Quantum Particles Remember Their Past ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Probing many-body localization crossover in quasiperiodic Floquet circuits on a quantum processor"

· Kazuma Nagao, Tomonori Shirakawa, Rongyang Sun, Peter Prelovšek, Seiji Yunoki

arXiv:2603.12675 · 2026-03-13 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · Quantum Physics Disordered Systems Quantum Gases Statistical Mech Strongly Correlated

An experiment with 144 qubits reveals quantum memory can survive thousands of times longer, defying chaotic erasure.

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An ice cube in tea melts without a trace. Similarly, quantum systems usually quickly forget their past. But under strong disorder, many-body localization emerges—particles seem to freeze, preserving memory.

The experiment on IBM's 144-qubit processor lasted 5000 cycles. Spectroscopy (frequency analysis) and Photometry (brightness measurement) showed: under strong disorder, the bonds between particles barely break. Entropy growth slowed so much it looked like a slow-motion replay of a black hole evaporating.

This proves: quantum processors can simulate systems inaccessible to classical computers, paving the way for reliable quantum memory.

Localization works like storing memories in the brain: even when damaged, isolated cells retain the data.

🎯 For perspective: entropy growth in this experiment was so slow that if your coffee cooled at this rate, it would stay hot longer than the universe has existed.

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Quantum Particles Remember Their Past ⚡ экспресс