Lecture Notes: Introduction to random unitary circuits and the measurement-induced entanglement phase transition
Statistical Mechanics
2023-07-07 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Quantum Physics
Abstract
These are lecture notes compiled for a short lecture series at the 2023 Condensed Matter Summer School at the University of Minnesota. They are designed to be conversational and fun, and not to take the place of review articles that do a serious job of stating things precisely and citing literature thoroughly. The goal of the notes is to introduce some central ideas underlying the study of entanglement dynamics in random unitary circuits and the measurement-induced entanglement phase transition. A particular focus is the concept of the "minimal cut" and its associated stat mech mappings.
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@article{arxiv.2307.02986,
title = {Lecture Notes: Introduction to random unitary circuits and the measurement-induced entanglement phase transition},
author = {Brian Skinner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.02986},
year = {2023}
}
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23 pages, 14 figures