English
Related papers

Related papers: Efficient quantum processing of 3-manifold topolog…

200 papers

We review the q-deformed spin network approach to Topological Quantum Field Theory and apply these methods to produce unitary representations of the braid groups that are dense in the unitary groups. Our methods are rooted in the bracket…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman , Samuel J. Lomonaco

For every rational homology 3-sphere with 2-torsion only we construct a unified invariant (which takes values in a certain cyclotomic completion of a polynomial ring), such that the evaluation of this invariant at any odd root of unity…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2014-04-14 Anna Beliakova , Christian Blanchet , Thang T. Q. Le

An effective quantum field theory description of graphene in the ultra-relativistic regime is given by reduced QED aka. pseudo QED aka. mixed-dimensional QED. It has been speculated in the literature that reduced QED constitutes an example…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-06 D. Dudal , A. J. Mizher , P. Pais

We expand a set of notions recently introduced providing the general setting for a universal representation of the quantum structure on which quantum information stands. The dynamical evolution process associated with generic quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Annalisa Marzuoli , Mario Rasetti

Motivated by some previously known facts from mathematical and physics literature, we explore certain relations between 3-dimensional topological gauge theories with continuous and finite gauge groups, commonly known as Chern-Simons (CS)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-15 Thomas Nicosanti , Pavel Putrov , Johann Quenta-Raygada

Solving the intricate quantum behavior of interacting particles is key to unlocking the mysteries of condensed matter, but capturing their complex correlations across different scales remains a monumental challenge. We introduce a neural…

Chern-Simons theories, which are topological quantum field theories, provide a field theoretic framework for the study of knots and links in three dimensions. These are rare examples of quantum field theories which can be exactly and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Romesh K. Kaul

Quantum algorithms provide a potential strategy for solving computational problems that are intractable by classical means. Computing the topological invariants of topological matter is one central problem in research on quantum materials,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 Marcel Niedermeier , Marc Nairn , Christian Flindt , Jose L. Lado

Quantum computing crucially relies on the ability to efficiently characterize the quantum states output by quantum hardware. Conventional methods which probe these states through direct measurements and classically computed correlations…

We consider the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants or Chern-Simons partition function at or around roots of unity $q=e^{2\pi i \frac{1}{K}}$ with rational level $K=\frac{r}{s}$ where $r$ and $s$ are coprime integers. From the exact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-29 Hee-Joong Chung

We prove a conjecture of Hutchings and Lee relating the Seiberg-Witten invariants of a closed 3-manifold X with b_1 > 0 to an invariant that `counts' gradient flow lines--including closed orbits--of a circle-valued Morse function on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Thomas Mark

We construct a topological Chern-Simons sigma model on a Riemannian three-manifold M with gauge group G whose hyperkahler target space X is equipped with a G-action. Via a perturbative computation of its partition function, we obtain new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-02-21 Yuan Luo , Meng-Chwan Tan

A method to obtain explicit and complete topological solution of SU(2) Chern-Simons theory on $S^3$ is developed. To this effect the necessary aspects of the theory of coloured-oriented braids and duality properties of conformal blocks for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 R. K. Kaul

In this paper, we introduce the concept of 3-alterfolds with embedded separating surfaces. When the separating surface is decorated by a spherical fusion category, we obtain quantum invariants of 3-alterfold, which is consistent with many…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Zhengwei Liu , Shuang Ming , Yilong Wang , Jinsong Wu

Modern day quantum simulators can prepare a wide variety of quantum states but the accurate estimation of observables from tomographic measurement data often poses a challenge. We tackle this problem by developing a quantum state tomography…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 Tobias Schmale , Moritz Reh , Martin Gärttner

The Schrieffer-Wolff transformation aims to solve degenerate perturbation problems and give an effective Hamiltonian that describes the low-energy dynamics of the exact Hamiltonian in the low-energy subspace of unperturbed Hamiltonian. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-13 Zongkang Zhang , Yongdan Yang , Xiaosi Xu , Ying Li

A version of Kirby calculus for spin and framed three-manifolds is given and is used to construct invariants of spin and framed three-manifolds in two situations. The first is ribbon *-categories which possess odd degenerate objects. This…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Stephen F. Sawin

Description of two three-dimensional topological quantum field theories of Witten type as twisted supersymmetric theories is presented. Low-energy effective action and a corresponding topological invariant of three-dimensional manifolds are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Malgorzata Bakalarska , Boguslaw Broda

We review the q-deformed spin network approact to Topological Quantum Field Theory and apply these methods to produce unitary representations of the braid groups that are dense in the unitary groups. These methods produce a concise proof…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Louis H. Kauffman , Samuel J. Lomonaco

Quantum invariants in low dimensional topology offer a wide variety of valuable invariants of knots and 3-manifolds, presented by explicit formulas that are readily computable. Their computational complexity has been actively studied and is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Henrique Ennes , Clément Maria