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Conrick KM, Mills B, St Vil C, Dotolo D, Solano E, Bulger EM, Arbabi S, Herrenkohl M, Vavilala MS, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Moore M. Centering patient perspectives to achieve injury-related health equity in trauma care systems: Improving trauma registry data. Injury 2023; 54:110847. [PMID: 37301651 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.110847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Limitations in current data collection systems for patients who experience traumatic injury limit researchers' ability to identify and address disparities in injury and outcomes. We sought to develop and test a patient-centered data-collection system for equity-related data indicators that was acceptable to racially and ethnically diverse patients being treated for traumatic injuries. METHODS Health equity indicators included in this study were race and ethnicity, language, education, employment, housing, and injury address. We conducted interviews with 245 racially and ethnically diverse trauma patients who were treated at a level-1 trauma center in the US in 2019-2020. We first interviewed 136 patients to develop a culturally resonant process and options for the health equity indicators to be added to a revised data collection system for the electronic medical record. English and Spanish interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim; qualitative analysis was used to assess patient preferences. We then pilot tested the revised data collection system with an additional 109 trauma patients to assess acceptability. Acceptability was defined as having more than 95% of participants self-identify with one of the proposed options for race/ethnicity, language, education, employment, and housing. Injury address (to identify geographic disparities) was pre-defined as acceptable if at least 85% of participants could identify exact address, cross streets, a landmark or business, or zip code of injury. RESULTS A revised data collection system, including culturally resonant indicators and a process to be used by patient registrars to collect health equity data, was pilot tested, refined, and considered acceptable. Culturally resonant question phrasing/answer options for race/ethnicity, language, education, employment, housing status, and injury address were identified as acceptable. CONCLUSIONS We identified a patient-centered data collection system for health equity measures with racially and ethnically diverse patients who have experienced traumatic injury. This system has the potential to increase data quality and accuracy, which is critical to quality improvement efforts and for researchers seeking to identify groups most impacted by racism and other structural barriers to equitable health outcomes and effective intervention points.
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- Kelsey M Conrick
- School of Social Work, University of Washington, 4101 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, United States; Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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- Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, 3980 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
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- Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States; School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, 685 Baldy Hall, University at Buffalo, North Campus, Buffalo, NY 14260-1050, United States.
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- School of Social Work, University of Washington, 4101 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, United States; Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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- Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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- Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States; Department of Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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- Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States; Department of Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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- Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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- Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, 3980 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
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- School of Social Work, University of Washington, 4101 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, United States; Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Box 359960 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, United States.
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Grimaudo R, de Castro ASM, Messina A, Solano E, Valenti D. Quantum Phase Transitions for an Integrable Quantum Rabi-like Model with Two Interacting Qubits. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:043602. [PMID: 36763445 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.043602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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A two-interacting-qubit quantum Rabi-like model with vanishing transverse fields on the qubit pair is studied. Independently of the coupling regime, this model can be exactly and unitarily reduced to two independent single-spin quantum Rabi models, where the spin-spin coupling plays the role of the transverse field. This transformation and the analytical treatment of the single-spin quantum Rabi model provide the key to prove the integrability of our model. The existence of different first-order quantum phase transitions, characterized by discontinuous two-spin magnetization, mean photon number, and concurrence, is brought to light.
