Patrick Draper
Associate Professor, Physics
Primary Research Area
- High Energy Physics - High Energy Physics (theoretical)
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Biography
Professor Draper received his PhD in Physics from The University of Chicago in 2011 following his BS from the University of Illinois in 2005. He held postdoctoral appointments at the University of California Santa Cruz and the University of California Santa Barbara and a faculty appointment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst before moving to the University of Illinois in 2018. He works on a variety of topics in theoretical high energy physics.
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Chicago, 2011
Research Statement
Much of my recent work has been focused on developing applications of quantum computing to theories and phenomena in high energy physics. Examples include:
- Building circuits for Hamiltonian simulation of lattice gauge theories (see https://github.com/hepqis-uiuc/ymcirc)
- Studying new applications of quantum simulations to theories like strong-field QED and quantum mechanical matrix models
- Exploring qudit platforms
- Developing algorithms to use quantum resources more efficiently (see e.g. https://github.com/atlytle/dense-ev)
Primary Research Area
- High Energy Physics - High Energy Physics (theoretical)
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Selected Articles in Journals
- P. Balaji, C. Conefrey-Shinozaki, P. Draper, J. Elhaderi, D. Gupta, L. Hidalgo, A. Lytle, E. Rinaldi, "Quantum Circuits for SU(3) Lattice Gauge Theory," Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 5, 054511,
- P. Draper, L. Hidalgo, A. Ilderton, "Hamiltonian truncation and quantum simulation of strong-field QED beyond tree level"
- P. Draper, M. Karydas, H. Zhang, "Quantum Properties of Non-Dirichlet Boundary Conditions in Gravity"
- W. Huie, C. Conefrey-Shinozaki, Z. Jia, P. Draper, J. Covey, "Three-qubit encoding in ytterbium-171 atoms for simulating 1+1D QCD"
- P. Balaji, C. Conefrey-Shinozaki, P. Draper, J. Elhaderi, D. Gupta, L. Hidalgo, A. Lytle, "Perturbation theory, irrep truncations, and state preparation methods for quantum simulations of SU(3) lattice gauge theory"