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NLTS Hamiltonians from classical LTCs
Zhiyang He, Chinmay Nirkhe
- Year
- 2022
- Journal
- arXiv preprint
- DOI
- arXiv:2210.02999
- arXiv
- 2210.02999
We provide a completely self-contained construction of a family of NLTS Hamiltonians [Freedman and Hastings, 2014] based on ideas from [Anshu, Breuckmann, and Nirkhe, 2022], [Cross, He, Natarajan, Szegedy, and Zhu, 2022] and [Eldar and Harrow, 2017]. Crucially, it does not require optimal-parameter quantum LDPC codes and can be built from simple classical LTCs such as the repetition code on an expander graph. Furthermore, it removes the constant-rate requirement from the construction of Anshu, Breuckmann, and Nirkhe.
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Which Coherence Decoheres? Basis-Dependent Decoherence Rates in Symmetry-Broken Collective Spin Systems
Stavros Mouslopoulos
- Year
- 2026
- Journal
- arXiv preprint
- DOI
- arXiv:2605.00952
- arXiv
- 2605.00952
In the ordered phase of a $\mathbb{Z}_2$-symmetric collective spin system, two natural bases -- localised pointer states $\{|P\rangle,|R\rangle\}$ and energy eigenstates $\{|E_0\rangle,|E_1\rangle\}$ -- yield Lindblad dephasing rates that differ by a factor approaching $2$ as $N\to\infty$ and reaching $2.42$ near the quantum-critical crossover. The discrepancy has a single algebraic origin: parity forces $\langle E_i|\hat{J}_z|E_i\rangle=0$ exactly, eliminating the cross-term that doubles the localised-state rate. Two distinct protection factors are identified: $η_{\rm MF}=(Nm_*)^2/(2G_{01})\approx2.42$, where $m_*$ is the order parameter and $G_{01}=\frac{1}{2}(\langle E_0|\hat{J}_z^2|E_0\rangle+\langle E_1|\hat{J}_z^2|E_1\rangle)$ (advantage over the classical mean-field estimate), and $η_{\rm exact}=(G_{01}+J_{01}^2)/G_{01}\approx1.86$, where $J_{01}=\langle E_0|\hat{J}_z|E_1\rangle$ (exact physical ratio of pointer-state to eigenstate decay rate). In the thermodynamic limit the secular approximation fails, the doublet degenerates, and both rates converge. The three-regime structure is demonstrated in the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model via exact diagonalisation, and the algebraic origin of the discrepancy is established via the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ parity of the Lindblad jump operator.
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