频谱差距的不可分辨性
Toby S Cubitt1,2, David Perez-Garcia3,4, Michael M Wolf5
1Department of Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Nature
|December 15, 2015
概括
量子多体物理学中的光谱差距问题是无法解决的. 这意味着没有一般的算法可以确定量子系统是否有间隙或无间隙,
科学领域:
- 量子多体物理学
- 计算复杂性理论
背景情况:
- 对于理解量子系统至关重要的是光谱间隙,即基本和激发状态之间的能量差异.
- 许多重要的物理问题,包括哈尔丹推测和拓相,围绕光谱差距.
研究的目的:
- 确定量子多体系统的光谱差距问题的可决性.
- 调查 undecidability 对其他低能特性的影响.
主要方法:
- 在具有特定相互作用类型的二维格子上构建量子自旋系统.
- 使用哈密尔顿复杂性和非周期性.
- 在系统的基本状态内编码量子相估算算法和通用图灵机.
主要成果:
- 对于具有转化不变的近邻相互作用的量子自旋系统的光谱差距问题被证明是不可决定的.
- 这种不确定性扩展到其他低能特性,如基态相关性衰变.
- 频谱差距的确定与停止问题的结果有关.
结论:
- 没有一种通用算法可以确定任意量子模型是否有间隙或无间隙.
- 一些量子模型表现出独立于数学公理的光谱间隙特性.
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