August 23, 2026
Superposition Weekly — 2026-08-23
Papers of the week
Slepian Bounds on the Success Probability of Virtual Distillation
Masayuki Ohzeki, Sasuke Kimata, Xinwei Lee, et al. — 2026-08-21 · Read on arXiv
Virtual distillation is a powerful near-term error-mitigation primitive, but it is also a spectral…
Quantum annealing through a first-order phase transition: field theory approach
Diego Andrés Rivera Orona, Predrag Punoševac, Nikolai A. Sinitsyn — 2026-08-21 · Read on arXiv
Unlike second-order phase transitions, a first-order transition has a stage, in which a system is…
Hypothesis testing between quantum ensembles
Jian Yao, Quntao Zhuang — 2026-08-21 · Read on arXiv
Quantum state ensembles are important in quantum information processing. For example, quantum…
Exponential-in-$N_c^2$ cost reduction of product-formula-based quantum simulations of quantum chromodynamics
Zohreh Davoudi, Jesse R. Stryker — 2026-08-21 · Read on arXiv
Quantum algorithms for simulating quantum chromodynamics (QCD) have matured steadily since the…
Symmetry Constrained Quantum Error Mitigation for the Schwinger Model
Alexander Tomlinson, Graham Van Goffrier, Bipasha Chakraborty, et al. — 2026-08-21 · Read on arXiv
Quantum error mitigation (QEM) is at the very heart of near-term quantum simulations and lattice…
Minimization of micromotion for nanoparticles in a Paul trap
Jamie Morley, Jean Paul Louys Sansó, Dmitry Bykov, et al. — 2026-08-21 · Read on arXiv
When a charged particle in a Paul trap is displaced from the node of the AC trapping field, excess…
Conferences & deadlines
- Q2B Copenhagen 2026 — Copenhagen, Denmark, 2026-09-09 – 2026-09-10
- IEEE Quantum Week 2026 (QCE26) — Toronto, Canada, 2026-09-13 – 2026-09-18
Industry news
- Infleqtion Opens Colorado Quantum Innovation Center, Anchoring “America’s Quantum Peak” — Infleqtion
- IBM Connects Its First Modular Cryogenic Systems in Milestone Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing — IBM Newsroom
- IBM rises on quantum computing breakthrough — Fox Business
- The global race to make a practical quantum computer just took a big leap forward — Phys.org
- This Quantum Computing Stock Just Scored a Major Breakthrough Deal. How to Play QNT Here. — Yahoo Finance
- Super Cool: IBM Links Cryogenic Modules to Scale Quantum Computing — TechNewsWorld
- Quantum Computer Solves a Problem in 15 Minutes That Classical Methods Can’t Practically Compute — SciTechDaily
- Caltech breakthrough brings fiber-optic performance to silicon chips — Science Daily
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