Acronym soup forQuantum Physics
A fundamental theory describing the behavior of nature at and below the scale of atoms.
Complexity class of decision problems solvable by quantum computers in polynomial time with bounded error.
Major laboratory for high-energy physics and home of the Large Hadron Collider. (Capturing the original French: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)
Fundamental symmetry of physical laws under transformations of charge, parity, and time.
Thought experiment highlighting the peculiar nature of quantum entanglement and locality.
Principle stating the impossibility of knowing the exact position and momentum of a particle.
The world’s largest particle collider, exploring particle physics at high energies.
Quantum computing model based on measurements of an entangled quantum state.
Term describing intermediate-scale quantum computers subject to noise.
Theory of interactions between quarks and gluons, fundamental particles in protons and neutrons.
Theory describing the interactions between light and matter.
A framework combining classical field theory, quantum mechanics, and special relativity.
Process where a photon splits into two lower-energy photons, used in quantum optics.