C3NT workshop: Quantum Information Science in High Energy Nuclear Physics (QIS-HENP)

14 Jun 2026, 09:00 → 19 Jun 2026, 18:00 Asia/Shanghai

9409 (Building 9)

Wenyang Qian (University of Santiago de Compostela) , Enrique Rico Ortega, Alessandro Roggero, Carlos Salgado, Manuel Schneider, James Vary, Hongxi Xing (South China Normal University)

Quantum simulation of high-energy physics (HEP) was one of the original motivations for the development of quantum computers and remains a source of ongoing proposals for achieving quantum advantage. As experimental platforms grow in size and fidelity and classical algorithms near their limits, novel quantum‑information tools are poised to revolutionize how we simulate fundamental interactions and dynamical processes in quantum field theories.

In this workshop, we bring together experts in different aspects of Quantum Information Science (QIS) to explore novel applications of cutting-edge methods, such as tensor networks and quantum simulation, in the context of HEP and nuclear physics. By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue through invited talks and discussions, our QIS‑HENP workshop will highlight new research directions at the interface of QIS and high‑energy/nuclear physics. 

For invited participants & speakers: There will be no registration fee. Local support (meal and accommodation) will be provided if requested.

For non-invited participants: There will be a small registration fee (500 Yuan, or 73 dollars). Local support will be considered case by case, but not guaranteed (for registration after May 15, one will need to find their own hotel).

This event belongs to the workshop series organized by the Central China Center for Nuclear Theory (C3NT, c3nt.ccnu.edu.cn).

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Sunday, 14 June

Arrival

Monday, 15 June

Registration

Introduction

1 Introduction and welcome

Speaker: Wenyang Qian (Central China Normal University)

Intro-C3NT.pptx

intro-QIS-HENP.pdf

Talks

Convener: Hongxi Xing (South China Normal University)

2 Quantum Algorithms for Event Generators at High-Energy Colliders

Speaker: Germán Rodrigo

2026_06_Wuhan_rodrigo.pdf

3 QCD matter under acceleration

Speaker: Xu-Guang Huang

X. G. Huang 2026.06.15.pdf

10:20 Coffee break

Talks

Convener: Alessandro Roggero

4 Experimental applications of quantum algorithms in high-energy physics

Speaker: Hideki Okawa

okawa_QIS-HENP_20260615.pdf

5 Defining quantum advantage in microscopic nuclear theory

Speaker: James Vary

C3NT_Wuhan_June_2026_Vary_Final_v3.pptx

12:00 Lunch break

Talks

Convener: Shuzhe Shi (Tsinghua University)

6 Probing Confinement with Superconducting Circuits: From Z2 String Dynamics to Continuous U(1) Electrodynamics

Understanding confinement and gauge-field dynamics beyond the reach of classical computation is one of the driving motivations for quantum simulation. I will present two complementary advances using superconducting circuits as a platform for lattice gauge theories (LGTs).

First, I will report on a digital quantum simulation of the Z2-Higgs model in (2+1) dimensions on a superconducting processor with up to 144 qubits and circuit depths reaching 192 two-qubit layers. Matter and gauge fields are mapped directly onto vertex and link qubits of a heavy-hex architecture. Combining error suppression, mitigation, and correction strategies, we observe in real time the string modes of motion of electric flux tubes connecting dynamical charges, providing a direct window into the stringy nature of confinement.

Second, I will introduce a superconducting-circuit architecture for analog quantum simulation of compact U(1) LGT that exploits the intrinsic infinite-dimensional Hilbert space of phase and charge variables. Gauss's law emerges exactly from local charge conservation, without auxiliary stabilizers, penalty terms, or Hilbert-space truncation, while the magnetic plaquette interaction is generated perturbatively through Josephson nonlinearities. Numerical diagonalization confirms the emergence of compact electrodynamics and coherent vortex excitations. Together, these results establish superconducting circuits as a scalable, versatile platform for probing non-perturbative gauge dynamics.

Speaker: Enrique Rico Ortega

20260615Wuhan.pptx

7 Real-time correlation functions on quantum computers and neural networks

Speaker: Xiaoyang Wang

CCNU_06_15.pdf

8 Discrete non-Abelian lattice gauge theories: a playground for high-energy, many-body and quantum information science.

Speaker: Matteo Wauters

QIS-HEP_Wauters.pdf

15:45 Coffee break

Talks

Convener: Francesco Pederiva

9 Tensor network algorithms for high-dimensional HEP quantum simulations

Speaker: Simone Montangero

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10 Quantum entanglement of partons within strongly coupled QFTs

Speaker: Yang Li

YangLi_CCNU2026.pdf

Welcome reception

Tuesday, 16 June

Talks

Convener: Xu-Guang Huang (Fudan University)