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- R Grimaudo
- Department of Physics and Chemistry "Emilio Segrè", University of Palermo, viale delle Scienze, Building 18, I-90128, Palermo, Italy
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- Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Departamento de Física, CEP 84030-900, Ponta Grossa, Paraná state, Brazil
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- Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 34, I-90123 Palermo, Italy
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- International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, 200444 Shanghai, China
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
- Kipu Quantum, Greifswalderstrasse 226, 10405 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry "Emilio Segrè", University of Palermo, viale delle Scienze, Building 18, I-90128, Palermo, Italy
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Hung JSC, Busnaina JH, Chang CWS, Vadiraj AM, Nsanzineza I, Solano E, Alaeian H, Rico E, Wilson CM. Quantum Simulation of the Bosonic Creutz Ladder with a Parametric Cavity. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:100503. [PMID: 34533347 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.100503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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There has been a growing interest in realizing quantum simulators for physical systems where perturbative methods are ineffective. The scalability and flexibility of circuit quantum electrodynamics make it a promising platform for implementing various types of simulators, including lattice models of strongly coupled field theories. Here, we use a multimode superconducting parametric cavity as a hardware-efficient analog quantum simulator, realizing a lattice in synthetic dimensions with complex hopping interactions. The coupling graph, i.e., the realized model, can be programmed in situ. The complex-valued hopping interaction further allows us to simulate, for instance, gauge potentials and topological models. As a demonstration, we simulate a plaquette of the bosonic Creutz ladder. We characterize the lattice with scattering measurements, reconstructing the experimental Hamiltonian and observing important precursors of topological features including nonreciprocal transport and Aharonov-Bohm caging. This platform can be easily extended to larger lattices and different models involving other interactions.
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- Jimmy S C Hung
- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Kipu Quantum, Kurwenalstrasse 1, 80804 Munich, Germany
- International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444 Shanghai, China
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Quantum Science and Engineering Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Pan CY, Hao M, Barraza N, Solano E, Albarrán-Arriagada F. Experimental semi-autonomous eigensolver using reinforcement learning. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12241. [PMID: 34112819 PMCID: PMC8192530 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90534-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The characterization of observables, expressed via Hermitian operators, is a crucial task in quantum mechanics. For this reason, an eigensolver is a fundamental algorithm for any quantum technology. In this work, we implement a semi-autonomous algorithm to obtain an approximation of the eigenvectors of an arbitrary Hermitian operator using the IBM quantum computer. To this end, we only use single-shot measurements and pseudo-random changes handled by a feedback loop, reducing the number of measures in the system. Due to the classical feedback loop, this algorithm can be cast into the reinforcement learning paradigm. Using this algorithm, for a single-qubit observable, we obtain both eigenvectors with fidelities over 0.97 with around 200 single-shot measurements. For two-qubits observables, we get fidelities over 0.91 with around 1500 single-shot measurements for the four eigenvectors, which is a comparatively low resource demand, suitable for current devices. This work is useful to the development of quantum devices able to decide with partial information, which helps to implement future technologies in quantum artificial intelligence.
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- C-Y Pan
- International Center in Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- International Center in Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- International Center in Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- International Center in Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China. .,Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain. .,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009, Bilbao, Spain. .,Kipu Quantum, Kurwenalstrasse 1, 80804, Munich, Germany.
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- International Center in Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
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Ban Y, Chen X, Torrontegui E, Solano E, Casanova J. Speeding up quantum perceptron via shortcuts to adiabaticity. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5783. [PMID: 33707535 PMCID: PMC7952456 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85208-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The quantum perceptron is a fundamental building block for quantum machine learning. This is a multidisciplinary field that incorporates abilities of quantum computing, such as state superposition and entanglement, to classical machine learning schemes. Motivated by the techniques of shortcuts to adiabaticity, we propose a speed-up quantum perceptron where a control field on the perceptron is inversely engineered leading to a rapid nonlinear response with a sigmoid activation function. This results in faster overall perceptron performance compared to quasi-adiabatic protocols, as well as in enhanced robustness against imperfections in the controls.
