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Restoring symmetries in quantum computing using Classical Shadows

Quantum Physics 2023-11-09 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We introduce a method to enforce some symmetries starting from a trial wave-function prepared on quantum computers that might not respect these symmetries. The technique eliminates the necessity for performing the projection on the quantum computer itself. Instead, this task is conducted as a post-processing step on the system's "Classical Shadow". Illustrations of the approach are given for the parity, particle number, and spin projectors that are of particular interest in interacting many-body systems. We compare the method with another classical post-processing technique based on direct measurements of the quantum register. We show that the present scheme can be competitive to predict observables on symmetry-restored states once optimization through derandomization is employed. The technique is illustrated through its application to compute the projected energy for the pairing model Hamiltonian.

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@article{arxiv.2311.04571,
  title  = {Restoring symmetries in quantum computing using Classical Shadows},
  author = {Edgar Andres Ruiz Guzman and Denis Lacroix},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04571},
  year   = {2023}
}

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14 pages, 8 figures

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