Chinese scientists use quantum computing to simulate black hole

Researchers say the experiment is a step towards creating systems with ‘properties analogous to black holes’. The scientists tested a theory devised by the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. — SCMP

A Chinese-led team of scientists say they have simulated the physics of black holes using quantum computing.

The researchers said the experiments on Hawking radiation opened up a new path for simulating the quantum effects of black holes with superconducting quantum chips and marked “a step in the direction of creating quantum systems with properties analogous to those of black holes”.