Reaching the ground state of a quantum spin glass using a zero-temperature quantum Monte Carlo method
Arnab Das, Bikas K. Chakrabarti
Here we discuss the annealing behavior of an infinite-range +/-J Ising spin glass in the presence of a transverse field using a zero-temperature quantum Monte Carlo method. Within the simulation scheme, we demonstrate that quantum annealing not only helps finding the ground state of a classical spin glass, but can also help simulating the ground state of a quantum spin glass, in particular, when the transverse field is low, much more efficiently.
arXiv:0803.4508•Physical Review E•Dec 19, 2008•11 citations