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Quantum error correction with gauge symmetries

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Quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories (LGTs) are often formulated on an enlarged Hilbert space containing both physical and unphysical sectors in order to retain a local Hamiltonian. We provide simple fault-tolerant procedures that exploit such redundancy by combining a phase flip error correction code with the Gauss’ law constraint to correct one-qubit errors for a ℤ2 or truncated U(1) LGT in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions with a link flux cutoff of 1. Unlike existing work on detecting violations of Gauss’ law, our circuits are fault tolerant and the overall error correction scheme outperforms a naïve application of the [5, 1, 3] code. The constructions outlined can be extended to LGT systems with larger cutoffs and may be of use in understanding how to hybridize error correction and quantum simulation for LGTs in higher space-time dimensions and with different symmetry groups.

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1038/s41534-023-00706-8

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
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ORCID:
0009-0006-1500-505X
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ORCID:
0000-0002-8334-1120


Publisher:
Springer Nature
Journal:
npj Quantum Information More from this journal
Volume:
9
Issue:
1
Article number:
41
Publication date:
2023-04-25
Acceptance date:
2023-03-31
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EISSN:
2056-6387


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English
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Pubs id:
2123521
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pubs:2123521
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2025-05-20
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