924 research outputs found
General Relativity as a constrained Gauge Theory
The formulation of General Relativity presented in math-ph/0506077 and the
Hamiltonian formulation of Gauge theories described in math-ph/0507001 are made
to interact. The resulting scheme allows to see General Relativity as a
constrained Gauge theory.Comment: 8 Pages, Submitted to International Journal of Geometric Methods in
Modern Physic
On the Hamiltonian formulation of Yang--Mills gauge theories
The Hamiltonian formulation of the theory of J-bundles is given both in the
Hamilton--De Donder and in the Multimomentum Hamiltonian geometrical
approaches. (3+3) Yang-Mills gauge theories are dealt with explicitly in order
to restate them in terms of Einstein-Cartan like field theories.Comment: 18 Pages, Submitted to International Journal of Geometric Methods in
Modern Physic
Non-Gaussian fluctuations in stochastic models with absorbing barriers
The dynamics of a one-dimensional stochastic model is studied in presence of
an absorbing boundary. The distribution of fluctuations is analytically
characterized within the generalized van Kampen expansion, accounting for
higher order corrections beyond the conventional Gaussian approximation. The
theory is shown to successfully capture the non Gaussian traits of the sought
distribution returning an excellent agreement with the simulations, for {\it
all times} and arbitrarily {\it close} to the absorbing barrier. At large
times, a compact analytical solution for the distribution of fluctuations is
also obtained, bridging the gap with previous investigations, within the van
Kampen picture and without resorting to alternative strategies, as elsewhere
hypothesized.Comment: 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Fast Decoders for Topological Quantum Codes
We present a family of algorithms, combining real-space renormalization
methods and belief propagation, to estimate the free energy of a topologically
ordered system in the presence of defects. Such an algorithm is needed to
preserve the quantum information stored in the ground space of a topologically
ordered system and to decode topological error-correcting codes. For a system
of linear size L, our algorithm runs in time log L compared to L^6 needed for
the minimum-weight perfect matching algorithm previously used in this context
and achieves a higher depolarizing error threshold.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Topological code Autotune
Many quantum systems are being investigated in the hope of building a
large-scale quantum computer. All of these systems suffer from decoherence,
resulting in errors during the execution of quantum gates. Quantum error
correction enables reliable quantum computation given unreliable hardware.
Unoptimized topological quantum error correction (TQEC), while still effective,
performs very suboptimally, especially at low error rates. Hand optimizing the
classical processing associated with a TQEC scheme for a specific system to
achieve better error tolerance can be extremely laborious. We describe a tool
Autotune capable of performing this optimization automatically, and give two
highly distinct examples of its use and extreme outperformance of unoptimized
TQEC. Autotune is designed to facilitate the precise study of real hardware
running TQEC with every quantum gate having a realistic, physics-based error
model.Comment: 13 pages, 17 figures, version accepted for publicatio
Prospects of light sterile neutrino oscillation and CP violation searches at the Fermilab Short Baseline Neutrino Facility
We investigate the ability of the short baseline neutrino (SBN) experimental program at Fermilab to test the globally-allowed (3 þ N) sterile neutrino oscillation parameter space. We explicitly consider the globally-allowed parameter space for the (3 þ 1), (3 þ 2), and (3 þ 3) sterile neutrino oscillation scenarios. We find that SBN can probe with 5σ sensitivity more than 85%, 95% and 55% of the parameter space currently allowed at 99% confidence level for the (3 þ 1), (3 þ 2) and (3 þ 3) scenarios, respectively, with the (3 þ N) allowed space used in these studies closely resembling that of previous studies [J. M. Conrad, C. M. Ignarra, G. Karagiorgi, M. H. Shaevitz, and J. Spitz, Adv. High Energy Phys. 2013, 1 (2013).], calculated using the same methodology. In the case of the (3 þ 2) and (3 þ 3) scenarios, CP-violating phases appear in the oscillation probability terms, leading to observable differences in the appearance probabilities of neutrinos and antineutrinos. We explore SBN’s sensitivity to those phases for the (3 þ 2) scenario through the currently planned neutrino beam running, and investigate potential improvements through additional antineutrino beam running. We show that, if antineutrino exposure is considered, for maximal values of the (3 þ 2) CP-violating phase ϕ54, SBN could be the first experiment to directly observe ∼2σ hints of CP violation associated with an extended lepton sector
Analytical study of non Gaussian fluctuations in a stochastic scheme of autocatalytic reactions
A stochastic model of autocatalytic chemical reactions is studied both
numerically and analytically. The van Kampen perturbative scheme is
implemented, beyond the second order approximation, so to capture the non
Gaussianity traits as displayed by the simulations. The method is targeted to
the characterization of the third moments of the distribution of fluctuations,
originating from a system of four populations in mutual interaction. The theory
predictions agree well with the simulations, pointing to the validity of the
van Kampen expansion beyond the conventional Gaussian solution.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
High U(1) charges in type IIB models and their F-theory lift
We construct models with U(1) gauge group and matter with charges up to 6, in the context of type IIB compactifications. We show explicitly that models with charges up to 4 can be derived from corresponding models in F-theory by applying the Sen weak coupling limit. We derive which type IIB models should be the limit of charge 5 and 6 F-theory models. Explicit six dimensional type IIB models with maximal charge 5 and 6 are constructed on an algebraic K3 surface that is the double cover of \u2102\u2119 2 . By using type IIB results we are also able to rediscover the F-theory charge 4 model in a straightforward way
Foliated quantum error-correcting codes
We show how to construct a large class of quantum error-correcting codes, known as Calderbank-Steane-Shor codes, from highly entangled cluster states. This becomes a primitive in a protocol that foliates a series of such cluster states into a much larger cluster state, implementing foliated quantum error correction. We exemplify this construction with several familiar quantum error-correction codes and propose a generic method for decoding foliated codes. We numerically evaluate the error-correction performance of a family of finite-rate Calderbank-Steane-Shor codes known as turbo codes, finding that they perform well over moderate depth foliations. Foliated codes have applications for quantum repeaters and fault-tolerant measurement-based quantum computation
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