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- Yue Ban
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain. .,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.,International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda. de la Universidad 30, 28911, Leganés (Madrid), Spain.,Instituto de Física Fundamental IFF-CSIC, Calle Serrano 113, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.,International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009, Bilbao, Spain.,IQM, Nymphenburgerstr. 86, 80636, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009, Bilbao, Spain
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Albarrán-Arriagada F, Retamal JC, Solano E, Lamata L. Reinforcement learning for semi-autonomous approximate quantum eigensolver. Mach Learn : Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/ab43b4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The characterization of an operator by its eigenvectors and eigenvalues allows us to know its action over any quantum state. Here, we propose a protocol to obtain an approximation of the eigenvectors of an arbitrary Hermitian quantum operator. This protocol is based on measurement and feedback processes, which characterize a reinforcement learning protocol. Our proposal is composed of two systems, a black box named environment and a quantum state named agent. The role of the environment is to change any quantum state by a unitary matrix
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We introduce the concept of degree of quantumness in quantum synchronization, a measure of the quantum nature of synchronization in quantum systems. Following techniques from quantum information, we propose the number of non-commuting observables that synchronize as a measure of quantumness. This figure of merit is compatible with already existing synchronization measurements, and it captures different physical properties. We illustrate it in a quantum system consisting of two weakly interacting cavity-qubit systems, which are coupled via the exchange of bosonic excitations between the cavities. Moreover, we study the synchronization of the expectation values of the Pauli operators and we propose a feasible superconducting circuit setup. Finally, we discuss the degree of quantumness in the synchronization between two quantum van der Pol oscillators.
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- H Eneriz
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain
- LP2N, Laboratoire Photonique, Numérique et Nanosciences, Université Bordeaux-IOGS-CNRS:UMR 5298, 33400, Talence, France
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Campus Experimental de Itapeva, 18409-010, Itapeva, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain
- International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist) and Physics Department, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.
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Morales JC, Mustill AJ, Ribas I, Davies MB, Reiners A, Bauer FF, Kossakowski D, Herrero E, Rodríguez E, López-González MJ, Rodríguez-López C, Béjar VJS, González-Cuesta L, Luque R, Pallé E, Perger M, Baroch D, Johansen A, Klahr H, Mordasini C, Anglada-Escudé G, Caballero JA, Cortés-Contreras M, Dreizler S, Lafarga M, Nagel E, Passegger VM, Reffert S, Rosich A, Schweitzer A, Tal-Or L, Trifonov T, Zechmeister M, Quirrenbach A, Amado PJ, Guenther EW, Hagen HJ, Henning T, Jeffers SV, Kaminski A, Kürster M, Montes D, Seifert W, Abellán FJ, Abril M, Aceituno J, Aceituno FJ, Alonso-Floriano FJ, Ammler-von Eiff M, Antona R, Arroyo-Torres B, Azzaro M, Barrado D, Becerril-Jarque S, Benítez D, Berdiñas ZM, Bergond G, Brinkmöller M, Del Burgo C, Burn R, Calvo-Ortega R, Cano J, Cárdenas MC, Guillén CC, Carro J, Casal E, Casanova V, Casasayas-Barris N, Chaturvedi P, Cifuentes C, Claret A, Colomé J, Czesla S, Díez-Alonso E, Dorda R, Emsenhuber A, Fernández M, Fernández-Martín A, Ferro IM, Fuhrmeister B, Galadí-Enríquez D, Cava IG, Vargas MLG, Garcia-Piquer A, Gesa L, González-Álvarez E, Hernández JIG, González-Peinado R, Guàrdia J, Guijarro A, de Guindos E, Hatzes AP, Hauschildt PH, Hedrosa RP, Hermelo I, Arabi RH, Otero FH, Hintz D, Holgado G, Huber A, Huke P, Johnson EN, de Juan E, Kehr M, Kemmer J, Kim M, Klüter J, Klutsch A, Labarga F, Labiche N, Lalitha S, Lampón M, Lara LM, Launhardt R, Lázaro FJ, Lizon JL, Llamas M, Lodieu N, López Del Fresno M, Salas JFL, López-Santiago J, Madinabeitia HM, Mall U, Mancini L, Mandel H, Marfil E, Molina JAM, Martín EL, Martín-Fernández P, Martín-Ruiz S, Martínez-Rodríguez H, Marvin CJ, Mirabet E, Moya A, Naranjo V, Nelson RP, Nortmann L, Nowak G, Ofir A, Pascual J, Pavlov A, Pedraz S, Medialdea DP, Pérez-Calpena A, Perryman MAC, Rabaza O, Ballesta AR, Rebolo R, Redondo P, Rix HW, Rodler F, Trinidad AR, Sabotta S, Sadegi S, Salz M, Sánchez-Blanco E, Carrasco MAS, Sánchez-López A, Sanz-Forcada J, Sarkis P, Sarmiento LF, Schäfer S, Schlecker M, Schmitt JHMM, Schöfer P, Solano E, Sota A, Stahl O, Stock S, Stuber T, Stürmer J, Suárez JC, Tabernero HM, Tulloch SM, Veredas G, Vico-Linares JI, Vilardell F, Wagner K, Winkler J, Wolthoff V, Yan F, Osorio MRZ. A giant exoplanet orbiting a very-low-mass star challenges planet formation models. Science 2019; 365:1441-1445. [PMID: 31604272 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax3198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Surveys have shown that super-Earth and Neptune-mass exoplanets are more frequent than gas giants around low-mass stars, as predicted by the core accretion theory of planet formation. We report the discovery of a giant planet around the very-low-mass star GJ 3512, as determined by optical and near-infrared radial-velocity observations. The planet has a minimum mass of 0.46 Jupiter masses, very high for such a small host star, and an eccentric 204-day orbit. Dynamical models show that the high eccentricity is most likely due to planet-planet interactions. We use simulations to demonstrate that the GJ 3512 planetary system challenges generally accepted formation theories, and that it puts constraints on the planet accretion and migration rates. Disk instabilities may be more efficient in forming planets than previously thought.
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- J C Morales
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain. .,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Lund Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Box 43, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Lund Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Box 43, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Lund Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Box 43, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.,School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
| | - S Reffert
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Rosich
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
| | - A Schweitzer
- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
