31 research outputs found
Nuclear Equation of State and Internal Structure of Magnetars
Recently, neutron stars with very strong surface magnetic fields have been
suggested as the site for the origin of observed soft gamma repeaters (SGRs).
We investigate the influence of a strong magnetic field on the properties and
internal structure of such strongly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars). The
presence of a sufficiently strong magnetic field changes the ratio of protons
to neutrons as well as the neutron appearance density. We also study the pion
production and pion condensation in a strong magnetic field. We discuss the
pion condensation in the interior of magnetars as a possible source of SGRs.Comment: 5 pages with 3 figures, To appear in the Proceedings of the 5th
Huntsville Gamma Ray Burst Symposium, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, Oct. 18-22,
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Simulating Quantum Systems with NWQ-Sim on HPC
NWQ-Sim is a cutting-edge quantum system simulation environment designed to
run on classical multi-node, multi-CPU/GPU heterogeneous HPC systems. In this
work, we provide a brief overview of NWQ-Sim and its implementation in
simulating quantum circuit applications, such as the transverse field Ising
model. We also demonstrate how NWQ-Sim can be used to examine the effects of
errors that occur on real quantum devices, using a combined device noise model.
Moreover, NWQ-Sim is particularly well-suited for implementing variational
quantum algorithms where circuits are dynamically generated. Therefore, we also
illustrate this with the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) for the Ising
model. In both cases, NWQ-Sim's performance is comparable to or better than
alternative simulators. We conclude that NWQ-Sim is a useful and flexible tool
for simulating quantum circuits and algorithms, with performance advantages and
noise-aware simulation capabilities
Magnetic Domains in Magnetar Matter as an Engine for Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars
Magnetars have been suggested as the most promising site for the origin of
observed soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) and anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs). In
this work we investigate the possibility that SGRs and AXPs might be
observational evidence for a magnetic phase separation in magnetars. We study
magnetic domain formation as a new mechanism for SGRs and AXPs in which
magnetar-matter separates into two phases containing different flux densities.
We identify the parameter space in matter density and magnetic field strength
at which there is an instability for magnetic domain formation. We conclude
that such instabilities will likely occur in the deep outer crust for the
magnetic Baym, Pethick, and Sutherland (BPS) model and in the inner crust and
core for magnetars described in relativistic Hartree theory. Moreover, we
estimate that the energy released by the onset of this instability is
comparable with the energy emitted by SGRs.Comment: 4 figures, ApJ in pres
Advanced Quantum Poisson Solver in the NISQ era
The Poisson equation has many applications across the broad areas of science
and engineering. Most quantum algorithms for the Poisson solver presented so
far, either suffer from lack of accuracy and/or are limited to very small sizes
of the problem, and thus have no practical usage. Here we present an advanced
quantum algorithm for solving the Poisson equation with high accuracy and
dynamically tunable problem size. After converting the Poisson equation to the
linear systems through the finite difference method, we adopt the
Harrow-Hassidim-Lloyd (HHL) algorithm as the basic framework. Particularly, in
this work we present an advanced circuit that ensures the accuracy of the
solution by implementing non-truncated eigenvalues through eigenvalue
amplification as well as by increasing the accuracy of the controlled rotation
angular coefficients, which are the critical factors in the HHL algorithm. We
show that our algorithm not only increases the accuracy of the solutions, but
also composes more practical and scalable circuits by dynamically controlling
problem size in the NISQ devices. We present both simulated and experimental
solutions, and conclude that overall results on the quantum hardware are
dominated by the error in the CNOT gates.Comment: Quantum Week QCE 2022, poster pape
Advancing Algorithm to Scale and Accurately Solve Quantum Poisson Equation on Near-term Quantum Hardware
The Poisson equation has many applications across the broad areas of science
and engineering. Most quantum algorithms for the Poisson solver presented so
far either suffer from lack of accuracy and/or are limited to very small sizes
of the problem, and thus have no practical usage. Here we present an advanced
quantum algorithm for solving the Poisson equation with high accuracy and
dynamically tunable problem size. After converting the Poisson equation to a
linear system through the finite difference method, we adopt the HHL algorithm
as the basic framework. Particularly, in this work we present an advanced
circuit that ensures the accuracy of the solution by implementing non-truncated
eigenvalues through eigenvalue amplification, as well as by increasing the
accuracy of the controlled rotation angular coefficients, which are the
critical factors in the HHL algorithm. Consequently, we are able to drastically
reduce the relative error in the solution while achieving higher success
probability as the amplification level is increased. We show that our algorithm
not only increases the accuracy of the solutions but also composes more
practical and scalable circuits by dynamically controlling problem size in NISQ
devices. We present both simulated and experimental results and discuss the
sources of errors. Finally, we conclude that though overall results on the
existing NISQ hardware are dominated by the error in the CNOT gates, this work
opens a path to realizing a multidimensional Poisson solver on near-term
quantum hardware.Comment: 13 pages, 11 figures, 1 tabl
Neutron Star Mergers and the Quark Matter Equation of State
As neutron stars merge they can approach very high nuclear density. Here, we summarized recent results for the evolution and gravitational wave emission from binary-neutron star mergers using a a variety of nuclear equations of state with and without a crossover transition to quark matter. We discuss how the late time gravitational wave emission from binary neutron star mergers may possibly reveal the existence of a crossover transition to quark matter