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arxiv: 1410.3562 · v1 · pith:6JOTP4PAnew · submitted 2014-10-14 · 🪐 quant-ph

Theorem on the existence of a nonzero energy gap in adiabatic quantum computation

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keywords adiabaticcomputationenergyquantumexistencenonzerotheoremexcited
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Adiabatic quantum computation, based on the adiabatic theorem, is a promising alternative to conventional quantum computation. The validity of an adiabatic algorithm depends on the existence of a nonzero energy gap between the ground and excited states. However, it is difficult to ascertain the exact value of the energy gap. In this paper, we put forward a theorem on the existence of nonzero energy gap for the Hamiltonians used in adiabatic quantum computation. It can help to effectively identify a large class of the Hamiltonians without energy-level crossing between the ground and excited states.

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