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Quantum authentication with unitary coding sets
A general class of authentication schemes for arbitrary quantum messages is
proposed. The class is based on the use of sets of unitary quantum operations
in both transmission and reception, and on appending a quantum tag to the
quantum message used in transmission. The previous secret between partners
required for any authentication is a classical key. We obtain the minimal
requirements on the unitary operations that lead to a probability of failure of
the scheme less than one. This failure may be caused by someone performing a
unitary operation on the message in the channel between the communicating
partners, or by a potential forger impersonating the transmitter.Comment: RevTeX4, 10 page