13–16 Jul 2026
Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus
Europe/London timezone

Thermalization and Indications that Anti-flatness measures Magic

13 Jul 2026, 16:00
30m
Maths Lecture Theatre

Maths Lecture Theatre

Building number 4 on the campus map

Speaker

Andreas Schafer (Universitaet Regensburg)

Description

While it is generally expected that quantum computing will be much more powerful than digital computing, it is actually non-trivial to identify relevant physics problems which realize quantum advantage. Many people try to find a parameter, called Magic, which would allow to identify such systems. A good candidate is Anti-flatness and a good candidate process is the thermalization of gauge theories. In arXiv:2510.11681 we argue on the basis of simulations of quantum computers on digital ones (for small systems) that thermalization seems indeed to involve non-zero magic which is lower bounded by anti-flatness. In arXiv.2603.23948 we corroborate this indication by actual simulations on IBM quantum computers of the IBM Quantum Hub at National Taiwan University.

Author

Andreas Schafer (Universitaet Regensburg)

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