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  text: 'Understanding the reasons behind the exceptional success of transformers
    requires a better analysis of why attention layers are suitable for NLP tasks.
    In particular, such tasks require predictive models to capture contextual meaning
    which often depends on one or few words, even if the sentence is long. Our work
    studies this key property, dubbed word sensitivity (WS), in the prototypical setting
    of random features. We show that attention layers enjoy high WS, namely, there
    exists a vector in the space of embeddings that largely perturbs the random attention
    features map. The argument critically exploits the role of the softmax in the
    attention layer, highlighting its benefit compared to other activations (e.g.,
    ReLU). In contrast, the WS of standard random features is of order 1/n−−√, n being
    the number of words in the textual sample, and thus it decays with the length
    of the context. We then translate these results on the word sensitivity into generalization
    bounds: due to their low WS, random features provably cannot learn to distinguish
    between two sentences that differ only in a single word; in contrast, due to their
    high WS, random attention features have higher generalization capabilities. We
    validate our theoretical results with experimental evidence over the BERT-Base
    word embeddings of the imdb review dataset.'
acknowledgement: The authors were partially supported by the 2019 LopezLoreta prize,
  and they would like to thank Mohammad Hossein Amani, Lorenzo Beretta, and Clement
  Rebuffel for helpful discussions.
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  full_name: Bombari, Simone
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  full_name: Mondelli, Marco
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  ama: 'Bombari S, Mondelli M. Towards understanding the word sensitivity of attention
    layers: A study via random features. In: <i>41st International Conference on Machine
    Learning</i>. Vol 235. ML Research Press; 2024:4300-4328.'
  apa: 'Bombari, S., &#38; Mondelli, M. (2024). Towards understanding the word sensitivity
    of attention layers: A study via random features. In <i>41st International Conference
    on Machine Learning</i> (Vol. 235, pp. 4300–4328). Vienna, Austria: ML Research
    Press.'
  chicago: 'Bombari, Simone, and Marco Mondelli. “Towards Understanding the Word Sensitivity
    of Attention Layers: A Study via Random Features.” In <i>41st International Conference
    on Machine Learning</i>, 235:4300–4328. ML Research Press, 2024.'
  ieee: 'S. Bombari and M. Mondelli, “Towards understanding the word sensitivity of
    attention layers: A study via random features,” in <i>41st International Conference
    on Machine Learning</i>, Vienna, Austria, 2024, vol. 235, pp. 4300–4328.'
  ista: 'Bombari S, Mondelli M. 2024. Towards understanding the word sensitivity of
    attention layers: A study via random features. 41st International Conference on
    Machine Learning. ICML: International Conference on Machine Learning, PMLR, vol.
    235, 4300–4328.'
  mla: 'Bombari, Simone, and Marco Mondelli. “Towards Understanding the Word Sensitivity
    of Attention Layers: A Study via Random Features.” <i>41st International Conference
    on Machine Learning</i>, vol. 235, ML Research Press, 2024, pp. 4300–28.'
  short: S. Bombari, M. Mondelli, in:, 41st International Conference on Machine Learning,
    ML Research Press, 2024, pp. 4300–4328.
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abstract:
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  text: 'Deep learning models are known to overfit and memorize spurious features
    in the training dataset. While numerous empirical studies have aimed at understanding
    this phenomenon, a rigorous theoretical framework to quantify it is still missing.
    In this paper, we consider spurious features that are uncorrelated with the learning
    task, and we provide a precise characterization of how they are memorized via
    two separate terms: (i) the stability of the model with respect to individual
    training samples, and (ii) the feature alignment between the spurious pattern
    and the full sample. While the first term is well established in learning theory
    and it is connected to the generalization error in classical work, the second
    one is, to the best of our knowledge, novel. Our key technical result gives a
    precise characterization of the feature alignment for the two prototypical settings
    of random features (RF) and neural tangent kernel (NTK) regression. We prove that
    the memorization of spurious features weakens as the generalization capability
    increases and, through the analysis of the feature alignment, we unveil the role
    of the model and of its activation function. Numerical experiments show the predictive
    power of our theory on standard datasets (MNIST, CIFAR-10).'
acknowledgement: "The authors were partially supported by the 2019 LopezLoreta prize,
  and they would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Grigorios Chrysos, Simone Maria
  Giancola, Mahyar\r\nJafari Nodeh, Christoph Lampert, Marco Miani, GuanWen Qiu, and
  Peter Sukenık for helpful discussions."
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  ama: 'Bombari S, Mondelli M. How spurious features are memorized: Precise analysis
    for random and NTK features. In: <i>41st International Conference on Machine Learning</i>.
    Vol 235. ML Research Press; 2024:4267-4299.'
  apa: 'Bombari, S., &#38; Mondelli, M. (2024). How spurious features are memorized:
    Precise analysis for random and NTK features. In <i>41st International Conference
    on Machine Learning</i> (Vol. 235, pp. 4267–4299). Vienna, Austria: ML Research
    Press.'
  chicago: 'Bombari, Simone, and Marco Mondelli. “How Spurious Features Are Memorized:
    Precise Analysis for Random and NTK Features.” In <i>41st International Conference
    on Machine Learning</i>, 235:4267–99. ML Research Press, 2024.'
  ieee: 'S. Bombari and M. Mondelli, “How spurious features are memorized: Precise
    analysis for random and NTK features,” in <i>41st International Conference on
    Machine Learning</i>, Vienna, Austria, 2024, vol. 235, pp. 4267–4299.'
  ista: 'Bombari S, Mondelli M. 2024. How spurious features are memorized: Precise
    analysis for random and NTK features. 41st International Conference on Machine
    Learning. ICML: International Conference on Machine Learning, PMLR, vol. 235,
    4267–4299.'
  mla: 'Bombari, Simone, and Marco Mondelli. “How Spurious Features Are Memorized:
    Precise Analysis for Random and NTK Features.” <i>41st International Conference
    on Machine Learning</i>, vol. 235, ML Research Press, 2024, pp. 4267–99.'
  short: S. Bombari, M. Mondelli, in:, 41st International Conference on Machine Learning,
    ML Research Press, 2024, pp. 4267–4299.
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  end_date: 2024-07-27
  location: Vienna, Austria
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- _id: MaMo
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  - '2305.12100'
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In this work we consider the list-decodability and list-recoverability of
    arbitrary q -ary codes, for all integer values of q ⩾ 2. A code is called ( p
    , L ) q -list-decodable if every radius pn Hamming ball contains less than L codewords;
    ( p , ℓ, L ) q -recoverability is a generalization where we place radius pn Hamming
    balls on every point of a combinatorial rectangle with side length ℓ and again
    stipulate that there be less than L codewords. Our main contribution is to precisely
    calculate the maximum value of p for which there exist infinite families of positive
    rate ( p , ℓ, L ) q -list-recoverable codes, the quantity we call the zero-rate
    threshold . Denoting this value by p *, we in fact show that codes correcting
    a p * + ε fraction of errors must have size O ε (1), i.e., independent of n .
    Such a result is typically referred to as a “Plotkin bound.” To complement this,
    a standard random code with expurgation construction shows that there exist positive
    rate codes correcting a p * − ε fraction of errors. We also follow a classical
    proof template (typically attributed to Elias and Bassalygo) to derive from the
    zero-rate threshold other tradeoffs between rate and decoding radius for list-decoding
    and list-recovery. Technically, proving the Plotkin bound boils down to demon-strating
    the Schur convexity of a certain function defined on the q -simplex as well as
    the convexity of a univariate function derived from it. We remark that an earlier
    argument claimed similar results for q -ary list-decoding; however, we point out
    that this earlier proof is flawed.
acknowledgement: Part of this work was done while Nicolas Resch was affiliated with
  the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and supported in part by ERC H2020 grant No.74079
  (ALGSTRONGCRYPTO). Chen Yuan is supported in part by the National Key Research and
  Development Projects under Grant 2022YFA1004900 and Grant 2021YFE0109900, the National
  Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 12101403 and Grant 12031011.
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arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Nicolas
  full_name: Resch, Nicolas
  last_name: Resch
- first_name: Chen
  full_name: Yuan, Chen
  last_name: Yuan
- first_name: Yihan
  full_name: Zhang, Yihan
  id: 2ce5da42-b2ea-11eb-bba5-9f264e9d002c
  last_name: Zhang
  orcid: 0000-0002-6465-6258
citation:
  ama: Resch N, Yuan C, Zhang Y. Zero-rate thresholds and new capacity bounds for
    list-decoding and list-recovery. <i>IEEE Transactions on Information Theory</i>.
