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Jordan-Wigner transformations for tree structures
Stefan Backens1, Alexander Shnirman2,3, Yuriy Makhlin4,5
1Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Abstract:
The celebrated Jordan-Wigner transformation provides an efficient mapping between spin chains and fermionic systems in one dimension. Here we extend this spin-fermion mapping to arbitrary tree structures, which enables mapping between fermionic and spin systems with nearest-neighbor coupling. The mapping is achieved with the help of additional spins at the junctions between one-dimensional chains. This property allows for straightforward simulation of Majorana braiding in spin or qubit systems.
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