Bound states of quasiparticles with quartic dispersion in an external potential: WKB approach

This paper formulates a WKB approach for quasiparticles with quartic dispersion, demonstrating that higher-order Airy-type functions and their hyperasymptotic corrections are essential for matching wave functions at turning points, leading to a generalized Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition that includes non-perturbative corrections even in the absence of tunneling.

E. V. Gorbar, V. P. Gusynin2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Predicting sampling advantage of stochastic Ising Machines for Quantum Simulations

This paper demonstrates that while stochastic Ising machines exhibit longer autocorrelation times for sampling neural-network quantum states of Heisenberg models, their massive parallelism projects a significant speed-up of 100 to 10,000 times over standard Metropolis-Hastings sampling, enabling efficient large-scale quantum simulations without requiring direct hardware deployment.

Rutger J. L. F. Berns, Davi R. Rodrigues, Giovanni Finocchio, Johan H. Mentink2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

A Path to Quantum Simulations of Topological Phases: (2+1)D Quantum Electrodynamics with Wilson Fermions

This paper demonstrates that while staggered fermions fail to capture (2+1)D topological phases in lattice QED, Wilson fermions successfully enable the realization of diverse topological states like Chern insulators and quantum spin Hall phases, thereby resolving ambiguities in Hamiltonian formulations and providing a theoretical foundation for future quantum simulations on near-term quantum computing platforms.

Sriram Bharadwaj, Emil Rosanowski, Simran Singh, Alice di Tucci, Changnan Peng, Karl Jansen, Lena Funcke, Di Luo2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Optical vortex generation by magnons with spin-orbit-coupled light

This study demonstrates that the interplay between magnon-induced Brillouin light scattering and optical spin-orbit coupling enables the nonreciprocal transformation of a Gaussian beam into an optical vortex beam by simultaneously breaking temporal symmetry via magnetic ordering and spatial symmetry via light focusing, thereby revealing that magnons can control the total angular momentum of light.

Ryusuke Hisatomi, Alto Osada, Kotaro Taga, Haruka Komiyama, Takuya Takahashi, Shutaro Karube, Yoichi Shiota, Teruo Ono2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

A Circuit-QED Lattice System with Flexible Connectivity and Gapped Flat Bands for Photon-Mediated Spin Models

This paper presents the first experimental realization of a superconducting qubit system coupled to a coplanar-waveguide resonator lattice with flexible connectivity and gapped flat bands, demonstrating generalized readout techniques and photon-mediated interactions that pave the way for simulating diverse quantum spin models in various geometric spaces.

Kellen O'Brien, Maya Amouzegar, Won Chan Lee + 2 more2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Quantum Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Maxwell's Equations: Circuit Design, "Black Hole" Barren Plateaus Mitigation, and GPU Acceleration

This paper proposes a Quantum Physics-Informed Neural Network (QPINN) framework, supported by a GPU-accelerated simulation library and enhanced with energy conservation constraints to mitigate "black hole" barren plateaus, which solves 2D time-dependent Maxwell's equations with higher accuracy and fewer parameters than classical PINN baselines.

Ziv Chen, Gal G. Shaviner, Hemanth Chandravamsi, Shimon Pisnoy, Steven H. Frankel, Uzi Pereg2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

A scalable quantum-neural hybrid variational algorithm for ground state estimation

The paper introduces the Unitary Variational Quantum-Neural Hybrid Eigensolver (U-VQNHE), a scalable algorithm that enforces unitary neural transformations to resolve the normalization and divergence issues of its non-unitary predecessor, thereby significantly reducing measurement overhead while maintaining improved accuracy and stability for ground state estimation.

Minwoo Kim, Kyoung Keun Park, Uihwan Jeong, Sangyeon Lee, Taehyun Kim2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Can a Quantum Computer Simulate Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra Better than a Classical One?

This paper demonstrates that a classical solver utilizing a clustering approximation can efficiently simulate NMR spectra with linear resource scaling, thereby challenging the assumption that such problems inherently require exponential resources and necessitating a re-evaluation of the potential for quantum advantage in this domain.

Keith R. Fratus, Nicklas Enenkel, Sebastian Zanker, Jan-Michael Reiner, Michael Marthaler, Peter Schmitteckert2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Block encoding the 3D heterogeneous Poisson equation with application to fracture flow

This paper demonstrates that while block encoding the 3D heterogeneous Poisson equation for fracture flow offers exponential memory savings and a runtime advantage over classical methods, the inability to improve the effective condition number through separate preconditioner encoding remains a significant barrier to realizing full quantum advantage.

Austin Pechan, John Golden, Daniel O'Malley2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph