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The field of quantum annealing is undergoing a rapid development in terms of its application to quantum simulations. In this talk, I will first give an overview of quantum annealing with some emphasis on real-world applications. I then describe our recent work on coherent quantum simulation to experimentally test the Kibble-Zurek mechanism for the 1d transverse-field Ising model [1]. [1] A. King et al, Nature Phys. 18, 1324 (2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01741-6

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Hidetoshi Nishimori, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Seminar Room of the Institute of Physics II
Contact: Simon Trebst