Interplay between NISQ Devices and Symmetry

Dear Colleagues,

We live in exciting moments where one can control quantum devices on the fly over the cloud. However, packaging in more and more such devices, potential decoherence is imminent. To attain a functional, scalable, practical quantum computer, one needs to understand and manipulate such fragile quantum devices in the presence of noise or counter it by doing some manipulations. We hope that the symmetry present in the quantum system might help design or create robust quantum devices that are protective against certain types of noise. The interplay between noisy-intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) devices and their symmetries may also help surpass challenges such as moving beyond the paradigm of equilibrium statistical mechanics and the numerical simulation of open quantum systems and providing a route for predicting novel out-of-equilibrium states without static analogue. In this Special Issue, we intend to gather a series of articles related to the interplay between symmetry and NISQ devices, including but not exclusively dedicated to quantum error mitigation, dynamical phase transitions and decoherence, and numerical methods in open quantum systems. We welcome theory papers with relevant implications in quantum platforms, such as trapped ions and superconducting circuits.

Dr. Thi Ha Kyaw
Dr. Guillermo Romero
Guest Editors

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