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Quantum approach to classical statistical mechanics.

R D Somma1, C D Batista, G Ortiz

  • 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA. somma@lanl.gov

Physical Review Letters
|August 7, 2007
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This study introduces a novel classical-to-quantum mapping to analyze thermodynamic properties of classical systems. This approach unifies optimization methods and extends quantum annealing for finite-temperature simulations.

Area of Science:

  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • Studying thermodynamic properties of classical systems is computationally intensive.
  • Existing optimization methods lack a unified framework for diverse applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel approach for studying thermodynamic properties of d-dimensional classical systems.
  • To unify and extend standard optimization methods using a classical-to-quantum mapping.
  • To adapt quantum annealing for simulating classical systems at finite temperatures.

Main Methods:

  • Reducing the study of classical thermodynamic properties to quantum ground state computations.
  • Utilizing a classical-to-quantum mapping to create a unified optimization framework.

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  • Applying the adiabatic theorem of quantum mechanics to derive convergence rates for annealing methods.

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated that quantum annealing can simulate classical systems at finite temperatures.
    • Derived asymptotic convergence rates for temperature and magnetic field in simulated and quantum annealing.
    • Established a general framework applicable to various annealing strategies.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed classical-to-quantum mapping offers a powerful new tool for investigating classical thermodynamic systems.
    • Quantum annealing is a viable method for simulating classical systems, providing insights into their thermodynamic behavior.
    • The derived convergence rates offer theoretical guarantees for the efficiency of annealing-based simulations.