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Inspired by the low wave-length limit of topological M-theory, which re-constructs the theory of $3+1$D gravity in the self-dual variables' formulation, and by the realization that in Loop Quantum Gravity the holonomy of a flat connection…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-02 Andrea Addazi , Antonino Marciano

We introduce a notion of topological M-theory and argue that it provides a unification of form theories of gravity in various dimensions. Its classical solutions involve G_2 holonomy metrics on 7-manifolds, obtained from a topological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Robbert Dijkgraaf , Sergei Gukov , Andrew Neitzke , Cumrun Vafa

Topological principles constitute at present an integral component of condensed matter physics, permeating the modern characterization of electronic states while also guiding materials design. In this brief Perspective, I highlight three…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Tomáš Bzdušek

We remove the need to physically transport computational anyons around each other from the implementation of computational gates in topological quantum computing. By using an anyonic analog of quantum state teleportation, we show how the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-21 Parsa Bonderson , Michael Freedman , Chetan Nayak

The holographic principle and its realization in the AdS/CFT correspondence led to unexpected connections between general relativity and quantum information. This set the stage for studying aspects of quantum gravity models, which are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-18 Illya Shapoval , Vincent Paul Su , Wibe de Jong , Miro Urbanek , Brian Swingle

Inspired by the long wave-length limit of topological M-theory, which re-constructs the theory of $3+1$D gravity in the self-dual variables' formulation, we conjecture the existence of a duality between Hilbert spaces, the ${\bf…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-19 Andrea Addazi , Antonino Marciano

Topological quantum computing promises error-resistant quantum computation without active error correction. However, there is a worry that during the process of executing quantum gates by braiding anyons around each other, extra anyonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-05 Chris Cesare , Andrew J. Landahl , Dave Bacon , Steven T. Flammia , Alice Neels

Besides the String Theory context, the quantum General Relativity can be studied by the use of constrained topological field theories. In the celebrated Plebanski formalism, the constraints connecting topological field theories and gravity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. O. Tahim , C. A. S. Almeida

We investigate a promising conformal field theory realization scheme for topological quantum computation based on the Fibonacci anyons, which are believed to be realized as quasiparticle excitations in the $\mathbb{Z}_3$ parafermion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-04 Lachezar S. Georgiev , Ludmil Hadjiivanov , Grigori Matein

We show that universal quantum computation can be performed within the ground state of a topologically ordered quantum system, which is a naturally protected quantum memory. In particular, we show how this can be achieved using brane-net…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Bombin , M. A. Martin-Delgado

Quantum computers will work by evolving a high tensor power of a small (e.g. two) dimensional Hilbert space by local gates, which can be implemented by applying a local Hamiltonian H for a time t. In contrast to this quantum engineering,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Michael H. Freedman , Alexei Kitaev , Zhenghan Wang

Topological quantum computation encodes quantum information in the internal fusion space of non-Abelian anyonic quasiparticles, whose braiding implements logical gates. This goes beyond Abelian topological order (TO) such as the toric code,…

In a topological quantum computer, braids of non-Abelian anyons in a (2+1)-dimensional space-time form quantum gates, whose fault tolerance relies on the topological, rather than geometric, properties of the braids. Here we propose to…

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This thesis discusses the topological aspects of quantum gravity, focusing on the connection between 2D quantum gravity and 2D topological gravity. The mathematical background for the discussion is presented in the first two chapters. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Morten Weis

We consider string/M-theory reductions on a compact space $X=X^\text{loc} \cup X^\circ$, where $X^\text{loc}$ contains the singular locus, and $X^\circ$ its complement. For the resulting supergravity theories, we construct a suitable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-05 Dewi S. W. Gould , Ling Lin , Evyatar Sabag

We elaborate on the construction of a prequantum 2-Hilbert space from a bundle gerbe over a 2-plectic manifold, providing the first steps in a program of higher geometric quantisation of closed strings in flux compactifications and of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Severin Bunk , Richard J. Szabo

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

We highlight the need for global completion of the field content in the M5-brane sigma-model analogous to Dirac's charge/flux quantization, and we point out that the superspace Bianchi identities on the worldvolume and on its ambient…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-02 Grigorios Giotopoulos , Hisham Sati , Urs Schreiber

We consider the topological and geometric structures associated with cohomological and homological objects in M-theory. For the latter, we have M2-branes and M5-branes, the analysis of which requires the underlying spacetime to admit a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-10-19 Hisham Sati

Three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric field theories admit a natural class of chiral half-BPS boundary conditions that preserve $\mathcal{N}=(0,4)$ supersymmetry. While such boundary conditions are not compatible with topological…

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