Frontiers of Physics short distance long distance complexity Higgs boson Neutrino masses Supersymmetry Quantum gravity String theory Large scale structure Cosmic microwave background Dark matter Dark energy Gravitational waves “More is different” Many-body entanglement Phases of quantum matter Quantum computing Quantum spacetime
Classical systems cannot simulate quantum systems efficiently (widely believed but unproven)
??? Quantum Supremacy!
(Maybe. We don’t actually know for sure.) particle collision molecular chemistry entangled electrons A quantum computer can simulate efficiently any physical process that occurs in Nature. (Maybe. We don’t actually know for sure.) superconductor black hole early universe
22 Professorial Faculty, Two Divisions PMA Division Physics: 15 9 theorists, 7 experimentalists (Total Physics Professorial Faculty: 40) EAS Division Applied Physics: 5 experimentalists Computer Science: 2 theorists
entanglement frontier! Challenging the entanglement frontier! Quantum Information Quantum Matter Surface-spin Quantum Optics Mechanical Quantum Systems 1 atom
Quantum Information Fernando Brandão Xie Chen Alexei Kitaev John Preskill Thomas Vidick (Computer Science) (+ Leonard Schulman in CS, and the other CMP theorists). -- Interface of quantum physics with computer science and information theory. -- Quantum algorithms and complexity. -- Quantum error correction and fault tolerance. -- Quantum cryptography, quantum games, … -- Quantum hardware. -- Entanglement and dynamics in quantum many-body physics. -- Quantum gravity and quantum field theory. Algorithms for 1D physics Holographic quantum codes
Quantum chaos and holography Joe Iverson Quantum error correction Matt Fishman Tensor networks Nick Hunter-Jones Quantum chaos and holography Joe Iverson Quantum error correction Anna Komar Quantum memory Alex Kubica Quantum error correction Jenia Mozgunov Many-body quantum dynamics Eugene Tang Quantum geometry Nicole Yunger Halpern Quantum thermodynamics
Annenberg Watson Steele Bridge Sloan Downs Cahill
Annenberg Center
Quantum Information For more information … Meet QI group members: Annenberg 204 Tuesday, 1:30—3:30 pm Our website: iqim.caltech.edu Our blog: quantumfrontiers.com
Annual IQIM Weekend Retreat Research discussions, informal interactions, recreation, …