    2024;70(9):6211-6238. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842">10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842</a>
  apa: Resch, N., Yuan, C., &#38; Zhang, Y. (2024). Zero-rate thresholds and new capacity
    bounds for list-decoding and list-recovery. <i>IEEE Transactions on Information
    Theory</i>. IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842">https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842</a>
  chicago: Resch, Nicolas, Chen Yuan, and Yihan Zhang. “Zero-Rate Thresholds and New
    Capacity Bounds for List-Decoding and List-Recovery.” <i>IEEE Transactions on
    Information Theory</i>. IEEE, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842">https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842</a>.
  ieee: N. Resch, C. Yuan, and Y. Zhang, “Zero-rate thresholds and new capacity bounds
    for list-decoding and list-recovery,” <i>IEEE Transactions on Information Theory</i>,
    vol. 70, no. 9. IEEE, pp. 6211–6238, 2024.
  ista: Resch N, Yuan C, Zhang Y. 2024. Zero-rate thresholds and new capacity bounds
    for list-decoding and list-recovery. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
    70(9), 6211–6238.
  mla: Resch, Nicolas, et al. “Zero-Rate Thresholds and New Capacity Bounds for List-Decoding
    and List-Recovery.” <i>IEEE Transactions on Information Theory</i>, vol. 70, no.
    9, IEEE, 2024, pp. 6211–38, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842">10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842</a>.
  short: N. Resch, C. Yuan, Y. Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 70 (2024)
    6211–6238.
corr_author: '1'
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date_published: 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-10-16T10:41:59Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: MaMo
doi: 10.1109/TIT.2024.3430842
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  - '2210.07754'
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- iso: eng
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Over the last 70 years, information theory and coding has enabled communication
    technologies that have had an astounding impact on our lives. This is possible
    due to the match between encoding/decoding strategies and corresponding channel
    models. Traditional studies of channels have taken one of two extremes: Shannon-theoretic
    models are inherently average-case in which channel noise is governed by a memoryless
    stochastic process, whereas coding-theoretic (referred to as “Hamming”) models
    take a worst-case, adversarial, view of the noise. However, for several existing
    and emerging communication systems the Shannon/average-case view may be too optimistic,
    whereas the Hamming/worstcase view may be too pessimistic. This monograph takes
    up the challenge of studying adversarial channel models that lie between the Shannon
    and Hamming extremes.'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Bikash Kumar
  full_name: Dey, Bikash Kumar
  last_name: Dey
- first_name: Sidharth
  full_name: Jaggi, Sidharth
  last_name: Jaggi
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Langberg, Michael
  last_name: Langberg
- first_name: Anand D.
  full_name: Sarwate, Anand D.
  last_name: Sarwate
- first_name: Yihan
  full_name: Zhang, Yihan
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  last_name: Zhang
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  ama: 'Dey BK, Jaggi S, Langberg M, Sarwate AD, Zhang Y. Codes for adversaries: Between
    worst-case and average-case jamming. <i>Foundations and Trends in Communications
    and Information Theory</i>. 2024;21(3-4):300-588. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1561/0100000112">10.1561/0100000112</a>'
  apa: 'Dey, B. K., Jaggi, S., Langberg, M., Sarwate, A. D., &#38; Zhang, Y. (2024).
    Codes for adversaries: Between worst-case and average-case jamming. <i>Foundations
    and Trends in Communications and Information Theory</i>. Now Publishers. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1561/0100000112">https://doi.org/10.1561/0100000112</a>'
  chicago: 'Dey, Bikash Kumar, Sidharth Jaggi, Michael Langberg, Anand D. Sarwate,
    and Yihan Zhang. “Codes for Adversaries: Between Worst-Case and Average-Case Jamming.”
    <i>Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory</i>. Now Publishers,
    2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1561/0100000112">https://doi.org/10.1561/0100000112</a>.'
  ieee: 'B. K. Dey, S. Jaggi, M. Langberg, A. D. Sarwate, and Y. Zhang, “Codes for
    adversaries: Between worst-case and average-case jamming,” <i>Foundations and
    Trends in Communications and Information Theory</i>, vol. 21, no. 3–4. Now Publishers,
    pp. 300–588, 2024.'
  ista: 'Dey BK, Jaggi S, Langberg M, Sarwate AD, Zhang Y. 2024. Codes for adversaries:
    Between worst-case and average-case jamming. Foundations and Trends in Communications
    and Information Theory. 21(3–4), 300–588.'
  mla: 'Dey, Bikash Kumar, et al. “Codes for Adversaries: Between Worst-Case and Average-Case
    Jamming.” <i>Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory</i>,
    vol. 21, no. 3–4, Now Publishers, 2024, pp. 300–588, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1561/0100000112">10.1561/0100000112</a>.'
  short: B.K. Dey, S. Jaggi, M. Langberg, A.D. Sarwate, Y. Zhang, Foundations and
    Trends in Communications and Information Theory 21 (2024) 300–588.
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2024-12-15T23:01:50Z
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date_updated: 2026-10-16T10:40:55Z
day: '03'
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- _id: MaMo
doi: 10.1561/0100000112
fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1561/0100000112
intvolume: '        21'
issue: 3-4
language:
- iso: eng
month: '12'
oa_version: None
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  issn:
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  text: The advancement of quantum simulators motivates the development of a theoretical
    framework to assist with efficient state preparation in quantum many-body systems.
    Generally, preparing a target entangled state via unitary evolution with time-dependent
    couplings is a challenging task and very little is known about the existence of
    solutions and their properties. In this work we develop a constructive approach
    for preparing matrix product states (MPS) via continuous unitary evolution. We
    provide an explicit construction of the operator that exactly implements the evolution
    of a given MPS along a specified direction in its tangent space. This operator
    can be written as a sum of local terms of finite range, yet it is in general non-Hermitian.
    Relying on the explicit construction of the non-Hermitian generator of the dynamics,
    we demonstrate the existence of a Hermitian sequence of operators that implements
    the desired MPS evolution with an error that decreases exponentially with the
    operator range. The construction is benchmarked on an explicit periodic trajectory
    in a translationally invariant MPS manifold. We demonstrate that the Floquet unitary
    generating the dynamics over one period of the trajectory features an approximate
    MPS-like eigenstate embedded among a sea of thermalizing eigenstates. These results
    show that our construction is not only useful for state preparation and control
    of many-body systems, but also provides a generic route towards Floquet scars—periodically
    driven models with quasilocal generators of dynamics that have exact MPS eigenstates
    in their spectrum.
acknowledgement: We thank L. Piroli, S. Garratt, and A. Molnár for insightful discussions.
  This research was funded in part by the European Research Council (ERC) under the
  European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreements
  No. 850899 and No. 863476), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Grant DOIs 10.55776/COE1,
  10.55776/P36305, and 10.55776/F71), and the European Union (NextGenerationEU). This
  work was performed in part at the Aspen Center for Physics, which is supported by
  National Science Foundation Grant PHY-2210452. This research was supported in part
  by NSF Grant PHY-2309135 to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP).
article_number: '040311'
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author:
- first_name: Marko
  full_name: Ljubotina, Marko
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  last_name: Ljubotina
  orcid: 0000-0003-0038-7068
- first_name: Elena
  full_name: Petrova, Elena
  id: 0ac84990-897b-11ed-a09c-f5abb56a4ede
  last_name: Petrova
- first_name: Norbert
  full_name: Schuch, Norbert
  last_name: Schuch
- first_name: Maksym
  full_name: Serbyn, Maksym
  id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Serbyn
  orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827
citation:
  ama: Ljubotina M, Petrova E, Schuch N, Serbyn M. Tangent space generators of matrix
    product states and exact floquet quantum scars. <i>PRX Quantum</i>. 2024;5(4).
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311">10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311</a>
  apa: Ljubotina, M., Petrova, E., Schuch, N., &#38; Serbyn, M. (2024). Tangent space
    generators of matrix product states and exact floquet quantum scars. <i>PRX Quantum</i>.
