26 July 2026 to 1 August 2026
University of Maryland, College Park
US/Eastern timezone

Probing magic and entanglement in 1+1-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory

28 Jul 2026, 16:30
20m
Margaret Brent A (Adele H. Stamp Student Union)

Margaret Brent A

Adele H. Stamp Student Union

3972 Campus Dr, College Park, MD 20742
Contributed talk Quantum computing and quantum information Quantum computing and quantum information

Speaker

Dr Raghav G. Jha

Description

Magic and entanglement quantify departure of quantum systems from classical world: the former measures the deviation from stabilizer states that can be efficiently simulated classically while the latter measures non-local correlations. A proper understanding of magic in physically relevant quantum field theories is essential for identifying where quantum advantage may be realized in the early fault-tolerant quantum computing era. We calculate the gauge-invariant entanglement entropy and stabilizer Rényi entropy of the ground state of the (1+1)-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory and find a crossover regime where the ground state passes from a more magic-rich regime into a regime with less magic which is also tracked by the sharpest change of both the entanglement entropy and lattice particle density.

Author

Co-authors

Prof. Bojko Bakalov (NC State) Dr Goksu Toga (North Carolina State University) Mr Jaber Taher (NC State) Prof. Lex Kemper (NC State)

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