Parallel Quantum Chemistry on Noisy Quantum Hardware

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This work introduces a parallel quantum-classical algorithm, based on the reduced density-matrix functional theory (RDMFT), for computing molecular ground-state energies, designed to run efficiently on today’s quantum hardware. The method, demonstrated on IBM quantum computers based on superconducting transmon qubits, enables scalable simulations by splitting the problem into smaller, independently solvable parts.

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