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Variational neural network ansatz for steady states in open quantum systems

Quantum Physics 2019-07-03 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We present a general variational approach to determine the steady state of open quantum lattice systems via a neural network approach. The steady-state density matrix of the lattice system is constructed via a purified neural network ansatz in an extended Hilbert space with ancillary degrees of freedom. The variational minimization of cost functions associated to the master equation can be performed using a Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling. As a first application and proof-of-principle, we apply the method to the dissipative quantum transverse Ising model.

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@article{arxiv.1902.10104,
  title  = {Variational neural network ansatz for steady states in open quantum systems},
  author = {Filippo Vicentini and Alberto Biella and Nicolas Regnault and Cristiano Ciuti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.10104},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures, 54 references, 5 pages of Supplemental Informations

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