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Learning the stabilizer group of a Matrix Product State

Quantum Physics 2024-01-31 v1

Abstract

We present a novel classical algorithm designed to learn the stabilizer group -- namely the group of Pauli strings for which a state is a ±1\pm 1 eigenvector -- of a given Matrix Product State (MPS). The algorithm is based on a clever and theoretically grounded biased sampling in the Pauli (or Bell) basis. Its output is a set of independent stabilizer generators whose total number is directly associated with the stabilizer nullity, notably a well-established nonstabilizer monotone. We benchmark our method on TT-doped states randomly scrambled via Clifford unitary dynamics, demonstrating very accurate estimates up to highly-entangled MPS with bond dimension χ103\chi\sim 10^3. Our method, thanks to a very favourable scaling O(χ3)\mathcal{O}(\chi^3), represents the first effective approach to obtain a genuine magic monotone for MPS, enabling systematic investigations of quantum many-body physics out-of-equilibrium.

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@article{arxiv.2401.16481,
  title  = {Learning the stabilizer group of a Matrix Product State},
  author = {Guglielmo Lami and Mario Collura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.16481},
  year   = {2024}
}
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