The classical spin-vector Monte Carlo (SVMC) model is a reference benchmark for the performance of a quantum annealer. Yet, as a Monte Carlo method, SVMC is unsuited for an accurate description of the annealing dynamics in real-time.We introduce the spin-vector Langevin (SVL) model as an alternative benchmark in which the time evolution is described by Langevin dynamics. The SVL model is shown to provide a more stringent test than the SVMC model for the identification of quantum signatures in the performance of quantum annealing devices, as we illustrate by describing the Kibble-Zurek scaling associated with the dynamics of symmetry breaking in the transverse field Ising model, recently probed using D-Wave machines. Specifically, we show that D-Wave data are reproduced by the SVL model.
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@article{arxiv.2109.09750,
title = {Benchmarking quantum annealing dynamics: the spin-vector Langevin model},
author = {David Subires and Fernando J. Gómez-Ruiz and Antonia Ruiz-García and Daniel Alonso and Adolfo del Campo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.09750},
year = {2022}
}
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Main text: 10 pages, 5 Figures, and SM: Fortran Code SVLdynamics.f