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Prediction of the neutron drip line in oxygen isotopes using quantum computation
Chandan Sarma, Olivia Di Matteo, Abhishek Abhishek, Praveen C. Srivastava
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In the noisy intermediate-scale quantum era, variational algorithms have become a standard approach to solving quantum many-body problems. Here, we present variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) results of selected oxygen isotopes within the shell model description. The aim of the present work is to locate the neutron drip line of the oxygen chain using unitary coupled cluster (UCC) type ansatze with different microscopic interactions (DJ16, JISP16, and N3LO), in addition to a phenomenological USDB interaction. While initially infeasible to execute on contemporary quantum hardware, the size of the problem is reduced significantly using qubit tapering techniques in conjunction with custom circuit design and optimization. The optimal values of ansatz parameters from classical simulation are taken for the DJ16 interaction, and the tapered circuits are run on IonQ's Aria, a trapped-ion quantum computer. After applying gate error mitigation for three isotopes, we reproduced exact ground state energies within a few percent error. The post-processed results from hardware also clearly show ²⁴O as the drip line nucleus of the oxygen chain. Future improvements in quantum hardware could make it possible to locate drip lines of heavier nuclei.
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