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This is the first paper in a series where we generalize the Categorical Quantum Mechanics program (due to Abramsky, Coecke, et al) to braided systems. In our view a uniform description of quantum information for braided systems has not yet…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-08 Spencer D. Stirling , Yong-Shi Wu

A model-independent, locally generally covariant formulation of quantum field theory over four-dimensional, globally hyperbolic spacetimes will be given which generalizes similar, previous approaches. Here, a generally covariant quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Rainer Verch

We consider topological quantum memories for a general class of abelian anyon models defined on spin lattices. These are non-universal for quantum computation when restricting to topological operations alone, such as braiding and fusion.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-16 James R. Wootton , Jiannis K. Pachos

Superstrings and topological strings with supermanifolds as target space play a central role in the recent developments in string theory. Nevertheless the rules for higher-genus computations are still unclear or guessed in analogy with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 P. A. Grassi , G. Policastro

We introduce the Mixed-Integer Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programming framework for the quantum compilation problem and apply it in the context of topological quantum computing. In this setting, quantum gates are realized by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Pavel Rytir , Phillip C. Burke , Christos Aravanis , Jiri Vala , Jakub Marecek

These lecture notes offer a pedagogical yet concise introduction to topological quantum computing. The material focuses on topological superconductors and Majorana qubits. It concludes with a discussion of more general braiding phenomena.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Fabian Hassler

The theory of quantum computation can be constructed from the abstract study of anyonic systems. In mathematical terms, these are unitary topological modular functors. They underlie the Jones polynomial and arise in Witten-Chern-Simons…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael H. Freedman , Alexei Kitaev , Michael J. Larsen , Zhenghan Wang

By developing a generalized cobordism theory, we explore the higher global symmetries and higher anomalies of quantum field theories and interacting fermionic/bosonic systems in condensed matter. Our essential math input is a generalization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-04 Zheyan Wan , Juven Wang

We propose a framework for topological quantum computation using newly discovered non-semisimple analogs of topological quantum field theories in 2+1 dimensions. These enhanced theories offer more powerful models for quantum computation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Filippo Iulianelli , Sung Kim , Joshua Sussan , Aaron D. Lauda

Quantum gravity may modify the fundamental symmetries that govern identical particles. In particular, noncommutative spacetime frameworks predict deformations of Bose and Fermi statistics. Here we develop a relativistic quantum field theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-27 Nicola Bortolotti , Catalina Curceanu , Antonino Marciano , Kristian Piscicchia

The first part of this paper extends the Doplicher-Haag-Roberts theory of superselection sectors to quantum field theory on arbitrary globally hyperbolic spacetimes. The statistics of a superselection sector may be defined as in flat…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 D. Guido , R. Longo , J. E. Roberts , R. Verch

The fundamental group $\pi_1(L)$ of a knot or link $L$ may be used to generate magic states appropriate for performing universal quantum computation and simultaneously for retrieving complete information about the processed quantum states.…

General Topology · Mathematics 2020-08-18 Michel Planat , Raymond Aschheim , Marcelo M. Amaral , Klee Irwin

Topological quantum computing promises intrinsic fault tolerance by encoding quantum information in non-Abelian anyons, where quantum gates are implemented via braiding. While braiding operations are robust against local perturbations, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Themba Hodge , Philipp Frey , Stephan Rachel

The modern approach to $m$-form global symmetries in a $d$-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT) entails specifying dimension $d-m-1$ topological generalized symmetry operators which non-trivially link with $m$-dimensional defect…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Ethan Torres , Hao Y. Zhang

The spin network quantum simulator relies on the su(2) representation ring (or its q-deformed counterpart at q= root of unity) and its basic features naturally include (multipartite) entanglement and braiding. In particular, q-deformed spin…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-02-24 Zoltan Kadar , Annalisa Marzuoli , Mario Rasetti

The topic of this thesis is the development of a versatile and geometrically motivated differential calculus on non-commutative or quantum spaces, providing powerful but easy-to-use mathematical tools for applications in physics and related…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Peter Schupp

In topologically-protected quantum computation, quantum gates can be carried out by adiabatically braiding two-dimensional quasiparticles, reminiscent of entangled world lines. Bonesteel et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 140503 (2005)], as well…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-14 Ross B. McDonald , Helmut G. Katzgraber

In spite of their evident logical character, particle statistics symmetries are not among the inherently quantum features exploited in quantum computation. A difficulty may be that, being a constant of motion of a unitary evolution, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giuseppe Castagnoli , Dalida Monti

In a topological quantum computer, universality is achieved by braiding and quantum information is natively protected from small local errors. We address the problem of compiling single-qubit quantum operations into braid representations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Vadym Kliuchnikov , Alex Bocharov , Krysta M. Svore

We derive a spacetime formulation of quantum general relativity from (hamiltonian) loop quantum gravity. In particular, we study the quantum propagator that evolves the 3-geometry in proper time. We show that the perturbation expansion of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Michael P Reisenberger , Carlo Rovelli