2 papers
quant-ph2024
Variational ground-state quantum adiabatic theorem
Bojan ŽunkoviÄ, Pietro Torta, Giovanni Pecci +2
We present a variational quantum adiabatic theorem, which states that, under certain assumptions, the adiabatic dynamics projected onto a variational manifold follow the instantane…
quant-ph2024
Beyond Quantum Annealing: Optimal control solutions to MaxCut problems
Giovanni Pecci, Ruiyi Wang, Pietro Torta +2
Quantum Annealing (QA) relies on mixing two Hamiltonian terms, a simple driver and a complex problem Hamiltonian, in a linear combination. The time-dependent schedule for this mixi…