Scientists have been able to observe a common interaction in quantum chemistry for the first time, by using a quantum computer to shadow the process at a speed 100 billion times slower than normal.
A research team from the University of Sydney in Australia and the University of California, San Diego, instead monitored the reaction using a charged particle trapped in a field, allowing them to follow a version of the process that dragged on for a relative eternity."Using our quantum computer, we built a system that allowed us to slow down the chemical dynamics from femtoseconds to milliseconds,""This allowed us to make meaningful observations and measurements.
Conical intersections describe the rapid transfer of energy between surfaces of potential energy inside molecules. As such, they are best described using the language and mathematics of quantum physics, involving overlapping fields and changing waves of particle behavior. frameborder="0″ allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen>such as photosynthesisWhat made this current research possible was the special way the scientists were able to map the electron state change onto features of a system using a, where electric fields do the trapping and lasers do the manipulating.
Once this complex process had been carried out, the team was then able to slow everything down so it could be observed.
, the new research is going to be hugely useful in a lot of areas of research. It shows how new insights can be found through researchers from different fields of science working together.
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