Zohreh Davoudi Research Group

University of Maryland, College Park

How can quantum simulation and lattice methods solve strongly interacting nuclear and hadronic systems computationally? The research group develops and applies effective field theories and lattice QCD techniques to determine few-body interactions and hadronic contributions relevant to nuclear and particle physics. They create and benchmark frameworks for quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories and nuclear effective field theories using analog and digital quantum platforms. Researchers design algorithms and engineering approaches for implementing these problems on trapped-ion and other quantum-simulator hardware. The program aims to reduce sign-problem barriers and enable real-time and dense-matter simulations.