When:
Thursday, October 4, 2018
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Where: Technological Institute, F160, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Cristian Pennington
Group: Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Category: Academic
In the early 1980's Feynman observed that simulating quantum systems with classical computers can be prohibitively expensive and suggested that simulators with quantum properties might be much more efficient. Today we are seeing evidence to support this suggestion. The current generation system from D-Wave (DW-2000Q) has been used to simulate 3D magnetic materials in paramagnetic, ferromagnetic and spin glass phases. The 2D XY model and its Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition has also been studied. The first steps toward simulations involving bosonic gauge degrees of freedom have also been carried out. I will describe the techniques used in these simulations and mention aspects of the next generation system relevant for the simulations we may expect to see in the near future.
Dr. Edward Dahl, D-Wave Systems, Inc.
Host: Jens Koch
Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Condensed Matter