    American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311">https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311</a>
  chicago: Ljubotina, Marko, Elena Petrova, Norbert Schuch, and Maksym Serbyn. “Tangent
    Space Generators of Matrix Product States and Exact Floquet Quantum Scars.” <i>PRX
    Quantum</i>. American Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311">https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311</a>.
  ieee: M. Ljubotina, E. Petrova, N. Schuch, and M. Serbyn, “Tangent space generators
    of matrix product states and exact floquet quantum scars,” <i>PRX Quantum</i>,
    vol. 5, no. 4. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Ljubotina M, Petrova E, Schuch N, Serbyn M. 2024. Tangent space generators
    of matrix product states and exact floquet quantum scars. PRX Quantum. 5(4), 040311.
  mla: Ljubotina, Marko, et al. “Tangent Space Generators of Matrix Product States
    and Exact Floquet Quantum Scars.” <i>PRX Quantum</i>, vol. 5, no. 4, 040311, American
    Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311">10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311</a>.
  short: M. Ljubotina, E. Petrova, N. Schuch, M. Serbyn, PRX Quantum 5 (2024).
corr_author: '1'
das_tickbox: '0'
date_created: 2024-10-29T16:04:05Z
date_published: 2024-10-23T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-10-16T12:13:31Z
day: '23'
ddc:
- '530'
department:
- _id: MaSe
doi: 10.1103/prxquantum.5.040311
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
  arxiv:
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abstract:
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  text: Introducing a class of SU(2) invariant quantum unitary circuits generating
    chiral transport, we examine the role of broken space-reflection and time-reversal
    symmetries on spin-transport properties. Upon adjusting parameters of local unitary
    gates, the dynamics can be either chaotic or integrable. The latter corresponds
    to a generalization of the space-time discretized (Trotterized) higher-spin quantum
    Heisenberg chain. We demonstrate that breaking of space-reflection symmetry results
    in a drift in the dynamical spin susceptibility. Remarkably, we find a universal
    drift velocity given by a simple formula, which, at zero average magnetization,
    depends only on the values of SU(2) Casimir invariants associated with local spins.
    In the integrable case, the drift velocity formula is confirmed analytically based
    on the exact solution of thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations. Finally, by inspecting
    the large fluctuations of the time-integrated current between two halves of the
    system in stationary maximum-entropy states, we demonstrate violation of the Gallavotti-Cohen
    symmetry, implying that such states cannot be regarded as equilibrium ones. We
    show that the scaled cumulant generating function of the time-integrated current
    instead obeys a generalized fluctuation relation.
acknowledgement: "The authors thank Denis Bernard, Jérôme Dubail, Hosho Katsura, Kareljan
  Schoutens, and Alberto Zorzato for stimulating discussions. This work has been supported
  by: Slovenian Research Agency (ARIS) under Grants No. N1-0219 (T.P., L.Z.), No.
  N1-0334 (T.P., L.Z.), No. N1-0243 (E.I.), and under Research Program P1-0402 (E.I.,
  T.P., L.Z.). European Research Council (ERC) under Consolidator Grant No. 771536—NEMO
  (L.Z.), Advanced Grant No.\r\n101096208—QUEST (T.P., L.Z.), and Starting Grant No.
  850899—NEQuM (M.L.). Simons Foundation under Simons Junior Fellowship Grant No.
  1141511 (Ž.K.). M.L. acknowledges the hospitality of the Aspen Center for Physics,
  which is supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. PHY-2210452. Numerical
  simulations were performed using the ITensor library [117]. "
article_number: '030356'
article_processing_charge: Yes
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author:
- first_name: Lenart
  full_name: Zadnik, Lenart
  last_name: Zadnik
- first_name: Marko
  full_name: Ljubotina, Marko
  id: F75EE9BE-5C90-11EA-905D-16643DDC885E
  last_name: Ljubotina
  orcid: 0000-0003-0038-7068
- first_name: Žiga
  full_name: Krajnik, Žiga
  last_name: Krajnik
- first_name: Enej
  full_name: Ilievski, Enej
  last_name: Ilievski
- first_name: Tomaž
  full_name: Prosen, Tomaž
  last_name: Prosen
citation:
  ama: Zadnik L, Ljubotina M, Krajnik Ž, Ilievski E, Prosen T. Quantum many-body spin
    ratchets. <i>PRX Quantum</i>. 2024;5(3). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356">10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356</a>
  apa: Zadnik, L., Ljubotina, M., Krajnik, Ž., Ilievski, E., &#38; Prosen, T. (2024).
    Quantum many-body spin ratchets. <i>PRX Quantum</i>. American Physical Society.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356">https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356</a>
  chicago: Zadnik, Lenart, Marko Ljubotina, Žiga Krajnik, Enej Ilievski, and Tomaž
    Prosen. “Quantum Many-Body Spin Ratchets.” <i>PRX Quantum</i>. American Physical
    Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356">https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356</a>.
  ieee: L. Zadnik, M. Ljubotina, Ž. Krajnik, E. Ilievski, and T. Prosen, “Quantum
    many-body spin ratchets,” <i>PRX Quantum</i>, vol. 5, no. 3. American Physical
    Society, 2024.
  ista: Zadnik L, Ljubotina M, Krajnik Ž, Ilievski E, Prosen T. 2024. Quantum many-body
    spin ratchets. PRX Quantum. 5(3), 030356.
  mla: Zadnik, Lenart, et al. “Quantum Many-Body Spin Ratchets.” <i>PRX Quantum</i>,
    vol. 5, no. 3, 030356, American Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356">10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356</a>.
  short: L. Zadnik, M. Ljubotina, Ž. Krajnik, E. Ilievski, T. Prosen, PRX Quantum
    5 (2024).
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date_updated: 2026-10-16T12:13:08Z
day: '25'
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- '530'
department:
- _id: MaSe
doi: 10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.030356
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Quantum computers are increasing in size and quality but are still very noisy.
    Error mitigation extends the size of the quantum circuits that noisy devices can
    meaningfully execute. However, state-of-the-art error mitigation methods are hard
    to implement and the limited qubit connectivity in superconducting qubit devices
    restricts most applications to the hardware's native topology. Here we show a
    quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) on nonplanar random regular
    graphs with up to 40 nodes enabled by a machine learning-based error mitigation.
    We use a swap network with careful decision-variable-to-qubit mapping and a feed-forward
    neural network to optimize a depth-two QAOA on up to 40 qubits. We observe a meaningful
    parameter optimization for the largest graph which requires running quantum circuits
    with 958 two-qubit gates. Our paper emphasizes the need to mitigate samples, and
    not only expectation values, in quantum approximate optimization. These results
    are a step towards executing quantum approximate optimization at a scale that
    is not classically simulable. Reaching such system sizes is key to properly understanding
    the true potential of heuristic algorithms like QAOA.
acknowledgement: S.H.S. acknowledges support from the IBM Ph.D. fellowship 2022 in
  quantum computing. The authors also thank M. Serbyn, R. Kueng, R. A. Medina, and
  S. Woerner for fruitful discussions.
article_number: '013223'
article_processing_charge: Yes
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Stefan
  full_name: Sack, Stefan
  id: dd622248-f6e0-11ea-865d-ce382a1c81a5
  last_name: Sack
  orcid: 0000-0001-5400-8508
- first_name: Daniel J.
  full_name: Egger, Daniel J.
  last_name: Egger
citation:
  ama: Sack S, Egger DJ. Large-scale quantum approximate optimization on nonplanar
    graphs with machine learning noise mitigation. <i>Physical Review Research</i>.
