We present a scheme for universal topological quantum computation based on Clifford-complete braiding and fusion of symmetry defects in the 3-fermion anyon theory, supplemented with magic state injection. We formulate a fault-tolerant measurement-based realization of this computational scheme on the lattice using ground states of the Walker-Wang model for the 3-fermion anyon theory with symmetry defects. The Walker-Wang measurement-based topological quantum computation paradigm that we introduce provides a general construction of computational resource states with thermally stable symmetry-protected topological order. We also demonstrate how symmetry defects of the 3-fermion anyon theory can be realized in a two-dimensional subsystem code due to Bombín—making contact with an alternative implementation of the 3-fermion defect-computation scheme via code deformations. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
Quantum walks play a crucial role in quantum algorithms and computational problems. Many-body quantum walks can reveal and exploit quantum correlations that are unavailable for single-walker cases. Studying quantum walks under noise and dissipation, particularly in multiwalker systems, has significant implications. In this context, we use a thermodynamically consistent formalism of dissipation modeling, namely the steepest entropy ascent (SEA) formalism. We analyze two spinless fermionic continuous-time walkers on a one-dimensional graph with tunable Hubbard and extended Hubbard-like interactions. By contrasting SEA-driven dynamics with unitary evolution, we systematically investigate how interaction strengths modulate thermalization and entropy production. Our findings highlight the relevance of the SEA formalism in modeling nonlinear dissipation in many-body quantum systems and its implications for quantum thermalization.
We introduce a model of discrete-time quantum walkers interacting with a lozalized magnetic impurity. Each quantum walker interacts with an impurity, through which multiple quantum walkers indirectly interact with each other, as in the Kondo model. We first identify a quantum walker as a massless Dirac particle propagating in continuous space via a series of Dirac's delta potentials. Based on the identification, we add a spin-
1/2 degree of freedom to Dirac's potential at the origin. We derive all scattering matrices for massless Dirac particles arising from the impurity. First, for a simple set of parameter values, we analytically obtain the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the bound states, in which a quantum walker is bound to the magnetic impurity. Second, we study two quantum walkers indirectly interacting with each other via the magnetic impurity. We numerically simulate the collision dynamics in one dimension when the spin-spin interaction at the origin is of the XX type and the SU(2) Heisenberg type. In the case of the XX interaction, we calculate the entanglement negativity to quantify how much the two quantum walkers are entangled with each other, and find that the negativity increases drastically upon the collision of the two walkers. In the case of the SU(2) Heisenberg interaction, we simulate the dynamics starting from the initial state in which one fermionic walker is in a bound eigenstate around the origin and the other fermionic walker is a delta function colliding with the first walker. We find that a bound eigenstate closest to the singlet state of the first walker and the magnetic impurity is least perturbed by the collision of the second walker. We speculate that this finding may be related to Kondo screening-like behavior at the lowest level of the real-space renormalization-group procedure.