[3I01-08] Radiation Behavior

[3I08] Basic Study of Radiation Transport Calculations Using Quantum Computers

(1) Features of Transport Calculations and the Utilization of Quantum Computers

*Takuma Noto¹, Kazuaki Kosako¹, Norikazu Kinoshita¹, Hitoshi Nakashima¹ (1. Shimizu)

Keywords:Quantum computer, Transport calculation, Monte Carlo method

Radiation transport calculations using the Monte Carlo method can solve complex problems with great precision, but they require an enormous number of history to obtain sufficient accuracy, depending on the scale of the problem and/or the treatment of small reactions. Thus, various methods are used to improve the efficiency of calculations, such as variance reduction methods and parallel calculations. Quantum computers are expected to have excellent computational performance and radiation transport calculations could be accelerated by taking advantage of their features that enable massively parallel computations. We will show the features expected in radiation transport calculations using quantum computers.