    2024;6(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223">10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223</a>
  apa: Sack, S., &#38; Egger, D. J. (2024). Large-scale quantum approximate optimization
    on nonplanar graphs with machine learning noise mitigation. <i>Physical Review
    Research</i>. American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223</a>
  chicago: Sack, Stefan, and Daniel J. Egger. “Large-Scale Quantum Approximate Optimization
    on Nonplanar Graphs with Machine Learning Noise Mitigation.” <i>Physical Review
    Research</i>. American Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223</a>.
  ieee: S. Sack and D. J. Egger, “Large-scale quantum approximate optimization on
    nonplanar graphs with machine learning noise mitigation,” <i>Physical Review Research</i>,
    vol. 6, no. 1. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Sack S, Egger DJ. 2024. Large-scale quantum approximate optimization on nonplanar
    graphs with machine learning noise mitigation. Physical Review Research. 6(1),
    013223.
  mla: Sack, Stefan, and Daniel J. Egger. “Large-Scale Quantum Approximate Optimization
    on Nonplanar Graphs with Machine Learning Noise Mitigation.” <i>Physical Review
    Research</i>, vol. 6, no. 1, 013223, American Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223">10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223</a>.
  short: S. Sack, D.J. Egger, Physical Review Research 6 (2024).
corr_author: '1'
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date_created: 2024-03-17T23:00:59Z
date_published: 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-10-16T12:12:26Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '530'
department:
- _id: MaSe
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013223
external_id:
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  - '2307.14427'
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abstract:
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  text: We study a chaotic particle-conserving kinetically constrained model, with
    a single parameter which allows us to break reflection symmetry. Through extensive
    numerical simulations we find that the domain wall state shows a variety of dynamical
    behaviors from localization all the way to ballistic transport, depending on the
    value of the reflection breaking parameter. Surprisingly, such anomalous behavior
    is not mirrored in infinite-temperature dynamics, which appear to scale diffusively,
    in line with expectations for generic interacting models. However, studying the
    particle density gradient, we show that the lack of reflection symmetry affects
    infinite-temperature dynamics, resulting in an asymmetric dynamical structure
    factor. This is in disagreement with normal diffusion and suggests that the model
    may also exhibit anomalous dynamics at infinite temperature in the thermodynamic
    limit. Finally, we observe low-entangled eigenstates in the spectrum of the model,
    a telltale sign of quantum many-body scars.
acknowledgement: "The authors acknowledge useful discussions with M. Serbyn, Z. Papic,
  and A. Nunnenkamp. ´\r\nP.B. is supported by the Erwin Schrödinger Center for Quantum
  Science & Technology (ESQ) of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
  under the Discovery Grant. M.L. acknowledges support from the European Research
  Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
  (Grant Agreement\r\nNo. 850899). The numerical simulations were performed using
  the ITensor library [68] on the Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC)."
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article_processing_charge: No
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author:
- first_name: Pietro
  full_name: Brighi, Pietro
  id: 4115AF5C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Brighi
  orcid: 0000-0002-7969-2729
- first_name: Marko
  full_name: Ljubotina, Marko
  id: F75EE9BE-5C90-11EA-905D-16643DDC885E
  last_name: Ljubotina
  orcid: 0000-0003-0038-7068
citation:
  ama: Brighi P, Ljubotina M. Anomalous transport in the kinetically constrained quantum
    East-West model. <i>Physical Review B</i>. 2024;110(10). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304">10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304</a>
  apa: Brighi, P., &#38; Ljubotina, M. (2024). Anomalous transport in the kinetically
    constrained quantum East-West model. <i>Physical Review B</i>. American Physical
    Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304</a>
  chicago: Brighi, Pietro, and Marko Ljubotina. “Anomalous Transport in the Kinetically
    Constrained Quantum East-West Model.” <i>Physical Review B</i>. American Physical
    Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304</a>.
  ieee: P. Brighi and M. Ljubotina, “Anomalous transport in the kinetically constrained
    quantum East-West model,” <i>Physical Review B</i>, vol. 110, no. 10. American
    Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Brighi P, Ljubotina M. 2024. Anomalous transport in the kinetically constrained
    quantum East-West model. Physical Review B. 110(10), L100304.
  mla: Brighi, Pietro, and Marko Ljubotina. “Anomalous Transport in the Kinetically
    Constrained Quantum East-West Model.” <i>Physical Review B</i>, vol. 110, no.
    10, L100304, American Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304">10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304</a>.
  short: P. Brighi, M. Ljubotina, Physical Review B 110 (2024).
corr_author: '1'
das_tickbox: '0'
date_created: 2024-09-22T22:01:42Z
date_published: 2024-09-11T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-10-16T12:12:47Z
day: '11'
department:
- _id: MaSe
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L100304
ec_funded: 1
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  - '2405.02102'
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isi: 1
issue: '10'
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- iso: eng
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month: '09'
oa: 1
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  call_identifier: H2020
  grant_number: '850899'
  name: 'Non-Ergodic Quantum Matter: Universality, Dynamics and Control'
publication: Physical Review B
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  eissn:
  - 2469-9969
  issn:
  - 2469-9950
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...
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_id: '15002'
abstract:
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  text: "The lattice Schwinger model, the discrete version of QED in \r\n1\r\n+\r\n1\r\n
    dimensions, is a well-studied test bench for lattice gauge theories. Here, we
    study the fractal properties of this model. We reveal the self-similarity of the
    ground state, which allows us to develop a recurrent procedure for finding the
    ground-state wave functions and predicting ground-state energies. We present the
    results of recurrently calculating ground-state wave functions using the fractal
    Ansatz and automized software package for fractal image processing. In certain
    parameter regimes, just a few terms are enough for our recurrent procedure to
    predict ground-state energies close to the exact ones for several hundreds of
    sites. Our findings pave the way to understanding the complexity of calculating
    many-body wave functions in terms of their fractal properties as well as finding
    new links between condensed matter and high-energy lattice models."
acknowledgement: "We thank A. Bargov, I. Khaymovich, and V. Tiunova for fruitful discussions
  and for useful comments. M. C. B. thanks S. Kühn for discussions about the phase
  structure of the model. A. K. F. thanks V. Gritsev and A. Garkun for insightful
  comments. E. V. P., E. S. T., and A. K. F. are\r\nsupported by the RSF Grant No.
  20-42-05002 (studying the fractal Ansatz) and the Roadmap on Quantum Computing (Contract
  No. 868-1.3-15/15-2021, October 5, 2021; calculating on GS energies). A. K. F. thanks
  the Priority 2030 program at the NIST “MISIS” under the project No. K1-2022-027.
  M. C. B. was partly funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research
  Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy—EXC-2111–390814868."
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article_processing_charge: No
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author:
- first_name: Elena
  full_name: Petrova, Elena
  id: 0ac84990-897b-11ed-a09c-f5abb56a4ede
  last_name: Petrova
- first_name: Egor S.
  full_name: Tiunov, Egor S.
  last_name: Tiunov
- first_name: Mari Carmen
  full_name: Bañuls, Mari Carmen
  last_name: Bañuls
- first_name: Aleksey K.
  full_name: Fedorov, Aleksey K.
  last_name: Fedorov
citation:
  ama: Petrova E, Tiunov ES, Bañuls MC, Fedorov AK. Fractal states of the Schwinger
    model. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. 2024;132(5). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401">10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401</a>
  apa: Petrova, E., Tiunov, E. S., Bañuls, M. C., &#38; Fedorov, A. K. (2024). Fractal
    states of the Schwinger model. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. American Physical
    Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401</a>
  chicago: Petrova, Elena, Egor S. Tiunov, Mari Carmen Bañuls, and Aleksey K. Fedorov.
    “Fractal States of the Schwinger Model.” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. American
    Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401</a>.
  ieee: E. Petrova, E. S. Tiunov, M. C. Bañuls, and A. K. Fedorov, “Fractal states
    of the Schwinger model,” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>, vol. 132, no. 5. American
    Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Petrova E, Tiunov ES, Bañuls MC, Fedorov AK. 2024. Fractal states of the Schwinger
    model. Physical Review Letters. 132(5), 050401.
  mla: Petrova, Elena, et al. “Fractal States of the Schwinger Model.” <i>Physical
    Review Letters</i>, vol. 132, no. 5, 050401, American Physical Society, 2024,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401">10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.050401</a>.
  short: E. Petrova, E.S. Tiunov, M.C. Bañuls, A.K. Fedorov, Physical Review Letters
    132 (2024).
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  text: "Can current quantum computers provide a speedup over their classical counterparts
    for some kinds of problems? In this thesis, with a focus on ground state search/preparation,
    we address some of the challenges that both quantum annealing and variational
    quantum algorithms suffer from, hindering any possible practical speedup in comparison
    to the best classical counterparts. \r\n\r\nIn the first part of the thesis, we
    study the performance of quantum annealing for solving a particular combinatorial
    optimization problem called 3-XOR satisfability (3-XORSAT). The classical problem
    is mapped into a ground state search of a 3-local classical Hamiltonian $H_C$.
