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Bounds for the adiabatic approximation with applications to quantum computation

Quantum Physics 2007-11-08 v3

Abstract

We present straightforward proofs of estimates used in the adiabatic approximation. The gap dependence is analyzed explicitly. We apply the result to interpolating Hamiltonians of interest in quantum computing.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0603175,
  title  = {Bounds for the adiabatic approximation with applications to quantum computation},
  author = {Sabine Jansen and Mary-Beth Ruskai and Ruedi Seiler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0603175},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

15 pages, one figure. Two comments added in Secs. 2 and 5