Are we quantum computers, or merely clever robots? (Prof. M. Fisher)
- Date: Jul 18, 2017
- Time: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthew Fisher
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
- Host: MPQ
Putative neural quantum processing with nuclear spins seemingly requires fulllment of many unrealizable conditions: for example, a common biological element with a very isolated nuclear spin to serve as a qubit, a mechanism for quantum entangling qubits, a mechanism for quantum memory storage and processing, a quantum to biochemical transduction that modulates neuron ring rates, among others. My strategy, guided by these requirements, is one of reverse engineering seeking to identify the bio-chemical substrate and mechanisms hosting such putative quantum processing. Remarkably, a specic neural qubit and a unique collection of ions, molecules and enzymes is identied, illuminating an apparently single path towards nuclear spin quantum processing in the brain.