| | - L Tal-Or
- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Geophysics, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
| | - T Trifonov
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Zechmeister
- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - A Quirrenbach
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P J Amado
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - E W Guenther
- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
| | - H-J Hagen
- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
| | - T Henning
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S V Jeffers
- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - A Kaminski
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Kürster
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D Montes
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - W Seifert
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - F J Abellán
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad de Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
| | - M Abril
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - J Aceituno
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.,Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - F J Aceituno
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - F J Alonso-Floriano
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
| | - M Ammler-von Eiff
- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - R Antona
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - B Arroyo-Torres
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - M Azzaro
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - D Barrado
- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
| | - S Becerril-Jarque
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - D Benítez
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - Z M Berdiñas
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.,Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Camino El Observatorio, 1515 Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
| | - G Bergond
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - M Brinkmöller
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Del Burgo
- Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Santa María Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - R Burn
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - R Calvo-Ortega
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - J Cano
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - M C Cárdenas
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Cardona Guillén
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - J Carro
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - E Casal
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - V Casanova
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - N Casasayas-Barris
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - P Chaturvedi
- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
| | - C Cifuentes
- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain.,Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - A Claret
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - J Colomé
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
| | - S Czesla
- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
| | - E Díez-Alonso
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Departamento de Explotación y Prospeción de Minas, Escuela de Minas, Energía y Materiales, Universidad de Oviedo, E-33003 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
| | - R Dorda
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - A Emsenhuber
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
| | - M Fernández
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - A Fernández-Martín
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - I M Ferro
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - B Fuhrmeister
- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
| | - D Galadí-Enríquez
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - I Gallardo Cava
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN-Instituto Geográfico Nacional), E-28803 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
| | | | - A Garcia-Piquer
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
| | - L Gesa
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
| | - E González-Álvarez
- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
| | - J I González Hernández
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - R González-Peinado
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - J Guàrdia
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
| | - A Guijarro
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - E de Guindos
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - A P Hatzes
- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
| | - P H Hauschildt
- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
| | - R P Hedrosa
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - I Hermelo
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - R Hernández Arabi
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - F Hernández Otero
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - D Hintz
- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
| | - G Holgado
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - A Huber
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P Huke
- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - E N Johnson
- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - E de Juan
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - M Kehr
- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
| | - J Kemmer
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Kim
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
| | - J Klüter
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Klutsch
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Eberhard Karls Universität, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - F Labarga
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - N Labiche
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Lalitha
- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - M Lampón
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - L M Lara
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - R Launhardt
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - F J Lázaro
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - J-L Lizon
- European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
| | - M Llamas
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - N Lodieu
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - M López Del Fresno
- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
| | - J F López Salas
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - J López-Santiago
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, E-28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain.,Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute, E-28007 Madrid, Spain
