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The magic of top quarks
by Chris D. White, Martin J. White
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Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Chris White |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07479v1 (pdf) |
| Date submitted: | 2024-12-12 23:05 |
| Submitted by: | White, Chris |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | The 17th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics (TOP2024) |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approaches: | Theoretical, Phenomenological |
Abstract
In recent years, there has been increasing collaboration between the fields of quantum computing and high energy physics, including using LHC processes such as top (anti-)quark pair production to perform high energy tests of quantum entanglement. In this proceeding, I will review another interesting property from quantum computing ("magic"), that is needed to make quantum computers with genuine computational advantage over their classical counterparts. How to make and enhance magic in general quantum systems is an open question, such that new insights are always useful. To this end, I will show that the LHC naturally produces magic top quarks, providing a novel playground for further study in this area.
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Strengths
These proceedings offer a nice summary of the work carried out in the paper and are good as introduction.
Weaknesses
The claim made in the conclusion regarding that magic could be used to investigate new physics is not sufficiently motivated. In practice, one is measuring polarisations (B's) and spin correlations (C's). It is not shown that the quantity in Eq. 6, obtained from B's and C's, is better than those B's and C's themselves, in order to probe new physics.
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I think these proceedings can be published with minimal changes.
Requested changes
1. Remove the comment about probing new physics.
2. Is "Martin White" in the acknowledgements the same person as the author "Martin J. White"? I guess so, and it is weird to have an author acknowledging himself.
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Publish (easily meets expectations and criteria for this Journal; among top 50%)