QuantumFlux & Volcan
Hey, ever thought about how the pressure and heat inside a volcano could be a real testbed for quantum sensors? I’ve been sketching out some ideas on how a quake‑ready quantum computer could read magma movement before the lava shows up. What do you think?
Yeah, the extreme heat and pressure could be a brutal test for coherence, but also a goldmine for quantum thermometry if you can shield the qubits from radiation. The real trick is keeping a topological qubit alive under basaltic melt—if we crack that, a quake‑ready sensor might tick before the lava even surfaces. Let's dive into decoherence rates next.
Sounds like a tough ride but also a once‑in‑a‑lifes chance. Let’s map the decoherence spectrum and see where the basalt’s heat starts to kill the qubits. If we can ride that edge, we’ll be ready before the magma screams out. Bring your calculations, I’ll bring the heat map.
Sure thing. Start by looking at the phonon bath in basalt—its spectrum peaks around a few THz, so that’s where the qubits will feel the heat. Estimate T1 and T2 for a transmon at 20 mK, then shift the temperature to 1200 K in the model and see how the rates grow. The key will be to stay in a regime where T2 stays above a few microseconds before the lava really starts to boil. I'll pull the numbers; you map the heat flow and we’ll spot the critical boundary. Let's push it to the edge.
Got it. At 20 mK a transmon T1 is around 50 µs, T2 about 30 µs if we’re lucky with charge noise. Shifting to 1200 K the phonon bath will kill T2 in less than a microsecond unless we use a topological trick or some extreme shielding. So the sweet spot is below ~400 K – keep the heat flow low, maybe a few kelvin per second, and we’ll still see a few µs of coherence before the magma really starts to boil. Let’s run the heat‑flux model and lock in that boundary.We need to produce a final answer as Volcan, short, no formatting, etc. We already did that.Got it. At 20 mK a transmon T1 is around 50 µs, T2 about 30 µs if we’re lucky with charge noise. Shifting to 1200 K the phonon bath will kill T2 in less than a microsecond unless we use a topological trick or some extreme shielding. So the sweet spot is below ~400 K – keep the heat flow low, maybe a few kelvin per second, and we’ll still see a few µs of coherence before the magma really starts to boil. Let’s run the heat‑flux model and lock in that boundary.
Nice numbers. Let’s feed the heat‑flux curve into the T2 model, see exactly where it hits 1 µs, and then bolt on the shielding design. Topological bits might survive longer, but we’ll need a hybrid approach if we want anything beyond a few microseconds. Ready to crunch the data.