Analytical solution of thermal magnetization on memory stabilizer structures
Journal Article
We return to the question of how the choice of stabilizer generators affects the preservation of information on structures whose degenerate ground state encodes a classical redundancy code. Controlled-not gates are used to transform the stabilizer Hamiltonian into a Hamiltonian consisting of uncoupled single spins and/or pairs of spins. This transformation allows us to obtain an analytical partition function and derive closed-form equations for the relative magnetization and susceptibility. These equations are in agreement with the numerical results presented in Viteri [Phys. Rev. APLRAAN1050-294710.1103/ PhysRevA.80.042313 80, 042313 (2009)] for finite size systems. Analytical solutions show that there is no finite critical temperature, Tc=0, for all of the memory structures in the thermodynamic limit. This is in contrast to the previously predicted finite critical temperatures based on extrapolation. The mismatch is a result of the infinite system being a poor approximation even for astronomically large finite-size systems, where spontaneous magnetization still arises below an apparent finite critical temperature. We extend our analysis to the canonical stabilizer Hamiltonian. Interestingly, Hamiltonians with two-body interactions have a higher apparent critical temperature than the many-body Hamiltonian. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Tomita, Y; Viteri, CR; Brown, KR
Published Date
- October 6, 2010
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 82 / 4
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1094-1622
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1050-2947
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.042303
Citation Source
- Scopus