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Non-Abelian Self-Correcting Quantum Memory and Transversal Non-Clifford Gate beyond the $n^{1/3}$ Distance Barrier

Quantum Physics 2025-12-11 v5 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We construct a family of infinitely many new candidate non-Abelian self-correcting topological quantum memories in D5+1D\geq 5+1 spacetime dimensions without particle excitations using local commuting non-Pauli stabilizer lattice models and field theories of Z23\mathbb{Z}_2^3 higher-form gauge fields with nontrivial topological action. We call such non-Pauli stabilizer models magic stabilizer codes. The family of topological orders have Abelian electric excitations and non-Abelian magnetic excitations that obey Ising-like fusion rules and non-Abelian braiding, including Borromean ring type braiding which is a signature of non-Abelian topological order, generalizing the dihedral group D8\mathbb{D}_8 gauge theory in (2+1)D. The simplest example includes a new non-Abelian self-correcting memory in (5+1)D with Abelian loop excitations and non-Abelian membrane excitations. We prove the self-correction property and the thermal stability, and devise a probabilistic local cellular-automaton decoder. We also construct fault-tolerant non-Clifford CCZ logical gate using constant depth circuit from higher cup products in the 5D non-Abelian code. The use of higher-cup products and non-Pauli stabilizers allows us to get an O(n2/5)O(n^{2/5}) distance overcoming the O(n1/3)O(n^{1/3}) distance barrier in conventional topological stabilizer codes, including the 3D color code and the 6D self-correcting color code.

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@article{arxiv.2405.11719,
  title  = {Non-Abelian Self-Correcting Quantum Memory and Transversal Non-Clifford Gate beyond the $n^{1/3}$ Distance Barrier},
  author = {Po-Shen Hsin and Ryohei Kobayashi and Guanyu Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.11719},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

28 pages, 9 figures. Title revised. Close to the published version