| | - H Magán Madinabeitia
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.,Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - U Mall
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - L Mancini
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese, Italy.,International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, I-84019 Vietri sul Mare (SA), Italy
| | - H Mandel
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E Marfil
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
| | - J A Marín Molina
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - E L Martín
- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
| | - P Martín-Fernández
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - S Martín-Ruiz
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - H Martínez-Rodríguez
- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.,Department of Physics and Astronomy and Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
| | - C J Marvin
- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - E Mirabet
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain.,Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - A Moya
- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain.,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.,Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
| | - V Naranjo
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - R P Nelson
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
| | - L Nortmann
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - G Nowak
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - A Ofir
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
| | - J Pascual
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - A Pavlov
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Pedraz
- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
| | - D Pérez Medialdea
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | | | - M A C Perryman
- School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield Downs, Dublin D14 YH57, Ireland
| | - O Rabaza
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.,Dpto. Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
| | - A Ramón Ballesta
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
| | - R Rebolo
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - P Redondo
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
| | - H-W Rix
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - F Rodler
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain.,European Southern Observatory, Vitacura, Casilla 19001, Santiago de Chile
| | - A Rodríguez Trinidad
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), European Space Astronomy Centre Campus (European Space Agency), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.,Dpto. Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
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Barrios GA, Retamal JC, Solano E, Sanz M. Analog simulator of integro-differential equations with classical memristors. Sci Rep 2019; 9:12928. [PMID: 31506446 PMCID: PMC6736973 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49204-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
An analog computer makes use of continuously changeable quantities of a system, such as its electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic properties, to solve a given problem. While these devices are usually computationally more powerful than their digital counterparts, they suffer from analog noise which does not allow for error control. We will focus on analog computers based on active electrical networks comprised of resistors, capacitors, and operational amplifiers which are capable of simulating any linear ordinary differential equation. However, the class of nonlinear dynamics they can solve is limited. In this work, by adding memristors to the electrical network, we show that the analog computer can simulate a large variety of linear and nonlinear integro-differential equations by carefully choosing the conductance and the dynamics of the memristor state variable. We study the performance of these analog computers by simulating integro-differential models related to fluid dynamics, nonlinear Volterra equations for population growth, and quantum models describing non-Markovian memory effects, among others. Finally, we perform stability tests by considering imperfect analog components, obtaining robust solutions with up to 13% relative error for relevant timescales.
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- G Alvarado Barrios
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Avenida Ecuador 3493, 9170124, Santiago, Chile.
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Santiago, Chile.
- International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist), and Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China.
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Avenida Ecuador 3493, 9170124, Santiago, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Santiago, Chile
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- International Center of Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology (QuArtist), and Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
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Pogorzalek S, Fedorov KG, Xu M, Parra-Rodriguez A, Sanz M, Fischer M, Xie E, Inomata K, Nakamura Y, Solano E, Marx A, Deppe F, Gross R. Secure quantum remote state preparation of squeezed microwave states. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2604. [PMID: 31197157 PMCID: PMC6565634 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10727-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Quantum communication protocols based on nonclassical correlations can be more efficient than known classical methods and offer intrinsic security over direct state transfer. In particular, remote state preparation aims at the creation of a desired and known quantum state at a remote location using classical communication and quantum entanglement. We present an experimental realization of deterministic continuous-variable remote state preparation in the microwave regime over a distance of 35 cm. By employing propagating two-mode squeezed microwave states and feedforward, we achieve the remote preparation of squeezed states with up to 1.6 dB of squeezing below the vacuum level. Finally, security of remote state preparation is investigated by using the concept of the one-time pad and measuring the von Neumann entropies. We find nearly identical values for the entropy of the remotely prepared state and the respective conditional entropy given the classically communicated information and, thus, demonstrate close-to-perfect security. Continuous-variable remote state preparation in the microwave domain would allow to leverage the superconducting technology for quantum networks applications. Here, the authors show how to deterministically prepare squeezed Gaussian states across 35 cm using previously shared entanglement.
