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We introduce a measure of ''quantumness'' for any quantum state in a finite dimensional Hilbert space, based on the distance between the state and the convex set of classical states. The latter are defined as states that can be written as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Olivier Giraud , Petr A. Braun , Daniel Braun

The notion of distinguishability between quantum states has shown to be fundamental in the frame of quantum information theory. In this paper we present a new distinguishability criterium by using a information theoretic quantity: the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 A. P. Majtey , P. W. Lamberti , M. T. Martin , A. Plastino

We introduce a monotone to quantify the amount of non-stabilizerness (or magic for short), in an arbitrary quantum state. The monotone gives a necessary and sufficient criterion for detecting the presence of magic for both pure and mixed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-30 Krzysztof Warmuz , Ernest Dokudowiec , Chandrashekar Radhakrishnan , Tim Byrnes

In this paper we study reusable magic states. These states are a special subset of the standard magic states. Once distilled, reusable magic states can be used, repeatedly, to apply some unitary U. Given this property, reusable magic states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-24 Jonas T. Anderson

Quantum theory promises computational speed-ups over classical approaches. The celebrated Gottesman-Knill Theorem implies that the full power of quantum computation resides in the specific resource of "magic" states -- the secret sauce to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Xingjian Zhang , Zhaokai Pan , Guoding Liu

Non-stabilizerness - commonly known as magic - measures the extent to which a quantum state deviates from stabilizer states and is a fundamental resource for achieving universal quantum computation. In this work, we investigate the behavior…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Poetri Sonya Tarabunga

Toward an improved understanding of the role of quantum information in nuclei and exotic matter, we examine the quantum magic (non-stabilizerness) in low-energy strong interaction processes. As stabilizer states can be prepared efficiently…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-27 Caroline E. P. Robin , Martin J. Savage

We develop a notion of quantum channels that can make states useless for universal quantum computation by destroying their magic (non-stabilizerness) - we refer to them as magic-breaking channels. We establish the properties of these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-09 Ayan Patra , Rivu Gupta , Alessandro Ferraro , Aditi Sen De

Negativity in certain quasiprobability representations is a necessary condition for a quantum computational advantage. Here we define a quasiprobability representation exhibiting this property with respect to quantum computations in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Michael Zurel , Lawrence Z. Cohen , Robert Raussendorf

We describe a scheme of quantum computation with magic states on qubits for which contextuality is a necessary resource possessed by the magic states. More generally, we establish contextuality as a necessary resource for all schemes of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-27 Robert Raussendorf , Dan E. Browne , Nicolas Delfosse , Cihan Okay , Juan Bermejo-Vega

We study the non-stabilizerness (quantum magic) content of the Hubbard dimer, an analytically solvable, yet completely non-trivial, model of strongly correlated fermions. We can access zero- and finite-temperature properties as well as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Edoardo Zavatti , Gabriele Bellomia , Massimo Capone

Quantum states can be subjected to classical measurements, whose incompatibility, or uncertainty, can be quantified by a comparison of certain entropies. There is a long history of such entropy inequalities between position and momentum.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Rupert L. Frank , Elliott H. Lieb

We introduce the magic hierarchy, a quantum circuit model that alternates between arbitrary-sized Clifford circuits and constant-depth circuits with two-qubit gates ($\textsf{QNC}^0$). This model unifies existing circuit models, such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Natalie Parham

Quantum simulation is a cornerstone application of quantum computing, yet how fundamental quantum resources--entanglement and non-stabilizerness (``magic")--shape simulation fidelity remains an open question. In this work, we establish a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Xiangran Zhang , Jue Xu , Qi Zhao , You Zhou

The quantum property of non-stabiliserness, also known as magic, plays a key role in designing quantum computing systems. How to produce, manipulate and enhance magic remains mysterious, such that concrete examples of physical systems that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-22 John Gargalionis , Nathan Moynihan , Sokratis Trifinopoulos , Ewan N. V. Wallace , Chris D. White , Martin J. White

We prove that the stabilizer fidelity is multiplicative for the tensor product of an arbitrary number of single-qubit states. We also show that the relative entropy of magic becomes additive if all the single-qubit states but one belong to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 Roberto Rubboli , Ryuji Takagi , Marco Tomamichel

Magic state distillation is a crucial component in the leading approaches to implementing universal fault tolerant quantum computation, with existing protocols for both qubit and higher dimensional systems. Early work focused on determining…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-25 Hillary Dawkins , Mark Howard

Magic is the quantum resource allowing a quantum computer to perform operations that cannot be simulated efficiently by classical computation. As such, generating magic in a quantum system is crucial for achieving quantum advantage. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-04 Ron Nyström , Nicola Pranzini , Esko Keski-Vakkuri

Magic or non-stabilizerness is a resource for quantum computing that has been extensively studied in qudit networks. It describes the degree to which Clifford gates cannot generate a given state, capturing the advantage of quantum over…

We define the Wigner entropy of a quantum state as the differential Shannon entropy of the Wigner function of the state. This quantity is properly defined only for states that possess a positive Wigner function, which we name…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Zacharie Van Herstraeten , Nicolas J. Cerf