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We show how to apply the quantum adiabatic algorithm directly to the quantum computation of molecular properties. We describe a procedure to map electronic structure Hamiltonians to 2-local qubit Hamiltonians with a small set of physically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-20 Ryan Babbush , Peter J. Love , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Schr\"odinger's equation serves as a fundamental component in characterizing quantum systems, wherein both quantum state tomography and Hamiltonian learning are instrumental in comprehending and interpreting quantum systems. While numerous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-25 Zheng An , Jiahui Wu , Muchun Yang , D. L. Zhou , Bei Zeng

Learning the Hamiltonian governing a quantum system is a central task in quantum metrology, sensing, and device characterization. Existing Heisenberg-limited Hamiltonian learning protocols either require multi-qubit operations that are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Shrigyan Brahmachari , Shuchen Zhu , Iman Marvian , Yu Tong

We present a new machine learning technique which calculates a real-valued, time independent, finite dimensional Hamiltonian matrix from only experimental data. A novel cost function is given along with a proof that the cost function has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-02 Jordan Burns , David Maughan , Yih Sung

We study the problems of state preparation, ground state preparation and quantum state preparation. We propose an analytic approach to a stochastic quantum algorithm which prepares the ground state for $n$-qubit Hamiltonian that is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 Taehee Ko , Sungbin Lim

Identifying unknown Hamiltonians from their quantum dynamics is a pivotal challenge in quantum technologies. In this paper, we introduce Hamiltonian recognition, a framework that bridges quantum hypothesis testing and quantum metrology,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Chengkai Zhu , Shuyu He , Yu-Ao Chen , Lei Zhang , Xin Wang

Modeling low energy eigenstates of fermionic systems can provide insight into chemical reactions and material properties and is one of the most anticipated applications of quantum computing. We present three techniques for reducing the cost…

One of the most fundamental problems in quantum many-body physics is the characterization of correlations among thermal states. Of particular relevance is the thermal area law, which justifies the tensor network approximations to thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-12 Tomotaka Kuwahara , Álvaro M. Alhambra , Anurag Anshu

We outline refined versions of two major quantum algorithms for performing principal component analysis and solving linear equations. Our methods are exponentially faster than their classical counterparts and even previous quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-02 Nhat A. Nghiem

Recovering an unknown Hamiltonian from measurements is an increasingly important task for certification of noisy quantum devices and simulators. Recent works have succeeded in recovering the Hamiltonian of an isolated quantum system with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-24 Eyal Bairey , Itai Arad , Netanel H. Lindner

We present an algorithm for measurement of $k$-local operators in a quantum state, which scales logarithmically both in the system size and the output accuracy. The key ingredients of the algorithm are a digital representation of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-16 Apoorva Patel , Anjani Priyadarsini

Identifying Hamiltonian of a quantum system is of vital importance for quantum information processing. In this Letter, we realized and benchmarked a quantum Hamiltonian identification algorithm recently proposed [Phys. Rev. Lett.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-16 Shi-yao Hou , Hang Li , Gui-Lu Long

The partition function and free energy of a quantum many-body system determine its physical properties in thermal equilibrium. Here we study the computational complexity of approximating these quantities for $n$-qubit local Hamiltonians.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-22 Sergey Bravyi , Anirban Chowdhury , David Gosset , Pawel Wocjan

We present a quantum algorithm for systems of (possibly inhomogeneous) linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients. The algorithm produces a quantum state that is proportional to the solution at a desired final time.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-07 Dominic W. Berry , Andrew M. Childs , Aaron Ostrander , Guoming Wang

Quantum Hamiltonian complexity studies computational complexity aspects of local Hamiltonians and ground states; these questions can be viewed as generalizations of classical computational complexity problems related to local constraint…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Dorit Aharonov , Itai Arad , Zeph Landau , Umesh Vazirani

Quantum systems governed by time-dependent Hamiltonians pose significant challenges for the accurate computation of unitary time-evolution operators, which are essential for predicting quantum state dynamics. In this work, we introduce a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Antonio Guerra , Daniel Uzcategui-Contreras , Aldo Delgado , Esteban S. Gómez

Hamiltonian simulation is a domain where quantum computers have the potential to outperform their classical counterparts. One of the main challenges of such quantum algorithms is increasing the system size, which is necessary to achieve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-07 Erenay Karacan , Yanbin Chen , Christian B. Mendl

A quantum system will stay near its instantaneous ground state if the Hamiltonian that governs its evolution varies slowly enough. This quantum adiabatic behavior is the basis of a new class of algorithms for quantum computing. We test one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Edward Farhi , Jeffrey Goldstone , Sam Gutmann , Joshua Lapan , Andrew Lundgren , Daniel Preda

We study the problem of learning the Hamiltonian of a many-body quantum system from experimental data. We show that the rate of learning depends on the amount of control available during the experiment. We consider three control models: one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 Alicja Dutkiewicz , Thomas E. O'Brien , Thomas Schuster

We show that thermal states of local Hamiltonians are separable above a constant temperature. Specifically, for a local Hamiltonian $H$ on a graph with degree $\mathfrak{d}$, its Gibbs state at inverse temperature $\beta$, denoted by $\rho…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-25 Ainesh Bakshi , Allen Liu , Ankur Moitra , Ewin Tang