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

Fermionic Non-Gaussianity, Complexity, and Quantum Simulation of High-Energy Physics Models

13 Jul 2026, 16:30
20m
Maths Lecture Theatre

Maths Lecture Theatre

Building number 4 on the campus map
Contributed Talk Contributed talk

Speaker

Paolo Stornati (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

Description

Understanding the computational complexity of quantum many-body systems is a central challenge at the interface of quantum information science and high-energy physics. In this talk, I will present a framework for quantifying complexity in fermionic systems through fermionic non-Gaussianity, building on resource-theoretic approaches to quantum many-body states. I will introduce efficiently computable measures of fermionic “magic” and discuss their role as diagnostics of classical simulability and quantum advantage. I will then discuss the implications of these ideas for the simulation of high-energy physics models, emphasizing how non-Gaussian correlations capture the onset of computational hardness. This provides a unified perspective in which the growth of fermionic non-Gaussianity quantitatively links quantum simulation capabilities to the intrinsic complexity of high-energy phenomena.

Author

Paolo Stornati (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

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