{"state_type":"pith_open_graph_state","state_version":"1.0","pith_number":"pith:2026:CCAZU7J6TVCG4OMCL66TEYDWDQ","merge_version":"pith-open-graph-merge-v1","event_count":2,"valid_event_count":2,"invalid_event_count":0,"equivocation_count":0,"current":{"canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"afc6a3a6583ea34fa72328ae2ddce69a53f97c665753cf65cac6634f4a83293d","cross_cats_sorted":["physics.chem-ph"],"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"quant-ph","submitted_at":"2026-02-12T05:46:07Z","title_canon_sha256":"58c524e82c4f9add4caca853da6e7fc9b5515adebdf855aa82c1310727c0e2eb"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2602.11603","kind":"arxiv","version":3}},"source_aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2602.11603","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2602.11603v3","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2602.11603","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"CCAZU7J6TVCG","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"CCAZU7J6TVCG4OMC","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"CCAZU7J6","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z"}],"graph_snapshots":[{"event_id":"sha256:060a5f2b36f5dd033c2dcd8757c89d7a26c3b1172d12ba94d98f3d06dc618e94","target":"graph","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"graph_snapshot":{"author_claims":{"count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","strong_count":0},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"integrity":{"available":true,"clean":true,"detectors_run":[],"endpoint":"/pith/2602.11603/integrity.json","findings":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938","summary":{"advisory":0,"by_detector":{},"critical":0,"informational":0}},"paper":{"abstract_excerpt":"Simulating chemical reactions exhibits a pronounced unevenness in computational difficulty: while equilibrium reactant and product geometries are often tractable, transition-state (TS) geometries frequently display strong multi-reference character that challenges both classical solvers and coherent quantum state-preparation methods. We introduce a dissipative continuation protocol for preparing electronic ground states near TS geometries within a hybrid classical--quantum workflow. In the intended setting, classical electronic-structure methods supply an approximate TS geometry, a computationa","authors_text":"Daniel Collins, Luke Quezada, Michael J. Bremner, Nam Nguyen, Samuel J. Elman, Soumya Sarkar, Thomas W. Watts","cross_cats":["physics.chem-ph"],"headline":"","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"quant-ph","submitted_at":"2026-02-12T05:46:07Z","title":"Dissipative continuation for ground-state preparation at chemical transition states"},"references":{"count":0,"internal_anchors":0,"resolved_work":0,"sample":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2602.11603","kind":"arxiv","version":3},"verdict":{"created_at":null,"id":null,"model_set":{},"one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"pith_extraction_headline":"","strongest_claim":"","weakest_assumption":""}},"verdict_id":null}}],"author_attestations":[],"timestamp_anchors":[],"storage_attestations":[],"citation_signatures":[],"replication_records":[],"corrections":[],"mirror_hints":[],"record_created":{"event_id":"sha256:3ce1a8c9910a65fd7f9a061b35cb8e90dadebed9ff4a9a34c1cc6270232f0788","target":"record","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"attestation_state":"computed","canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"afc6a3a6583ea34fa72328ae2ddce69a53f97c665753cf65cac6634f4a83293d","cross_cats_sorted":["physics.chem-ph"],"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"quant-ph","submitted_at":"2026-02-12T05:46:07Z","title_canon_sha256":"58c524e82c4f9add4caca853da6e7fc9b5515adebdf855aa82c1310727c0e2eb"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2602.11603","kind":"arxiv","version":3}},"canonical_sha256":"10819a7d3e9d446e39825fbd3260761c3fdf164d61a016088e23bc8ef75927c4","receipt":{"algorithm":"ed25519","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","canonical_sha256":"10819a7d3e9d446e39825fbd3260761c3fdf164d61a016088e23bc8ef75927c4","first_computed_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50.592553Z","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","kind":"pith_receipt","last_reissued_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50.592553Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","receipt_version":"0.3","signature_b64":"OagTQnmNMz3VCR+KlQcRD2CCezngQisEU9ku387CXdWyv3iGlSysqxvqg3yfa28UhPvdfxiSFwLQe2lYSMuCAA==","signature_status":"signed_v1","signed_at":"2026-08-11T02:18:50.594780Z","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes"},"source_id":"2602.11603","source_kind":"arxiv","source_version":3}}},"equivocations":[],"invalid_events":[],"applied_event_ids":["sha256:3ce1a8c9910a65fd7f9a061b35cb8e90dadebed9ff4a9a34c1cc6270232f0788","sha256:060a5f2b36f5dd033c2dcd8757c89d7a26c3b1172d12ba94d98f3d06dc618e94"],"state_sha256":"d4e80dbd3e8022252ca0a19d7000bfa47d3d2364877f8a43bd9a076a8ba445a5"}