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- S Pogorzalek
- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany.
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany.
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080, Bilbao, Spain
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799, Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799, Munich, Germany
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8563, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080, Bilbao, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013, Bilbao, Spain.,Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799, Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799, Munich, Germany.
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Ruiz A, Michalopoulou T, Megia A, Näf S, Simón-Muela I, Solano E, Martínez L, Vendrell J. Accuracy of new recommendations for adrenal incidentalomas in the evaluation of excessive cortisol secretion and follow-up. Eur J Clin Invest 2019; 49:e13048. [PMID: 30412278 DOI: 10.1111/eci.13048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the 2016 European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) recommendations for the management of adrenal incidentalomas accurately classifies those patients who do not require further follow-up. DESIGN AND METHODS Single centre retrospective study. From 2010 to 2015, 130 patients with adrenal incidentaloma were evaluated and followed-up. Clinical, analytical and radiological data were recorded and the presence of comorbidities was assessed. Patients were grouped as nonfunctional or subclinical Cushing syndrome according to American guidelines; and nonfunctional, possible autonomous cortisol secretion and autonomous cortisol secretion, according to ESE guidelines. RESULTS Based on American guidelines, 94% of patients had nonfunctional adrenal incidentalomas and 6% had subclinical Cushing syndrome. Based on ESE guidelines, patients were classified into nonfunctional (54%), possible autonomous cortisol secretion (40%) and autonomous cortisol secretion (6%) groups. No differences were observed in demographic characteristics and comorbidities between groups in either classification. Following ESE guidelines, no patient in the nonfunctional group was reclassified into the possible autonomous or autonomous cortisol secretion groups during follow-up, but one patient in the possible autonomous cortisol secretion group was reclassified into the autonomous cortisol secretion group. Also, 30 patients included in the groups of possible autonomous or autonomous cortisol secretion experienced progression of a comorbidity associated with cortisol excess, with diabetes mellitus as the most frequent comorbidity observed. CONCLUSION Although adrenal incidentalomas with an excess of cortisol secretion were more frequently diagnosed with the new ESE recommendations, patients who did not require longer follow-up after first evaluation were accurately classified.
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- Ana Ruiz
- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,IISPV, Ciberdem, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,IISPV, Ciberdem, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,IISPV, Ciberdem, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,IISPV, Ciberdem, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,IISPV, Ciberdem, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,IISPV, Ciberdem, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona, Spain.,IISPV, Ciberdem, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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Casanova J, Torrontegui E, Plenio MB, García-Ripoll JJ, Solano E. Modulated Continuous Wave Control for Energy-Efficient Electron-Nuclear Spin Coupling. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:010407. [PMID: 31012690 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.010407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
We develop energy efficient, continuous microwave schemes to couple electron and nuclear spins, using phase or amplitude modulation to bridge their frequency difference. These controls have promising applications in biological systems, where microwave power should be limited, as well as in situations with high Larmor frequencies due to large magnetic fields and nuclear magnetic moments. These include nanoscale NMR where high magnetic fields achieves enhanced thermal nuclear polarization and larger chemical shifts. Our controls are also suitable for quantum information processors and nuclear polarization schemes.
