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Top-quark physics as a benchmark for quantum computing

Corpuscular physics and outer space Particle physics

Abstract

Top-quark physics at the LHC offers two complementary test beds for quantum computing. The first is quantum information in top-quark pairs: since the top quark decays before hadronisation, a tt¯ pair behaves as a two-qubit system whose spin density matrix can be measured. This is a quantum-native problem with a known ground truth. The thesis will consist of establishing a full tomography pipeline with the ATLAS Run 3 data at 13.6 TeV, using quantum circuits, optimisation methods and a quantum parton shower to validate and study the measurements. The second aspect is linked to four-top production, a rare signal with challenging backgrounds, small training samples and a combinatorial many-jet final state. The project will test quantum optimisation (QUBO-based jet-to-parton assignment) and quantum classifiers for signal discrimination against the best classical methods, to find out where quantum approaches bring a real gain in accuracy, data efficiency or scaling.

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Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l’univers
Service de Physique des Particules
Groupe Atlas (ATLAS)
Paris-Saclay
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