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Holonomic quantum computing in symmetry-protected ground states of spin chains
While solid-state devices offer naturally reliable hardware for modern
classical computers, thus far quantum information processors resemble vacuum
tube computers in being neither reliable nor scalable. Strongly correlated many
body states stabilized in topologically ordered matter offer the possibility of
naturally fault tolerant computing, but are both challenging to engineer and
coherently control and cannot be easily adapted to different physical
platforms. We propose an architecture which achieves some of the robustness
properties of topological models but with a drastically simpler construction.
Quantum information is stored in the symmetry-protected degenerate ground
states of spin-1 chains, while quantum gates are performed by adiabatic
non-Abelian holonomies using only single-site fields and nearest-neighbor
couplings. Gate operations respect the symmetry, and so inherit some protection
from noise and disorder from the symmetry-protected ground states.Comment: 19 pages, 4 figures. v2: published versio
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Fundamental Forces Driving United States and International Financial Regulations Reform
Multiple forces create a systemic crisis of the proportions of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Global and domestic financial reform is a difficult and perplexing task, one that is likely to take many years, and one that will surely continue to be shaped by a diverse range of forces. Recent measures remain incomplete and in some cases are even proving to be misdirected. This article considers seven fundamental forces shaping actions on future reform, specifically the (1) long term impact of the Crisis (and all financial crises); (2) increase in the âfinancializationâ of the global economy, seemingly disproportionate to the growth in the real economy; (3) dramatic increase in financial interconnectedness worldwide, accompanied by a growing complexity in financial institutions and the regulatory framework, all of which could be becoming unmanageable; (4) âhuman factorâ in finance, which tends to confound our assumptions about market behavior; (5) growth in the critical yet little understood and regulated âshadow banking system;â (6) deep technology revolution, which continues to transform the dynamics of the global economy; and (7) ânext convergenceâ between Western and âemergingâ economies, which is changing the global economic profile and presenting profound new challenges to financial refor
Whither Capitalism? Financial externalities and crisis
As with global warming, so with financial crises â externalities have a lot to answer for. We
look at three of them. First the financial accelerator due to âfire salesâ of collateral assets -- a
form of pecuniary externality that leads to liquidity being undervalued. Second the ârisk-
shiftingâ behaviour of highly-levered financial institutions who keep the upside of risky
investment while passing the downside to others thanks to limited liability. Finally, the
network externality where the structure of the financial industry helps propagate shocks
around the system unless this is checked by some form of circuit breaker, or âring-fenceâ.
The contrast between crisis-induced Great Recession and its aftermath of slow growth in the
West and the rapid - and (so far) sustained - growth in the East suggests that successful
economic progress may depend on how well these externalities are managed
Haldane Sashes in Quantum Hall Spectra
We show that the low-temperature sash features in the lowest Landau-level
(LLL) tunneling density-of-states (TDOS) recently discovered by Dial and
Ashoori are intimately related to the discrete Haldane-pseudopotential
interaction energy scales that govern fractional quantum Hall physics. Our
analysis is based on expressions for the tunneling density-of-states which
become exact at filling factors close to and , where the sash
structure is most prominent. We comment on other aspects of LLL correlation
physics that can be revealed by accurate temperature-dependent tunneling data.Comment: Added referenc
The performance of forecast-based monetary policy rules under model uncertainty
We investigate the performance of forecast-based monetary policy rules using five macroeconomic models that reflect a wide range of views on aggregate dynamics. We identify the key characteristics of rules that are robust to model uncertainty: such rules respond to the one-year-ahead inflation forecast and to the current output gap and incorporate a substantial degree of policy inertia. In contrast, rules with longer forecast horizons are less robust and are prone to generating indeterminacy. Finally, we identify a robust benchmark rule that performs very well in all five models over a wide range of policy preferences
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