Trigonometric continuous-variable gates and hybrid quantum simulations of the sine-Gordon model

This paper introduces a new universality paradigm for hybrid qubit-qumode quantum computing based on trigonometric continuous-variable gates, demonstrating their effectiveness through a deterministic ancilla-based implementation and a successful simulation of the lattice sine-Gordon model, including ground state preparation, real-time dynamics, and kink profile extraction.

Tommaso Rainaldi, Victor Ale, Matt Grau + 5 more2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph

A Time-Symmetric Variational Formulation of Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger Dynamics from Boundary-Driven Indeterminism

This paper proposes a time-symmetric variational framework where Schrödinger dynamics emerge as the unique solution to a two-time boundary-value problem, replacing the standard dualism of unitary evolution and collapse with a single global action principle that naturally derives the Born rule and effective randomness from information-theoretic constraints.

Lance H. Carter2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph

Qubit error bursts in superconducting quantum processors of Quantum Inspire: quasiparticle pumping and anomalous time dependence

This study investigates qubit error bursts in superconducting processors, confirming their consistency with ionizing radiation while identifying two novel, device-specific signatures in Dolan junction processors: a quasiparticle pumping mechanism that accelerates equilibrium recovery under increased π\pi-pulsing and an anomalous burst rate surge occurring days after cooldown.

G. R. Di Carlo, M. Samiotis, A. Kamlapure + 9 more2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph

Characterization of Phase Transitions in a Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick Quantum Brain Model

This study demonstrates that incorporating biologically motivated, state-dependent synaptic feedback into a Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick quantum brain model significantly reshapes its phase diagram by expanding the paramagnetic phase and displacing critical boundaries, a phenomenon rigorously characterized through ground-state Husimi distributions, Wehrl entropy, and mean-field dynamical analysis.

Elvira Romera, Joaquín J. Torres2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph

Overflow-Safe Polylog-Time Parallel Minimum-Weight Perfect Matching Decoder: Toward Experimental Demonstration

This paper presents an overflow-safe, hardware-efficient parallel minimum-weight perfect matching decoder that utilizes a truncated polynomial ring framework to reduce intermediate bit-length requirements by over 99.9% while maintaining polylogarithmic runtime, thereby enabling the first practical experimental demonstration of this approach for fault-tolerant quantum computation.

Ryo Mikami, Hayata Yamasaki2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph

Enhancing Variational Quantum Eigensolvers for SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory via Systematic State Preparation

This paper proposes a systematic approach to enhance Variational Quantum Eigensolvers for SU(2) lattice gauge theories by utilizing a spin-network basis and a specialized state preparation ansatz to efficiently simulate gauge-invariant excitations while mitigating barren plateaus, demonstrated through noise-resilient simulations on a minimal 3+1 dimensional toy model.

Klaus Liegener, Dominik Mattern, Alexander Korobov + 7 more2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph