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Microscopic characterization of Ising conformal field theory in Rydberg chains
Kevin Slagle, David Aasen, Hannes Pichler +5
Rydberg chains provide an appealing platform for probing conformal field theories (CFTs) that capture universal behavior in a myriad of physical settings. Focusing on a Rydberg cha…
Large Classes of Quantum Scarred Hamiltonians from Matrix Product States
Sanjay Moudgalya, Edward O'Brien, B. Andrei Bernevig +2
Motivated by the existence of exact many-body quantum scars in the AKLT chain, we explore the connection between Matrix Product State (MPS) wavefunctions and many-body quantum scar…
Condensation-Driven Phase Transitions in Perturbed String Nets
Michaël Mariën, Jutho Haegeman, Paul Fendley +1
We develop methods to probe the excitation spectrum of topological phases of matter in two spatial dimensions. Applying these to the Fibonacci string nets perturbed away from exact…
Topological phases with parafermions: theory and blueprints
Jason Alicea, Paul Fendley
We concisely review the recent evolution in the study of parafermions -- exotic emergent excitations that generalize Majorana fermions and similarly underpin a host of novel phenom…
Stability of zero modes in parafermion chains
Adam S. Jermyn, Roger S. K. Mong, Jason Alicea +1
One-dimensional topological phases can host localized zero-energy modes that enable high-fidelity storage and manipulation of quantum information. Majorana fermion chains support a…
Universal topological quantum computation from a superconductor/Abelian quantum Hall heterostructure
Roger S. K. Mong, David J. Clarke, Jason Alicea +8
Non-Abelian anyons promise to reveal spectacular features of quantum mechanics that could ultimately provide the foundation for a decoherence-free quantum computer. A key breakthro…