    We consider how modifying the initial problem, by adding more interaction terms
    to the corresponding Hamiltonian, leads to the emergence of a first-order phase
    transition during the annealing process. This phenomenon causes the total annealing
    duration, $T$, required to prepare the ground state of $H_C$ with a high probability
    to increase exponentially with the size of the problem. Our findings indicate
    that with the growing complexity of problem instances, the likelihood of encountering
    first-order phase transitions also increases, making quantum annealing an impractical
    solution for these types of combinatorial optimization problems.\r\n\r\nIn the
    second part, we focus on the problem of barren plateaus in generic variational
    quantum algorithms. Barren plateaus correspond to flat regions in the parameter
    space where the gradient of the cost function is zero in expectation, and with
    the variance decaying exponentially with the system size, thus obstructing an
    efficient parameter optimization.  We propose an algorithm to circumvent Barren
    Plateaus by monitoring the entanglement entropy of k-local reduced density matrices,
    alongside a method for estimating entanglement entropy via classical shadow tomography.
    We illustrate the approach with the paradigmatic example of the variational quantum
    eigensolver, and show that our algorithm effectively avoids barren plateaus in
    the initialization as well as during the optimization stage. \r\n\r\nLastly, in
    the last two Chapters of this thesis, we focus on the quantum approximate optimization
    algorithm (QAOA), originally introduced as an algorithm for solving generic combinatorial
    optimization problems in near-term quantum devices. Specifically, we focus on
    how to develop rigorous initialization strategies with guarantee improvement.
    Our motivation for this study lies in that for random initialization, the optimization
    typically leads to local minima with poor performance. Our main result corresponds
    to the analytical construction of index-1 saddle points or transition states,
    stationary points with a single direction of descent, as a tool for systematically
    exploring the QAOA optimization landscape. This leads us to propose a novel greedy
    parameter initialization strategy that guarantees for the energy to decrease with
    an increasing number of circuit layers. Furthermore, with precise estimates for
    the negative Hessian eigenvalue and its eigenvector, we establish a lower bound
    for energy improvement following a QAOA iteration."
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  apa: Medina Ramos, R. A. (2024). <i>Exploring the optimization landscape of variational
    quantum algorithms</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17208">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17208</a>
  chicago: Medina Ramos, Raimel A. “Exploring the Optimization Landscape of Variational
    Quantum Algorithms.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17208">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17208</a>.
  ieee: R. A. Medina Ramos, “Exploring the optimization landscape of variational quantum
    algorithms,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
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    quantum algorithms. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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    Quantum Algorithms</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17208">10.15479/at:ista:17208</a>.
  short: R.A. Medina Ramos, Exploring the Optimization Landscape of Variational Quantum
    Algorithms, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
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  text: Estimating global properties of many-body quantum systems such as entropy
    or bipartite entanglement is a notoriously difficult task, typically requiring
    a number of measurements or classical postprocessing resources growing exponentially
    in the system size. In this work, we address the problem of estimating global
    entropies and mixed-state entanglement via partial-transposed (PT) moments and
    show that efficient estimation strategies exist under the assumption that all
    the spatial correlation lengths are finite. Focusing on one-dimensional systems,
    we identify a set of approximate factorization conditions (AFCs) on the system
    density matrix, which allow us to reconstruct entropies and PT moments from information
    on local subsystems. This identification yields a simple and efficient strategy
    for entropy and entanglement estimation. Our method could be implemented in different
    ways, depending on how information on local subsystems is extracted. Focusing
    on randomized measurements providing a practical and common measurement scheme,
    we prove that our protocol requires only polynomially many measurements and postprocessing
    operations, assuming that the state to be measured satisfies the AFCs. We prove
    that the AFCs hold for finite-depth quantum-circuit states and translation-invariant
    matrix-product density operators and provide numerical evidence that they are
    satisfied in more general, physically interesting cases, including thermal states
    of local Hamiltonians. We argue that our method could be practically useful to
    detect bipartite mixed-state entanglement for large numbers of qubits available
    in today’s quantum platforms.
acknowledgement: B. V. acknowledges funding from the Austrian Science Foundation (Grant
  No. FWF, P 32597 N), from the French National Research Agency via the JCJC project
  QRand (Grant No. ANR-20-CE47-0005), and via the research programs Plan France 2030
  EPIQ (Grant No. ANR-22-PETQ-0007), QUBITAF (Grant No. ANR-22-PETQ-0004), and HQI
  (Grant No. ANR-22-PNCQ-0002). M. L. and M. S. acknowledge support by the European
  Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
  program (Grant Agreement No. 850899). M. S. acknowledges the hospitality of KITP
  supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. NSF PHY-1748958
  and No. NSF PHY-2309135. J. I. C. is supported by the Hightech Agenda Bayern Plus
  through the Munich Quantum Valley and the German Federal Ministry of Education and
  Research through EQUAHUMO (Grant No. 13N16066). P. Z. acknowledges funding from
  the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement
  No. 101113690 (PASQuanS2.1).
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  full_name: Cirac, J. Ignacio
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  full_name: Zoller, Peter
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- first_name: Maksym
  full_name: Serbyn, Maksym
  id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Serbyn
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  ama: Vermersch B, Ljubotina M, Cirac JI, Zoller P, Serbyn M, Piroli L. Many-body
    entropies and entanglement from polynomially many local measurements. <i>Physical
    Review X</i>. 2024;14(3). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.14.031035">10.1103/physrevx.14.031035</a>
  apa: Vermersch, B., Ljubotina, M., Cirac, J. I., Zoller, P., Serbyn, M., &#38; Piroli,
    L. (2024). Many-body entropies and entanglement from polynomially many local measurements.
    <i>Physical Review X</i>. American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.14.031035">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.14.031035</a>
  chicago: Vermersch, Benoît, Marko Ljubotina, J. Ignacio Cirac, Peter Zoller, Maksym
    Serbyn, and Lorenzo Piroli. “Many-Body Entropies and Entanglement from Polynomially
    Many Local Measurements.” <i>Physical Review X</i>. American Physical Society,
    2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.14.031035">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.14.031035</a>.
  ieee: B. Vermersch, M. Ljubotina, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller, M. Serbyn, and L. Piroli,
    “Many-body entropies and entanglement from polynomially many local measurements,”
    <i>Physical Review X</i>, vol. 14, no. 3. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Vermersch B, Ljubotina M, Cirac JI, Zoller P, Serbyn M, Piroli L. 2024. Many-body
    entropies and entanglement from polynomially many local measurements. Physical
    Review X. 14(3), 031035.
  mla: Vermersch, Benoît, et al. “Many-Body Entropies and Entanglement from Polynomially
    Many Local Measurements.” <i>Physical Review X</i>, vol. 14, no. 3, 031035, American
    Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.14.031035">10.1103/physrevx.14.031035</a>.
  short: B. Vermersch, M. Ljubotina, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller, M. Serbyn, L. Piroli,
    Physical Review X 14 (2024).
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  text: Two-dimensional semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures form the foundation
    of numerous nanoscale physical systems. However, measuring the properties of such
    heterostructures, and characterizing the semiconductor in-situ is challenging.
    A recent experimental study by [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 107701 (2022)] was able
    to probe the semiconductor within the heterostructure using microwave measurements
    of the superfluid density. This work revealed a rapid depletion of superfluid
    density in semiconductor, caused by the in-plane magnetic field which in presence
    of spin-orbit coupling creates so-called Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces. The experimental
    work used a simplified theoretical model that neglected the presence of non-magnetic
    disorder in the semiconductor, hence describing the data only qualitatively. Motivated
    by experiments, we introduce a theoretical model describing a disordered semiconductor
    with strong spin-orbit coupling that is proximitized by a superconductor. Our
    model provides specific predictions for the density of states and superfluid density.
    Presence of disorder leads to the emergence of a gapless superconducting phase,
    that may be viewed as a manifestation of Bogoliubov Fermi surface. When applied
    to real experimental data, our model showcases excellent quantitative agreement,
    enabling the extraction of material parameters such as mean free path and mobility,
    and estimating g-tensor after taking into account the orbital contribution of
    magnetic field. Our model can be used to probe in-situ parameters of other superconductor-semiconductor
    heterostructures and can be further extended to give access to transport properties.
acknowledgement: "We acknowledge useful discussions with M. Geier, A. Levchenko, B.
  Ramshaw, T. Scaffidi, and\r\nJ. Shabani. This research was funded by the Austrian
  Science Fund (FWF) F 86.\r\nFor the purpose of open access, authors have applied
  a CC BY public copyright licence to any\r\nAuthor Accepted Manuscript version arising
  from this submission. MS acknowledges hospitality of KITP supported in part by the
  National Science Foundation under Grants No. NSF\r\nPHY-1748958 and PHY-2309135.
