories. As an application, we study the lattice Schwinger model with a θ term and demonstrate that our approach enables the investigation of the quantum Mpemba effect in a quantum field theory setting. We further provide resource estimates for quantum computing implementations.

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