Friday, 29 May, 2026 
at Anton Rauch Lecture Hall, Atominstitut, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Wien

Host: Maksym Serbyn

Programme:

9:30 Get Together with Snacks

10:00 VCQ Student Talk by Elena Petrova

10:15: VCQ Colloquium Talk by Federica Surace

You can follow this talk via zoom here (passcode vcq_2026).

Talk details:

Quantum simulation of gauge theory dynamics and particle collisions

Quantum simulators have become powerful tools for probing non-equilibrium many-body dynamics, from thermalization to hydrodynamics. Beyond condensed matter, they offer a frontier for exploring quantum matter in extreme conditions like those of high-energy collisions. In this talk, framing particle collisions as a many-body problem, I will review progress in classical and quantum simulation. I will then present a novel protocol to realize these dynamics in current quantum architectures.