  APH acknowledges the support of the NOMIS foundation."
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- first_name: Andrew P
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  id: 4AD6785A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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  id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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  ama: Babkin S, Higginbotham AP, Serbyn M. Proximity-induced gapless superconductivity
    in two-dimensional Rashba semiconductor in magnetic field. <i>SciPost Physics</i>.
    2024;16(5). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115">10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115</a>
  apa: Babkin, S., Higginbotham, A. P., &#38; Serbyn, M. (2024). Proximity-induced
    gapless superconductivity in two-dimensional Rashba semiconductor in magnetic
    field. <i>SciPost Physics</i>. SciPost Foundation. <a href="https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115">https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115</a>
  chicago: Babkin, Serafim, Andrew P Higginbotham, and Maksym Serbyn. “Proximity-Induced
    Gapless Superconductivity in Two-Dimensional Rashba Semiconductor in Magnetic
    Field.” <i>SciPost Physics</i>. SciPost Foundation, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115">https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115</a>.
  ieee: S. Babkin, A. P. Higginbotham, and M. Serbyn, “Proximity-induced gapless superconductivity
    in two-dimensional Rashba semiconductor in magnetic field,” <i>SciPost Physics</i>,
    vol. 16, no. 5. SciPost Foundation, 2024.
  ista: Babkin S, Higginbotham AP, Serbyn M. 2024. Proximity-induced gapless superconductivity
    in two-dimensional Rashba semiconductor in magnetic field. SciPost Physics. 16(5),
    115.
  mla: Babkin, Serafim, et al. “Proximity-Induced Gapless Superconductivity in Two-Dimensional
    Rashba Semiconductor in Magnetic Field.” <i>SciPost Physics</i>, vol. 16, no.
    5, 115, SciPost Foundation, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115">10.21468/scipostphys.16.5.115</a>.
  short: S. Babkin, A.P. Higginbotham, M. Serbyn, SciPost Physics 16 (2024).
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  text: In contrast with extended Bloch waves, a single particle can become spatially
    localized due to the so-called skin effect originating from non-Hermitian pumping.
    Here we show that in kinetically constrained many-body systems, the skin effect
    can instead manifest as dynamical amplification within the Fock space, beyond
    the intuitively expected and previously studied particle localization and clustering.
    We exemplify this non-Hermitian Fock skin effect in an asymmetric version of the
    PXP model and show that it gives rise to ergodicity-breaking eigenstates—the non-Hermitian
    analogs of quantum many-body scars. A distinguishing feature of these non-Hermitian
    scars is their enhanced robustness against external disorders. We propose an experimental
    realization of the non-Hermitian scar enhancement in a tilted Bose-Hubbard optical
    lattice with laser-induced loss. Additionally, we implement digital simulations
    of such scar enhancement on the IBM quantum processor. Our results show that the
    Fock skin effect provides a powerful tool for creating robust nonergodic states
    in generic open quantum systems.
acknowledgement: F. Q. and C. H. L. acknowledge support from the QEP2.0 Grant from
  the Singapore National Research Foundation (Grant No. NRF2021-QEP2-02-P09) and the
  Singapore MOE Tier-II Grant (Grant No. MOE-T2EP50222-0003). J.-Y. D. and Z. P. acknowledge
  support by the Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award RL-2019-015. This project
  has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
  programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101034413. This research
  was supported in part by Grant No. NSF PHY-2309135 to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical
  Physics (KITP). We acknowledge the use of IBM Quantum services for this work. The
  views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy
  or position of IBM or the IBM Quantum team.
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author:
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- first_name: Fang
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  last_name: Qin
- first_name: Jean-Yves Marc
  full_name: Desaules, Jean-Yves Marc
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  last_name: Desaules
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  last_name: Papić
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  full_name: Lee, Ching Hua
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  ama: Shen R, Qin F, Desaules J-YM, Papić Z, Lee CH. Enhanced many-body quantum scars
    from the non-hermitian fock skin effect. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. 2024;133(21).
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601">10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601</a>
  apa: Shen, R., Qin, F., Desaules, J.-Y. M., Papić, Z., &#38; Lee, C. H. (2024).
    Enhanced many-body quantum scars from the non-hermitian fock skin effect. <i>Physical
    Review Letters</i>. American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601</a>
  chicago: Shen, Ruizhe, Fang Qin, Jean-Yves Marc Desaules, Zlatko Papić, and Ching
    Hua Lee. “Enhanced Many-Body Quantum Scars from the Non-Hermitian Fock Skin Effect.”
    <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. American Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601</a>.
  ieee: R. Shen, F. Qin, J.-Y. M. Desaules, Z. Papić, and C. H. Lee, “Enhanced many-body
    quantum scars from the non-hermitian fock skin effect,” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>,
    vol. 133, no. 21. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Shen R, Qin F, Desaules J-YM, Papić Z, Lee CH. 2024. Enhanced many-body quantum
    scars from the non-hermitian fock skin effect. Physical Review Letters. 133(21),
    216601.
  mla: Shen, Ruizhe, et al. “Enhanced Many-Body Quantum Scars from the Non-Hermitian
    Fock Skin Effect.” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>, vol. 133, no. 21, 216601, American
    Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601">10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.216601</a>.
  short: R. Shen, F. Qin, J.-Y.M. Desaules, Z. Papić, C.H. Lee, Physical Review Letters
    133 (2024).
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  text: 'Combinatorial optimization is a challenging problem applicable in a wide
    range of fields from logistics to finance. Recently, quantum computing has been
    used to attempt to solve these problems using a range of algorithms, including
    parameterized quantum circuits, adiabatic protocols, and quantum annealing. These
    solutions typically have several challenges: 1) there is little to no performance
    gain over classical methods; 2) not all constraints and objectives may be efficiently
    encoded in the quantum ansatz; and 3) the solution domain of the objective function
    may not be the same as the bit strings of measurement outcomes. This work presents
    “nonnative hybrid algorithms”: a framework to overcome these challenges by integrating
    quantum and classical resources with a hybrid approach. By designing nonnative
    quantum variational anosatzes that inherit some but not all problem structure,
    measurement outcomes from the quantum computer can act as a resource to be used
    by classical routines to indirectly compute optimal solutions, partially overcoming
    the challenges of contemporary quantum optimization approaches. These methods
    are demonstrated using a publicly available neutral-atom quantum computer on two
    simple problems of Max k-Cut and maximum independent set. We find improvements
    in solution quality when comparing the hybrid algorithm to its “no quantum” version,
    a demonstration of a “comparative advantage.”'
acknowledgement: "The authors would like to thank Alexander Keesling, Maddie Cain,
  Nate Gemelke, and Phillip Weinberg for helpful discussions and Danylo Lykov who
  had early contributions to this work.\r\n10.13039/100000185-Defense Advanced Research
  Projects Agency Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Devices (Grant Number: W911NF2010021),
  DARPA Small Business Technology Transfer program (Grant Number: 140D0422C0035)."
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  ama: Wurtz J, Sack S, Wang S-T. Solving nonnative combinatorial optimization problems
    using hybrid quantum–classical algorithms. <i>IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering</i>.
    2024;5:1-14. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660">10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660</a>
  apa: Wurtz, J., Sack, S., &#38; Wang, S.-T. (2024). Solving nonnative combinatorial
    optimization problems using hybrid quantum–classical algorithms. <i>IEEE Transactions
    on Quantum Engineering</i>. IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660">https://doi.org/10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660</a>
  chicago: Wurtz, Jonathan, Stefan Sack, and Sheng-Tao Wang. “Solving Nonnative Combinatorial
    Optimization Problems Using Hybrid Quantum–Classical Algorithms.” <i>IEEE Transactions
    on Quantum Engineering</i>. IEEE, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660">https://doi.org/10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660</a>.
  ieee: J. Wurtz, S. Sack, and S.-T. Wang, “Solving nonnative combinatorial optimization
    problems using hybrid quantum–classical algorithms,” <i>IEEE Transactions on Quantum
    Engineering</i>, vol. 5. IEEE, pp. 1–14, 2024.
  ista: Wurtz J, Sack S, Wang S-T. 2024. Solving nonnative combinatorial optimization
    problems using hybrid quantum–classical algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Quantum
    Engineering. 5, 1–14.
  mla: Wurtz, Jonathan, et al. “Solving Nonnative Combinatorial Optimization Problems
    Using Hybrid Quantum–Classical Algorithms.” <i>IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering</i>,
    vol. 5, IEEE, 2024, pp. 1–14, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660">10.1109/tqe.2024.3443660</a>.
  short: J. Wurtz, S. Sack, S.-T. Wang, IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 5
    (2024) 1–14.
