Simulating False Vacuum Decays in a 2D Mesoscopic Quantum System Using Programmable Quantum Annealing

• Investigation of domain reconfiguration dynamics in an electronic charge density-wave crystal (1T-TaS2) by means of scanning tunnelling microscopy.• Observing quantum domain melting and simulating it using D-Wave‘s quantum annealer.• Demonstrating the remarkable value of quantum simulators for modeling the dynamics of emergent mesoscopic inhomogeneities on the basis of fundamental interactions.• The presented quantum simulation of a real system would not be possible with a state-of-the-art conventional computer