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Polymer Physics by Quantum Computing

2021; American Physical Society; Volume: 127; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevlett.127.080501

1092-0145

Cristian Micheletti, Philipp Hauke, Pietro Faccioli,

Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing

Sampling equilibrium ensembles of dense polymer mixtures is a paradigmatically hard problem in computational physics, even in lattice-based models. Here, we develop a formalism based on interacting binary tensors that allows for tackling this problem using quantum annealing machines. Our approach is general in that properties such as self-avoidance, branching, and looping can all be specified in terms of quadratic interactions of the tensors. Microstates' realizations of different lattice polymer ensembles are then seamlessly generated by solving suitable discrete energy-minimization problems. This approach enables us to capitalize on the strengths of quantum annealing machines, as we demonstrate by sampling polymer mixtures from low to high densities, using the D-Wave quantum annealer. Our systematic approach offers a promising avenue to harness the rapid development of quantum machines for sampling discrete models of filamentous soft-matter systems.