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- J Casanova
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental IFF-CSIC, Calle Serrano 113b, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik and IQST, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental IFF-CSIC, Calle Serrano 113b, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444 Shanghai, China
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Pedernales JS, Beau M, Pittman SM, Egusquiza IL, Lamata L, Solano E, Del Campo A. Dirac Equation in (1+1)-Dimensional Curved Spacetime and the Multiphoton Quantum Rabi Model. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:160403. [PMID: 29756911 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.160403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We introduce an exact mapping between the Dirac equation in (1+1)-dimensional curved spacetime (DCS) and a multiphoton quantum Rabi model (QRM). A background of a (1+1)-dimensional black hole requires a QRM with one- and two-photon terms that can be implemented in a trapped ion for the quantum simulation of Dirac particles in curved spacetime. We illustrate our proposal with a numerical analysis of the free fall of a Dirac particle into a (1+1)-dimensional black hole, and find that the Zitterbewegung effect, measurable via the oscillatory trajectory of the Dirac particle, persists in the presence of gravity. From the duality between the squeezing term in the multiphoton QRM and the metric coupling in the DCS, we show that gravity generates squeezing of the Dirac particle wave function.
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- J S Pedernales
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- Institute for Theoretical Physics and IQST, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 200444 Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
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Molfini M, Redolfi de Zan L, Campanaro A, Rossi de Gasperis S, Mosconi F, Chiari S, Cini A, Antonini G, Solano E, Audisio PA, Roversi PF, Sabbatini Peverieri G, Carpaneto GM, Mason F, Bologna MA, Mancini E. A first assessment of genetic variability in the longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Italian Apennines. The European Zoological Journal 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2018.1433243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- M. Molfini
- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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- Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” Carabinieri, Verona, Italy
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” Carabinieri, Verona, Italy
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” Carabinieri, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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Borodkina I, Borodin D, Brezinsek S, Kirschner A, Tsvetkov I, Kurnaev V, Bobkov V, Klepper C, Lasa A, Guillemaut C, Jacquet P, Stamp M, Giroud C, Silburn S, Balboa I, Solano E. An analytical expression for ion velocities at the wall including the sheath electric field and surface biasing for erosion modeling at JET ILW. Nuclear Materials and Energy 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2017.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We propose a decoherence protected protocol for sending single photon quantum states through depolarizing channels. This protocol is implemented via an approximate quantum adder engineered through spontaneous parametric down converters, and shows higher success probability than distilled quantum teleportation protocols for distances below a threshold depending on the properties of the channel.
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- G Gatti
- Departamento de Ciencias, Sección Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado, 1761, Lima, Peru
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- Departamento de Ciencias, Sección Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado, 1761, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080, Bilbao, Spain.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080, Bilbao, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48011, Bilbao, Spain
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García-Álvarez L, Egusquiza IL, Lamata L, Del Campo A, Sonner J, Solano E. Digital Quantum Simulation of Minimal AdS/CFT. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:040501. [PMID: 29341740 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.040501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
We propose the digital quantum simulation of a minimal AdS/CFT model in controllable quantum platforms. We consider the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model describing interacting Majorana fermions with randomly distributed all-to-all couplings, encoding nonlocal fermionic operators onto qubits to efficiently implement their dynamics via digital techniques. Moreover, we also give a method for probing nonequilibrium dynamics and the scrambling of information. Finally, our approach serves as a protocol for reproducing a simplified low-dimensional model of quantum gravity in advanced quantum platforms as trapped ions and superconducting circuits.
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- L García-Álvarez
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, 24 quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1214 Genève 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Sanz M, Las Heras U, García-Ripoll JJ, Solano E, Di Candia R. Quantum Estimation Methods for Quantum Illumination. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:070803. [PMID: 28256851 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.070803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Quantum illumination consists in shining quantum light on a target region immersed in a bright thermal bath with the aim of detecting the presence of a possible low-reflective object. If the signal is entangled with the receiver, then a suitable choice of the measurement offers a gain with respect to the optimal classical protocol employing coherent states. Here, we tackle this detection problem by using quantum estimation techniques to measure the reflectivity parameter of the object, showing an enhancement in the signal-to-noise ratio up to 3 dB with respect to the classical case when implementing only local measurements. Our approach employs the quantum Fisher information to provide an upper bound for the error probability, supplies the concrete estimator saturating the bound, and extends the quantum illumination protocol to non-Gaussian states. As an example, we show how Schrödinger's cat states may be used for quantum illumination.
