Graph states as ground states of many-body spin-1/2 Hamiltonians

dc.creatorNest, M. Van den
dc.creatorLuttmer, K.
dc.creatorDür, W.
dc.creatorBriegel, H. J.
dc.date2006-12-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:27:13Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:27:13Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the problem whether graph states can be ground states of local interaction Hamiltonians. For Hamiltonians acting on n qubits that involve at most two-body interactions, we show that no n-qubit graph state can be the exact, non-degenerate ground state. We determine for any graph state the minimal d such that it is the non-degenerate ground state of a d-body interaction Hamiltonian, while we show for d'-body Hamiltonians H with d'<d that the resulting ground state can only be close to the graph state at the cost of H having a small energy gap relative to the total energy. When allowing for ancilla particles, we show how to utilize a gadget construction introduced in the context of the k-local Hamiltonian problem, to obtain n-qubit graph states as non-degenerate (quasi-)ground states of a two-body Hamiltonian acting on n'>n spins.
dc.description10 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612186
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612186
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 77, 012301 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012301
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157021
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleGraph states as ground states of many-body spin-1/2 Hamiltonians
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