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Simulating the dynamics of an SU(2) matrix model on a trapped-ion quantum computer

Gavin S. Hartnett, Haoran Liao, Enrico Rinaldi

April 15, 2026

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arXiv

Q-CTRL research
Heterogeneous architectures enable a 138x reduction in physical qubit requirements for fault-tolerant quantum computing under detailed accounting

Pranav S. Mundada, Aleksei Khindanov, Yulun Wang, Claire L. Edmunds, Paul Coote, Michael J. Biercuk, Yuval Baum, Michael Hush

April 7, 2026

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arXiv

Q-CTRL research
Constrained Quantum Optimization at Utility Scale: Application to the Knapsack Problem

Naeimeh Mohseni, Julien-Pierre Houle, Ibrahim Shehzad, Giorgio Cortiana, Corey O’Meara and Adam Bene Watts

February 27, 2026

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arXiv

Community research
Tensor-based phase difference estimation on time series analysis

Shu Kanno, Kenji Sugisaki, Rei Sakuma, Jumpei Kato, Hajime Nakamura, Naoki Yamamoto

January 22, 2026

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arXiv

Community research
Large circuit execution for NMR spectroscopy simulation on NISQ quantum hardware

Artemiy Burov, Julien Baglio, Clément Javerzac-Galy

December 16, 2025

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arXiv

Community research
Practical protein-pocket hydration-site prediction for drug discovery on a quantum computer

Daniele Loco, Kisa Barkemeyer, Andre R. R. Carvalho, Jean-Philip Piquemal

December 9, 2025

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arXiv

Q-CTRL research
Quantum spectroscopy of topological dynamics via a supersymmetric Hamiltonian

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Satoshi Kanno, Yuki Sato, Hiroyuki Tezuka, Yoshi-aki Shimada, Eriko Kaminishi, Naoki Yamamoto

November 28, 2025

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arXiv

Community research
No need to calibrate: characterization and compilation for high-fidelity circuit execution using imperfect gates

Ashish Kakkar, Samuel Marsh, Yulun Wang, Pranav Mundada, Paul Coote, Gavin Hartnett, Michael J. Biercuk, Yuval Baum

November 26, 2025

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arXiv

Q-CTRL research
Quantum-enhanced multiparameter sensing in a single mode

Christophe H. Valahu, Matthew P. Stafford, Zixin Huang, Vassili G. Matsos, Maverick J. Millican , Teerawat Chalermpusitarak, Nicolas C. Menicucci, Joshua Combes, Ben Q. Baragiola, Ting Rei Tan

September 24, 2025

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Science Advances

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