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Main Authors: Camacho, Gonzalo, Fauseweh, Benedikt
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02709
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author Camacho, Gonzalo
Fauseweh, Benedikt
author_facet Camacho, Gonzalo
Fauseweh, Benedikt
contents Distinguishing quantum states with minimal sampling overhead is of fundamental importance to teach quantum data to an algorithm. Recently, the quantum Wasserstein distance emerged from the theory of quantum optimal transport as a promising tool in this context. Here we show on general grounds that the quantum Wasserstein distance between two ground states of a quantum critical system exhibits critical scaling. We demonstrate this explicitly using known closed analytical expressions for the magnetic correlations in the transverse field Ising model, to numerically extract the critical exponents for the distance close to the quantum critical point, confirming our analytical derivation. Our results have implications for learning of ground states of quantum critical phases of matter.
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spellingShingle Critical Scaling of the Quantum Wasserstein Distance
Camacho, Gonzalo
Fauseweh, Benedikt
Quantum Physics
Distinguishing quantum states with minimal sampling overhead is of fundamental importance to teach quantum data to an algorithm. Recently, the quantum Wasserstein distance emerged from the theory of quantum optimal transport as a promising tool in this context. Here we show on general grounds that the quantum Wasserstein distance between two ground states of a quantum critical system exhibits critical scaling. We demonstrate this explicitly using known closed analytical expressions for the magnetic correlations in the transverse field Ising model, to numerically extract the critical exponents for the distance close to the quantum critical point, confirming our analytical derivation. Our results have implications for learning of ground states of quantum critical phases of matter.
title Critical Scaling of the Quantum Wasserstein Distance
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02709