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We describe a protocol for preparing the ground state of a Hamiltonian $H$ on a quantum computer. This is done by designing a quantum algorithm that implements the imaginary time evolution operator: $e^{-\tau H}$. The method relies on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Charles Marteau

It is shown that every one-dimensional Hamiltonian with short-range interaction admits a quantum Gibbs sampler [CKG23] with a system-size independent spectral gap at all finite temperatures. Consequently, their Gibbs states can be prepared…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Thiago Bergamaschi , Chi-Fang Chen

Local samplers are algorithms that generate random samples based on local queries to high-dimensional distributions, ensuring the samples follow the correct induced distributions while maintaining time complexity that scales locally with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Hongyang Liu , Chunyang Wang , Yitong Yin

We present a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm to simulate thermal states of a classical Hamiltonians on a quantum computer. Our scheme employs a sequence of locally controlled rotations, building up the desired state by adding qubits one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Man-Hong Yung , Daniel Nagaj , James D. Whitfield , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Providing evidence that quantum computers can efficiently prepare low-energy or thermal states of physically relevant interacting quantum systems is a major challenge in quantum information science. A newly developed quantum Gibbs sampling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-08 Akshar Ramkumar , Mehdi Soleimanifar

Preparation of quantum thermal states of many-body systems is a key computational challenge for quantum processors, with applications in physics, chemistry, and classical optimization. We provide a simple and efficient algorithm for thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Jerome Lloyd , Dmitry A. Abanin

Self-correcting quantum memories store logical quantum information for exponential time in thermal equilibrium at low temperatures. By definition, these systems are slow mixing. This raises the question of how the memory state, which we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Thiago Bergamaschi , Reza Gheissari , Yunchao Liu

Characterizing quantum many-body systems is a fundamental problem across physics, chemistry, and materials science. While significant progress has been made, many existing Hamiltonian learning protocols demand digital quantum control over…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Sitan Chen , Jordan Cotler , Hsin-Yuan Huang

Classical Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods have been essential for simulating statistical physical systems and have proven well applicable to other systems with many degrees of freedom. Motivated by the statistical physics origins, Chen,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 András Gilyén , Chi-Fang Chen , Joao F. Doriguello , Michael J. Kastoryano

We present a general protocol for estimating $M$ observables from only $\mathcal{O}(\log (M)/\varepsilon^2)$ copies of a Gibbs state whose Hamiltonian is accessible. The protocol uses single-copy, nonadaptive measurements and uses a total…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Chi-Fang Chen , András Gilyén

{Many-body quantum states at thermal equilibrium are ubiquitous in nature. Investigating their dynamical properties is a formidable task due to the complexity of the Hilbert space they live in. Quantum computers may have the potential to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-25 Mirko Consiglio , Tony J. G. Apollaro

In this work, we show how Gibbs or thermal states appear dynamically in closed quantum many-body systems, building on the program of dynamical typicality. We introduce a novel perturbation theorem for physically relevant weak system-bath…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-13 Arnau Riera , Christian Gogolin , Jens Eisert

Quantum computing offers potential solutions for finding ground states in condensed-matter physics and chemistry. However, achieving effective ground state preparation is also computationally hard for arbitrary Hamiltonians. It is necessary…

We propose a variational quantum algorithm to prepare ground states of 1D lattice quantum Hamiltonians specifically tailored for programmable quantum devices where interactions among qubits are mediated by Quantum Data Buses (QDB). For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-07 Viacheslav V. Kuzmin , Pietro Silvi

We study the steady-state properties of quantum channels with local Kraus operators. We consider a large family that consists of general ergodic 1-local (non-interacting) terms and general 2-local (interacting) terms. Physically, a repeated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-09 Itai Arad , Raz Firanko , Omer Gurevich

The problem of simulating the thermal behavior of quantum systems remains a central open challenge in quantum computing. Unlike well-established quantum algorithms for unitary dynamics, \emph{provably efficient} algorithms for preparing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Dominik Hahn , Ryan Sweke , Abhinav Deshpande , Oles Shtanko

We study the complexity of local Hamiltonians in which the terms pairwise commute. Commuting local Hamiltonians (CLHs) provide a way to study the role of non-commutativity in the complexity of quantum systems and touch on many fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-12 Sandy Irani , Jiaqing Jiang

We show how the thermodynamic properties of large many-body localized systems can be studied using quantum Monte Carlo simulations. To this end we devise a heuristic way of constructing local integrals of motion of very high quality, which…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-09-21 Stephen Inglis , Lode Pollet

The preparation and computation of many properties of quantum Gibbs states is essential for algorithms such as quantum semidefinite programming and quantum Boltzmann machines. We propose a quantum algorithm that can predict $M$ linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-27 Luuk Coopmans , Yuta Kikuchi , Marcello Benedetti

This paper introduces Quibbs v1.3, a Java application available for free. (Source code included in the distribution.) Quibbs is a "code generator" for quantum Gibbs sampling: after the user inputs some files that specify a classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-30 Robert R. Tucci