Entanglement and Quantum Complexity of Nuclear Many-Body Systems

The development of quantum information has provided a new perspective on quantum many-body problems. In nuclear physics, investigations of entanglement, and other concepts from quantum information, have shed further light on the structure of nuclei, nuclear processes and nuclear forces.

At the same time, the language of quantum information is facilitating communication and exchanges of ideas and techniques between fields of physics. Such cross-fertilization, together with the gained insights, are, in turn, enabling the development of improved methods and algorithms for describing nuclear structure and dynamics on classical and quantum computers, as well as the development of techniques for probing entanglement in experiments.

I will discuss some recent developments, opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.