Symmetry Constrained Quantum Error Mitigation for the Schwinger Model
A preprint on arXiv proposes a symmetry-constrained quantum error mitigation scheme tailored to the Schwinger model, a 1+1D lattice gauge theory often used as a quantum simulation benchmark. The approach constrains error mitigation using the model's symmetries rather than general-purpose post-processing.
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This could enable near-term quantum hardware to extract physically meaningful observables from Schwinger model simulations using fewer measurement shots.
Symmetry constraints restrict the space of plausible errors, which can reduce the variance or bias from device noise on observables that respect the model's gauge symmetries. If the method is compatible with existing noisy intermediate-scale devices, it can be applied without new hardware.
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