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Axial Gauge Removed One Constraint From Quantum QCD

A lattice construction solves the temporal gauge field analytically and derives polynomial resource scaling for real-time SU(3) simulation.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-08-18-026
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Summary

A lattice construction solves the temporal gauge field analytically and derives polynomial resource scaling for real-time SU(3) simulation.

The proposal represents independent gauge fields in a local basis, uses local quantum Fourier transforms for conjugate momentum and avoids maintaining Gauss’s-law constraints during Trotterized evolution by working in axial gauge. The paper bounds qubit requirements for states below a chosen energy and derives per-step gate scaling of order nA to the fourth times volume to the four-thirds, plus volume to the five-thirds for up to six fermion flavors. This is an algorithmic resource analysis, not a demonstration on hardware capable of useful quantum chromodynamics.

Why it matters

A lattice construction solves the temporal gauge field analytically and derives polynomial resource scaling for real-time SU(3) simulation.

Limits and context

  • This is an algorithmic resource analysis, not a demonstration on hardware capable of useful quantum chromodynamics.

Key claims

  1. A lattice construction solves the temporal gauge field analytically and derives polynomial resource scaling for real-time SU(3) simulation.

    Qualification: This is an algorithmic resource analysis, not a demonstration on hardware capable of useful quantum chromodynamics.

    Evidence: source-2026-08-18-015

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2608.16783arXiv · primary research

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