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  text: We study a linear rotor in a bosonic bath within the angulon formalism. Our
    focus is on systems where isotropic or anisotropic impurity-boson interactions
    support a shallow bound state. To study the fate of the angulon in the vicinity
    of bound-state formation, we formulate a beyond-linear-coupling angulon Hamiltonian.
    First, we use it to study attractive, spherically symmetric impurity-boson interactions
    for which the linear rotor can be mapped onto a static impurity. The well-known
    polaron formalism provides an adequate description in this limit. Second, we consider
    anisotropic potentials, and show that the presence of a shallow bound state with
    pronounced anisotropic character leads to a many-body instability that washes
    out the angulon dynamics.
acknowledgement: "We would like to thank G. Bighin, I. Cherepanov, E. Paerschke, and
  E. Yakaboylu for insightful discussions on a wide range of topics. This work has
  been supported by the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant No. 801770
  (ANGULON). A.G. and A.G.V. acknowledge support from the European Union’s Horizon
  2020 research and innovation\r\nprogram under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement
  No. 754411. Numerical calculations were performed on the Euler cluster managed by
  the HPC team at ETH Zurich.\r\nR.S. acknowledges support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  under Germany’s Excellence Strategy Grant No. EXC 2181/1-390900948 (the Heidelberg
  STRUCTURES Excellence Cluster). T.D. acknowledges support from the Isaac Newton
  Studentship and the Science and Technology Facilities Council under Grant No. ST/V50659X/1."
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    in an ideal Bose gas near the threshold for binding. <i>Physical Review B</i>.
    2024;109(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102">10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102</a>
  apa: Dome, T., Volosniev, A., Ghazaryan, A., Safari, L., Schmidt, R., &#38; Lemeshko,
    M. (2024). Linear rotor in an ideal Bose gas near the threshold for binding. <i>Physical
    Review B</i>. American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102</a>
  chicago: Dome, Tibor, Artem Volosniev, Areg Ghazaryan, Laleh Safari, Richard Schmidt,
    and Mikhail Lemeshko. “Linear Rotor in an Ideal Bose Gas near the Threshold for
    Binding.” <i>Physical Review B</i>. American Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102</a>.
  ieee: T. Dome, A. Volosniev, A. Ghazaryan, L. Safari, R. Schmidt, and M. Lemeshko,
    “Linear rotor in an ideal Bose gas near the threshold for binding,” <i>Physical
    Review B</i>, vol. 109, no. 1. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Dome T, Volosniev A, Ghazaryan A, Safari L, Schmidt R, Lemeshko M. 2024. Linear
    rotor in an ideal Bose gas near the threshold for binding. Physical Review B.
    109(1), 014102.
  mla: Dome, Tibor, et al. “Linear Rotor in an Ideal Bose Gas near the Threshold for
    Binding.” <i>Physical Review B</i>, vol. 109, no. 1, 014102, American Physical
    Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102">10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014102</a>.
  short: T. Dome, A. Volosniev, A. Ghazaryan, L. Safari, R. Schmidt, M. Lemeshko,
    Physical Review B 109 (2024).
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  text: Mechanisms for suppressing thermalization in disorder-free many-body systems,
    such as Hilbert space fragmentation and quantum many-body scars, have recently
    attracted much interest in foundations of quantum statistical physics and potential
    quantum information processing applications. However,  their sensitivity to realistic
    effects such as finite temperature remains largely unexplored. Here, we have utilized
    IBM's Kolkata quantum processor to demonstrate an unexpected robustness of quantum
    many-body scars at finite temperatures when the system is prepared in a thermal
    Gibbs ensemble. We identify such robustness in the PXP model, which describes
    quantum many-body scars in experimental systems of Rydberg atom arrays and ultracold
    atoms in tilted Bose--Hubbard optical lattices. By contrast, other theoretical
    models which host exact quantum many-body scars are found to lack such robustness,
    and their scarring properties quickly decay with temperature. Our study sheds
    light on the important differences between scarred models in terms of their algebraic
    structures, which impacts their resilience to finite temperature.
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    Fock skin effect.” 2024. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471">10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471</a>
  apa: Desaules, J.-Y. M. (2024). Data for “Enhanced many-body quantum scars from
    the non-Hermitian Fock skin effect.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471</a>
  chicago: Desaules, Jean-Yves Marc. “Data for ‘Enhanced Many-Body Quantum Scars from
    the Non-Hermitian Fock Skin Effect.’” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
    2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471</a>.
  ieee: J.-Y. M. Desaules, “Data for ‘Enhanced many-body quantum scars from the non-Hermitian
    Fock skin effect.’” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
  ista: Desaules J-YM. 2024. Data for ‘Enhanced many-body quantum scars from the non-Hermitian
    Fock skin effect’, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471">10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471</a>.
  mla: Desaules, Jean-Yves Marc. <i>Data for “Enhanced Many-Body Quantum Scars from
    the Non-Hermitian Fock Skin Effect.”</i> Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
    2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471">10.15479/AT:ISTA:17471</a>.
  short: J.-Y.M. Desaules, (2024).
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  last_name: Desaules
  orcid: 0000-0002-3749-6375
- contributor_type: researcher
  first_name: Zlatko
  last_name: Papić
- contributor_type: researcher
  first_name: Ching Hua
  last_name: Lee
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  text: "The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) uses a quantum computer\r\nto
    implement a variational method with $2p$ layers of alternating unitary\r\noperators,
    optimized by a classical computer to minimize a cost function. While\r\nrigorous
    performance guarantees exist for the QAOA at small depths $p$, the\r\nbehavior
    at large depths remains less clear, though simulations suggest\r\nexponentially
    fast convergence for certain problems. In this work, we gain\r\ninsights into
    the deep QAOA using an analytic expansion of the cost function\r\naround transition
    states. Transition states are constructed in a recursive\r\nmanner: from the local
    minima of the QAOA with $p$ layers we obtain transition\r\nstates of the QAOA
    with $p+1$ layers, which are stationary points characterized\r\nby a unique direction
    of negative curvature. We construct an analytic estimate\r\nof the negative curvature
    and the corresponding direction in parameter space at\r\neach transition state.
    The expansion of the QAOA cost function along the\r\nnegative direction to the
    quartic order gives a lower bound of the QAOA cost\r\nfunction improvement. We
    provide physical intuition behind the analytic\r\nexpressions for the local curvature
    and quartic expansion coefficient. Our\r\nnumerical study confirms the accuracy
    of our approximations and reveals that\r\nthe obtained bound and the true value
    of the QAOA cost function gain have a\r\ncharacteristic exponential decrease with
    the number of layers $p$, with the\r\nbound decreasing more rapidly. Our study
    establishes an analytical method for\r\nrecursively studying the QAOA that is
    applicable in the regime of high circuit\r\ndepth."
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  last_name: Serbyn
  orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827
citation:
  ama: Medina Ramos RA, Serbyn M. A recursive lower bound on the energy improvement
    of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125">10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125</a>
  apa: Medina Ramos, R. A., &#38; Serbyn, M. (n.d.). A recursive lower bound on the
    energy improvement of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm. <i>arXiv</i>.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125</a>
  chicago: Medina Ramos, Raimel A, and Maksym Serbyn. “A Recursive Lower Bound on
    the Energy Improvement of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm.” <i>ArXiv</i>,
    n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125</a>.
  ieee: R. A. Medina Ramos and M. Serbyn, “A recursive lower bound on the energy improvement
    of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm,” <i>arXiv</i>. .
  ista: Medina Ramos RA, Serbyn M. A recursive lower bound on the energy improvement
    of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm. arXiv, 2405.10125.
  mla: Medina Ramos, Raimel A., and Maksym Serbyn. “A Recursive Lower Bound on the
    Energy Improvement of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm.” <i>ArXiv</i>,
    2405.10125, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125">10.48550/arXiv.2405.10125</a>.
  short: R.A. Medina Ramos, M. Serbyn, ArXiv (n.d.).