11 Quantum simulation of lattice gauge theory

Speaker: Zhen-Sheng Yuan

Microscopic-ZS-Yuan-QIS-HENP.pptx

12 Quantum simulation of simple nuclear reactions with realistic state dependent potentials

Speaker: Francesco Pederiva

10:10 Coffee break

IOPP colloquium

13 IOOP Colloquium

Speaker: Carlos A. Salgado

Salgado Colloquium

12:00 Lunch break

Talks

Convener: Germán Rodrigo

14 Observation of glueballs and string breaking in 2+1D lattice gauge theories on a quantum computer

Speaker: Jad Halimeh

C3NT_Halimeh.pdf

15 Approach to thermalization using quantum dynamics

Speaker: Shuzhe Shi

C3NT-Quantum2026_ShuzheShi.pdf

15:10 Coffee break

Talks

Convener: Abolfazl Bayat

16 Lattice QED$_3$ with staggered and Wilson fermions: finite density and topology

Speaker: Simran Singh

C3NT_SSingh.pdf

17 Neural network wavefunctions for Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory simulations

Speaker: Di Luo

Neural network wavefunction for simulating Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory_wh061626.pdf

Transportation to Banquet

Workshop Banquet

Wednesday, 17 June

Talks

Convener: James Vary

18 Nuclear dynamics on digital quantum computers

Speaker: Alessandro Roggero

slides_roggero_wuhan.pdf

19 Quantum simulations of various topics in 1+1D gauge theory

Speaker: Xingyu Guo

talk-wuhan-202606.pdf

10:10 Coffee break

Talks

Convener: Enrique Rico Ortega (CERN-TH)

20 Renormalized dual basis and continuum limit

Speaker: Alessio Celi

C3NT_ACeli.pdf

21 Quantum Algorithms for Nuclear Many-Body Structure, Reactions, and Dynamics

Speaker: Weijie Du

Wuhan_C3NT_presentation.pptx

11:50 Lunch break

Talks

Convener: Ying-Ying Li (IHEP)

22 Light-Front Hamiltonian Approach to QCD Jets in the Quantum Era

Speaker: Meijian Li (University of Santiago de Compostela)

QIS_HENP_ML.pdf

23 Toward quantum simulations of Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory: constant modes and gauge field truncation

Speaker: Andrea Bulgarelli

wuhan_bulgarelli.pdf

24 Spin-State Teleportation at MeV Energies via Entanglement Generation and Manipulation Between Protons

Speaker: Dong Bai

dbai_2026.06.17.pdf

15:45 Coffee break

Talks

Convener: Manuel Schneider

25 Simulating particle production from classical fields using quantum computation

Speaker: Bin Wu

26 Quantum Simulation of Meson Scattering in Lattice Gauge Theory

Speaker: Yahui Chai

Quantum Simulation of Meson Scattering in Lattice Gauge.pdf

Thursday, 18 June

Talks

Convener: Zhen-Sheng Yuan

27 Quantum many-body senors

Speaker: Abolfazl Bayat

Abolfazl-Bayat-Wuhan.pptx

28 Exponentially improved quantum simulation of scalar QFT

Speaker: Ying-Ying Li

Talk-YYL-0618.pdf

10:10 Coffee break

Talks

Convener: Meijian Li (University of Santiago de Compostela)

29 Hadron structure functions in the Hamiltonian framework

Speaker: Manuel Schneider

ManuelSchneider_HadronStructureFunctions_Wuhan.pdf

30 Hadron structure by quantum computing

Parton distribution functions (PDFs), generalized parton distributions (GPDs), and hadronic tensors provide complementary information about the internal structure of hadrons. Quantum computing offers a Hamiltonian real-time simulation framework for these observables and may help overcome the sign problem that limits conventional Monte Carlo approaches.

In this talk, I will introduce recent progress along this direction. I will first discuss the direct quantum simulation of PDFs in the 1+1 dimensional Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model, where hadronic states are prepared by a quantum-number-resolving variational algorithm and light-front correlation functions are measured on quantum circuits. I will then extend the discussion to gauge theories, focusing on PDFs and GPDs in the Schwinger model, where gauge invariance and Wilson lines must be incorporated into the quantum algorithm.

Finally, I will discuss the non-Abelian case. Since the gauge links in PDF operators become significantly more complicated in QCD-like theories, an alternative strategy is to probe hadron structure through the hadronic tensor, computed from real-time current-current correlation functions. This provides a practical route to extract form factors and, in the future, to access deep-inelastic structure functions. Together, these studies outline a possible route toward quantum simulations of hadron structure, from PDFs and GPDs in the Schwinger model to hadronic tensors in 1+1 dimensional SU(2) gauge theory.

Speaker: Tianyin Li

C3NT_TLi.pdf

11:50 Lunch break

Talks

Convener: Alessio Celi

31 Gauge field flow for chiral gauge theories on a slab and a disk boundary

Speaker: Jinlong Dang (Peking University)

Presentation-Wuhan.pptx

32 Symmetric mass generation as a multicritical point with enhanced symmetry

Speaker: Sandip Maiti

Sandip_SMG_CCNU.pdf

33 Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory: Application to nonequilibrium and dense QCD matter

Speaker: Yoshimasa Hidaka

hidaka_2026-06_Wuhan_QIS-HENP.pdf

Closing

WuhanTravelGuide_2605.pdf

武汉端午指南.pdf

15:55 Coffee break

Friday, 19 June

Departure