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We analyze the complexity of the quantum optimization algorithm based on adiabatic evolution for the set partition problem. We introduce a cost function defined on a logarithmic scale of the partition residues so that the total number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. N. Smelyanskiy , U. V. Toussaint , D. A. Timucin

We introduce and study the adiabatic dynamics of free-fermion models subject to a local Lindblad bath and in the presence of a time-dependent Hamiltonian. The merit of these models is that they can be solved exactly, and will help us to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-20 Maximilian Keck , Simone Montangero , Giuseppe E. Santoro , Rosario Fazio , Davide Rossini

The adiabatic theorem provides the basis for the adiabatic model of quantum computation. Recently the conditions required for the adiabatic theorem to hold have become a subject of some controversy. Here we show that the reported violations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 M. H. S. Amin

We illustrate the adiabatic quantum computing solution of the knapsack problem with both integer profits and weights. For problems with $n$ objects (or items) and integer capacity $c$, we give specific examples using both an Ising class…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-23 Mark W. Coffey

We examine the use of adiabatic quantum algorithms to solve structured, or nested, search problems. We construct suitable time dependent Hamiltonians and derive the computation times for a general class of nested searches involving n…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daria Ahrensmeier , Saurya Das , Randy Kobes , Gabor Kunstatter , Haitham Zaraket

A computational model of adiabatic evolutionary quantum system (or AEQS, pronounced "eeh-ks") was introduced in [Yamakami,2022] as a sort of quantum annealing and its underlying input-driven Hamiltonians are generated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 Tomoyuki Yamakami

In adiabatic quantum computing finding the dependence of the gap of the Hamiltonian as a function of the parameter varied during the adiabatic sweep is crucial in order to optimize the speed of the computation. Inspired by this challenge,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Naeimeh Mohseni , Carlos Navarrete-Benlloch , Tim Byrnes , Florian Marquardt

Adiabatic quantum computing enables the preparation of many-body ground states. This is key for applications in chemistry, materials science, and beyond. Realisation poses major experimental challenges: Direct analog implementation requires…

We use local adiabatic evolution to experimentally create and determine the ground state spin ordering of a fully-connected Ising model with up to 14 spins. Local adiabatic evolution -- in which the system evolution rate is a function of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-02 Philip Richerme , Crystal Senko , Jacob Smith , Aaron Lee , Simcha Korenblit , Christopher Monroe

The adiabatic theorem shows that the instantaneous eigenstate is a good approximation of the exact solution for a quantum system in adiabatic evolution. One may therefore expect that the geometric phase calculated by using the eigenstate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. M. Tong , K. Singh , L. C. Kwek , C. H. Oh

We outline an algorithm for the Quantum Counting problem using Adiabatic Quantum Computation (AQC). We show that using local adiabatic evolution, a process in which the adiabatic procedure is performed at a variable rate, the problem is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-02 Itay Hen

Grover's algorithm is one of the most important quantum algorithms, which performs the task of searching an unsorted database without a priori probability. Recently the adiabatic evolution has been used to design and reproduce quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zhaohui Wei , Mingsheng Ying

Adiabatic quantum algorithms are characterized by their run time and accuracy. The relation between the two is essential for quantifying adiabatic algorithmic performance, yet is often poorly understood. We study the dynamics of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-11 A. T. Rezakhani , A. K. Pimachev , D. A. Lidar

Towards better understanding of how to design efficient adiabatic quantum algorithms, we study how the adiabatic gap depends on the spectra of the initial and final Hamiltonians in a natural family of test-bed examples. We show that perhaps…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-06-07 Yosi Atia , Dorit Aharonov

Adiabatic quantum algorithms must evolve slowly enough to suppress non-adiabatic transitions while remaining fast enough to be practical. In open systems, this trade-off is reshaped by decoherence. For Hamiltonians subject to dephasing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Afaf El Kalai , Peter J. Eder , Christian B. Mendl

Adiabatic quantum computing~(AQC) is based on the adiabatic principle, where a quantum system remains in an instantaneous eigenstate of the driving Hamiltonian. The final state of the Hamiltonian encodes solution to the problem of interest.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-21 Hefeng Wang , Lian-Ao Wu

The adiabatic approximation exhibits wide applicability in quantum mechanics, providing a simple approach for nontransitional dynamics in quantum systems governed by slowly varying time-dependent Hamiltonians. However, the standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-12 Alan C. Santos , Marcelo S. Sarandy

We investigate the connection between local minima in the problem Hamiltonian and first order quantum phase transitions during an adiabatic quantum computation. We demonstrate how some properties of the local minima can lead to an extremely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 M. H. S. Amin , V. Choi

Adiabatic time evolution of quantum systems is a widely used tool with applications ranging from state preparation through simplifications of computations and topological transformations to optimization and quantum computing. Adiabatic time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-27 Hadi Yarloo , Hua-Chen Zhang , Anne E. B. Nielsen

We propose a revisited variational quantum solver for linear systems, designed to circumvent the barren plateau phenomenon by combining two key techniques: adiabatic evolution and warm starts. To this end, we define an initial Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Claudio Sanavio , Fabio Mascherpa , Alessia Marruzzo , Alfonso Amendola , Sauro Succi