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title: A recursive lower bound on the energy improvement of the quantum approximate
  optimization algorithm
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  text: By patterning an ultrathin layered structure with tiny wells, physicists have
    created and imaged peculiar states known as quantum scars — revealing behaviour
    that could be used to boost the performance of electronic devices.
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  full_name: Abanin, Dmitry
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  ama: Abanin D, Serbyn M. Quantum scars make their mark in graphene. <i>Nature</i>.
    2024;635(8040):825-826. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y">10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y</a>
  apa: Abanin, D., &#38; Serbyn, M. (2024). Quantum scars make their mark in graphene.
    <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y">https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y</a>
  chicago: Abanin, Dmitry, and Maksym Serbyn. “Quantum Scars Make Their Mark in Graphene.”
    <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y">https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y</a>.
  ieee: D. Abanin and M. Serbyn, “Quantum scars make their mark in graphene,” <i>Nature</i>,
    vol. 635, no. 8040. Springer Nature, pp. 825–826, 2024.
  ista: Abanin D, Serbyn M. 2024. Quantum scars make their mark in graphene. Nature.
    635(8040), 825–826.
  mla: Abanin, Dmitry, and Maksym Serbyn. “Quantum Scars Make Their Mark in Graphene.”
    <i>Nature</i>, vol. 635, no. 8040, Springer Nature, 2024, pp. 825–26, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y">10.1038/d41586-024-03649-y</a>.
  short: D. Abanin, M. Serbyn, Nature 635 (2024) 825–826.
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  text: Atom-based quantum simulators have had many successes in tackling challenging
    quantum many-body problems, owing to the precise and dynamical control that they
    provide over the systems' parameters. They are, however, often optimized to address
    a specific type of problem. Here, we present the design and implementation of
    a 6Li-based quantum gas platform that provides wide-ranging capabilities and is
    able to address a variety of quantum many-body problems. Our two-chamber architecture
    relies on a robust combination of gray molasses and optical transport from a laser-cooling
    chamber to a glass cell with excellent optical access. There, we first create
    unitary Fermi superfluids in a three-dimensional axially symmetric harmonic trap
    and characterize them using in situ thermometry, reaching temperatures below 20
    nK. This allows us to enter the deep superfluid regime with samples of extreme
    diluteness, where the interparticle spacing is sufficiently large for direct single-atom
    imaging. Second, we generate optical lattice potentials with triangular and honeycomb
    geometry in which we study diffraction of molecular Bose-Einstein condensates,
    and show how going beyond the Kapitza-Dirac regime allows us to unambiguously
    distinguish between the two geometries. With the ability to probe quantum many-body
    physics in both discrete and continuous space, and its suitability for bulk and
    single-atom imaging, our setup represents an important step towards achieving
    a wide-scope quantum simulator.
acknowledgement: We thank Clara Bachorz, Darby Bates, Markus Bohlen, Valentin Crépel,
  Yann Kiefer, Joanna Lis, Mihail Rabinovic, and Julian Struck for experimental assistance
  in the early stages of this project, and Sebastian Will for a critical reading of
  the manuscript. This work has been supported by Agence Nationale de la Recherche
  (Grant No. ANR-21-CE30-0021), the European Research Council (Grant No. ERC-2016-ADG-743159),
  CNRS (Tremplin@INP 2020), and Région Ile-de-France in the framework of DIM SIRTEQ
  (Super2D and SISCo) and DIM QuanTiP.
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  full_name: Jin, Shuwei
  last_name: Jin
- first_name: Kunlun
  full_name: Dai, Kunlun
  last_name: Dai
- first_name: Joris
  full_name: Verstraten, Joris
  last_name: Verstraten
- first_name: Maxime
  full_name: Dixmerias, Maxime
  last_name: Dixmerias
- first_name: Ragheed
  full_name: Al Hyder, Ragheed
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  last_name: Al Hyder
- first_name: Christophe
  full_name: Salomon, Christophe
  last_name: Salomon
- first_name: Bruno
  full_name: Peaudecerf, Bruno
  last_name: Peaudecerf
- first_name: Tim
  full_name: de Jongh, Tim
  last_name: de Jongh
- first_name: Tarik
  full_name: Yefsah, Tarik
  last_name: Yefsah
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  ama: Jin S, Dai K, Verstraten J, et al. Multipurpose platform for analog quantum
    simulation. <i>Physical Review Research</i>. 2024;6(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158">10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158</a>
  apa: Jin, S., Dai, K., Verstraten, J., Dixmerias, M., Al Hyder, R., Salomon, C.,
    … Yefsah, T. (2024). Multipurpose platform for analog quantum simulation. <i>Physical
    Review Research</i>. American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158</a>
  chicago: Jin, Shuwei, Kunlun Dai, Joris Verstraten, Maxime Dixmerias, Ragheed Al
    Hyder, Christophe Salomon, Bruno Peaudecerf, Tim de Jongh, and Tarik Yefsah. “Multipurpose
    Platform for Analog Quantum Simulation.” <i>Physical Review Research</i>. American
    Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158</a>.
  ieee: S. Jin <i>et al.</i>, “Multipurpose platform for analog quantum simulation,”
    <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 6, no. 1. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Jin S, Dai K, Verstraten J, Dixmerias M, Al Hyder R, Salomon C, Peaudecerf
    B, de Jongh T, Yefsah T. 2024. Multipurpose platform for analog quantum simulation.
    Physical Review Research. 6(1), 013158.
  mla: Jin, Shuwei, et al. “Multipurpose Platform for Analog Quantum Simulation.”
    <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 6, no. 1, 013158, American Physical Society,
    2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158">10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013158</a>.
  short: S. Jin, K. Dai, J. Verstraten, M. Dixmerias, R. Al Hyder, C. Salomon, B.
    Peaudecerf, T. de Jongh, T. Yefsah, Physical Review Research 6 (2024).
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  text: We demonstrate the failure of the adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer approximation
    to describe the ground state of a quantum impurity within an ultracold Fermi gas
    despite substantial mass differences between the bath and impurity species. Increasing
    repulsion leads to the appearance of nonadiabatic couplings between the fast bath
    and slow impurity degrees of freedom, which reduce the parity symmetry of the
    latter according to the pseudo Jahn-Teller effect. The presence of this mechanism
    is associated to a conical intersection involving the impurity position and the
    inverse of the interaction strength, which acts as a synthetic dimension. We elucidate
    the presence of these effects via a detailed ground-state analysis involving the
    comparison of ab initio fully correlated simulations with effective models. Our
    study suggests ultracold atomic ensembles as potent emulators of complex molecular
    phenomena.
acknowledgement: "This work has been funded by the Cluster of Excellence “Advanced
  Imaging of Matter” of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - EXC 2056 - Project
  ID 390715994.\r\nG.M.K. gratefully acknowledges funding from the European Union’s
  Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
  Grant Agreement No. 101034413."
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  ama: Becker A, Koutentakis G, Schmelcher P. Synthetic dimension-induced pseudo Jahn-Teller
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  apa: Becker, A., Koutentakis, G., &#38; Schmelcher, P. (2024). Synthetic dimension-induced
    pseudo Jahn-Teller effect in one-dimensional confined fermions. <i>Physical Review
    Research</i>. American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013257">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013257</a>
  chicago: Becker, A., Georgios Koutentakis, and P. Schmelcher. “Synthetic Dimension-Induced
    Pseudo Jahn-Teller Effect in One-Dimensional Confined Fermions.” <i>Physical Review
    Research</i>. American Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013257">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013257</a>.
  ieee: A. Becker, G. Koutentakis, and P. Schmelcher, “Synthetic dimension-induced
    pseudo Jahn-Teller effect in one-dimensional confined fermions,” <i>Physical Review
    Research</i>, vol. 6, no. 1. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Becker A, Koutentakis G, Schmelcher P. 2024. Synthetic dimension-induced pseudo
    Jahn-Teller effect in one-dimensional confined fermions. Physical Review Research.
    6(1), 013257.
  mla: Becker, A., et al. “Synthetic Dimension-Induced Pseudo Jahn-Teller Effect in
    One-Dimensional Confined Fermions.” <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 6, no.
    1, 013257, American Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013257">10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013257</a>.
  short: A. Becker, G. Koutentakis, P. Schmelcher, Physical Review Research 6 (2024).
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