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A hybrid quantum-classical particle-in-cell method for plasma simulations
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Computational Science and Technology (CST).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6059-8249
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Computational Science and Technology (CST). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID iD: 0009-0004-3459-0704
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Computational Science and Technology (CST).ORCID iD: 0009-0001-9105-9520
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Computational Science and Technology (CST).ORCID iD: 0009-0009-4901-1716
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2026 (English)In: Future Generation Computer Systems, ISSN 0167-739X, E-ISSN 1872-7115, Vol. 175, article id 108087Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We present a hybrid quantum-classical electrostatic Particle-in-Cell (PIC) method, where the electrostatic field Poisson solver is implemented on a quantum computer simulator using a hybrid classical-quantum Neural Network (HNN) using data-driven and physics-informed learning approaches. The HNN is trained on classical PIC simulation results and executed via a PennyLane quantum simulator. The remaining computational steps, including particle motion and field interpolation, are performed on a classical system. To evaluate the accuracy and computational cost of this hybrid approach, we test the hybrid quantum-classical electrostatic PIC against the two-stream instability, a standard benchmark in plasma physics. Our results show that the quantum Poisson solver achieves comparable accuracy to classical methods. It also provides insights into the feasibility of using quantum computing and HNNs for plasma simulations. We also discuss the computational overhead associated with current quantum computer simulators, showing the challenges and potential advantages of hybrid quantum-classical numerical methods.

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Elsevier BV , 2026. Vol. 175, article id 108087
Keywords [en]
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing, Particle-in-Cell (PIC) Method, Electrostatic Poisson Solver, Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs)
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Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics Computer Systems
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Computer Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-368973DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2025.108087ISI: 001561183000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105013835560OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-368973DiVA, id: diva2:1991577
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Available from: 2025-08-25 Created: 2025-08-25 Last updated: 2025-09-17Bibliographically approved

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