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Paper 1

Towards Fault Tolerant Adiabatic Quantum Computation

Daniel A. Lidar

Year

2007

Journal

arXiv preprint

DOI

arXiv:0707.0021

arXiv

0707.0021

I show how to protect adiabatic quantum computation (AQC) against decoherence and certain control errors, using a hybrid methodology involving dynamical decoupling, subsystem and stabilizer codes, and energy gaps. Corresponding error bounds are derived. As an example I show how to perform decoherence-protected AQC against local noise using at most two-body interactions.

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Paper 2

A minimalist account of agency in physics

Ali Barzegar, Emilia Margoni, Daniele Oriti

Year

2023

Journal

arXiv preprint

DOI

arXiv:2307.16054

arXiv

2307.16054

We adopt a top-down approach to agency aimed at developing a minimalist, scalable and naturalized account of it. After providing a general definition, we explore some possible extensions and refinements, domain of applicability, as well as a comparison with other recent accounts of agency, and possible objections to our proposal. With respect to what we classify as strong (such as Tononi's) and weak (such as Rovelli's) characterizations, our notion of agency situates itself in a middle position - our intent being precisely that of spelling out the advantages of this median account within a variety of contexts, such as the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the debate on the nature of physical laws and Bayesianism.

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