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Autores principales: Gu, Andi, Leone, Lorenzo, Ghosh, Soumik, Eisert, Jens, Yelin, Susanne, Quek, Yihui
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Publicado: 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16228
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author Gu, Andi
Leone, Lorenzo
Ghosh, Soumik
Eisert, Jens
Yelin, Susanne
Quek, Yihui
author_facet Gu, Andi
Leone, Lorenzo
Ghosh, Soumik
Eisert, Jens
Yelin, Susanne
Quek, Yihui
contents Notions of nonstabilizerness, or "magic", quantify how non-classical quantum states are in a precise sense: states exhibiting low nonstabilizerness preclude quantum advantage. We introduce 'pseudomagic' ensembles of quantum states that, despite low nonstabilizerness, are computationally indistinguishable from those with high nonstabilizerness. Previously, such computational indistinguishability has been studied with respect to entanglement, introducing the concept of pseudoentanglement. However, we demonstrate that pseudomagic neither follows from pseudoentanglement nor implies it. In terms of applications, the study of pseudomagic offers fresh insights into the theory of quantum scrambling: it uncovers states that, even though they originate from non-scrambling unitaries, remain indistinguishable from scrambled states to any physical observer. Additional applications include new lower bounds on state synthesis problems, property testing protocols, and implications for quantum cryptography. Our work is driven by the observation that only quantities measurable by a computationally bounded observer - intrinsically limited by finite-time computational constraints - hold physical significance. Ultimately, our findings suggest that nonstabilizerness is a 'hide-able' characteristic of quantum states: some states are much more magical than is apparent to a computationally bounded observer.
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spellingShingle Pseudomagic Quantum States
Gu, Andi
Leone, Lorenzo
Ghosh, Soumik
Eisert, Jens
Yelin, Susanne
Quek, Yihui
Quantum Physics
Notions of nonstabilizerness, or "magic", quantify how non-classical quantum states are in a precise sense: states exhibiting low nonstabilizerness preclude quantum advantage. We introduce 'pseudomagic' ensembles of quantum states that, despite low nonstabilizerness, are computationally indistinguishable from those with high nonstabilizerness. Previously, such computational indistinguishability has been studied with respect to entanglement, introducing the concept of pseudoentanglement. However, we demonstrate that pseudomagic neither follows from pseudoentanglement nor implies it. In terms of applications, the study of pseudomagic offers fresh insights into the theory of quantum scrambling: it uncovers states that, even though they originate from non-scrambling unitaries, remain indistinguishable from scrambled states to any physical observer. Additional applications include new lower bounds on state synthesis problems, property testing protocols, and implications for quantum cryptography. Our work is driven by the observation that only quantities measurable by a computationally bounded observer - intrinsically limited by finite-time computational constraints - hold physical significance. Ultimately, our findings suggest that nonstabilizerness is a 'hide-able' characteristic of quantum states: some states are much more magical than is apparent to a computationally bounded observer.
title Pseudomagic Quantum States
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16228