Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.22323/1.396.0315

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory- PoS(LATTICE2021)

Volume

396

Pages

315 (1-11 pp.)

Conference Name

The 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 26-30, 2021, Zoom/Gather@MIT

Abstract

Future quantum computers may serve as a tool to access non-perturbative real-time correlation functions. In this talk, we discuss the prospects of using these to study Compton scattering for arbitrary kinematics. The restriction to a finite-volume spacetime, unavoidable in foreseeable quantum-computer simulations, must be taken into account in the formalism for extracting scattering observables. One approach is to work with a non-zero iϵ-prescription in the Fourier transform to definite momentum and then to estimate an ordered double limit, in which the spacetime volume is sent to infinity before ϵ is sent to 0. For the amplitudes and parameters considered here, we find that significant volume effects arise, making the required limit very challenging. We present a practical solution to this challenge that may allow for future determinations of deeply virtual Compton scattering amplitudes, as well as many other reactions that are presently outside the scope of standard lattice QCD calculations.

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Original Publication Citation

Briceño, R. A., Carrillo, M. A., Guerrero, J. V., Hansen, M. T., & Sturzu, A. M. (2022). Accessing scattering amplitudes using quantum computers. In Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory - PoS(Lattice2021) (315) 1-11pp. Sissa Medialab. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.396.0315

ORCID

0000-0003-1109-1473 (Briceño)

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