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- M Sanz
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental IFF-CSIC, Calle Serrano 113b, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Salmilehto J, Deppe F, Di Ventra M, Sanz M, Solano E. Quantum Memristors with Superconducting Circuits. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42044. [PMID: 28195193 PMCID: PMC5307327 DOI: 10.1038/srep42044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Memristors are resistive elements retaining information of their past dynamics. They have garnered substantial interest due to their potential for representing a paradigm change in electronics, information processing and unconventional computing. Given the advent of quantum technologies, a design for a quantum memristor with superconducting circuits may be envisaged. Along these lines, we introduce such a quantum device whose memristive behavior arises from quasiparticle-induced tunneling when supercurrents are cancelled. For realistic parameters, we find that the relevant hysteretic behavior may be observed using current state-of-the-art measurements of the phase-driven tunneling current. Finally, we develop suitable methods to quantify memory retention in the system.
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- J Salmilehto
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.,Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.,QCD Labs, COMP Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 13500, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany.,Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany.,Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Solano E, Fitzgerald B, Cannon J, Cullinan P, Feary J, Cajal RY. M4 Late asthmatic response to epoxy resins: a case report. Thorax 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209333.446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Sanz M, Egusquiza IL, Di Candia R, Saberi H, Lamata L, Solano E. Entanglement classification with matrix product states. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30188. [PMID: 27457273 PMCID: PMC4960485 DOI: 10.1038/srep30188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We propose an entanglement classification for symmetric quantum states based on their diagonal matrix-product-state (MPS) representation. The proposed classification, which preserves the stochastic local operation assisted with classical communication (SLOCC) criterion, relates entanglement families to the interaction length of Hamiltonians. In this manner, we establish a connection between entanglement classification and condensed matter models from a quantum information perspective. Moreover, we introduce a scalable nesting property for the proposed entanglement classification, in which the families for N parties carry over to the N + 1 case. Finally, using techniques from algebraic geometry, we prove that the minimal nontrivial interaction length n for any symmetric state is bounded by .
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- M Sanz
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic.,Department of Physics and Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP), University of Paderborn, Warburger Straβe 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Fedorov KG, Zhong L, Pogorzalek S, Eder P, Fischer M, Goetz J, Xie E, Wulschner F, Inomata K, Yamamoto T, Nakamura Y, Di Candia R, Las Heras U, Sanz M, Solano E, Menzel EP, Deppe F, Marx A, Gross R. Displacement of Propagating Squeezed Microwave States. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:020502. [PMID: 27447495 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.020502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Displacement of propagating quantum states of light is a fundamental operation for quantum communication. It enables fundamental studies on macroscopic quantum coherence and plays an important role in quantum teleportation protocols with continuous variables. In our experiments, we have successfully implemented this operation for propagating squeezed microwave states. We demonstrate that, even for strong displacement amplitudes, there is no degradation of the squeezing level in the reconstructed quantum states. Furthermore, we confirm that path entanglement generated by using displaced squeezed states remains constant over a wide range of the displacement power.
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- Kirill G Fedorov
- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- NEC IoT Device Research Laboratories, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8501, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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Technology based on memristors, resistors with memory whose resistance depends on the history of the crossing charges, has lately enhanced the classical paradigm of computation with neuromorphic architectures. However, in contrast to the known quantized models of passive circuit elements, such as inductors, capacitors or resistors, the design and realization of a quantum memristor is still missing. Here, we introduce the concept of a quantum memristor as a quantum dissipative device, whose decoherence mechanism is controlled by a continuous-measurement feedback scheme, which accounts for the memory. Indeed, we provide numerical simulations showing that memory effects actually persist in the quantum regime. Our quantization method, specifically designed for superconducting circuits, may be extended to other quantum platforms, allowing for memristor-type constructions in different quantum technologies. The proposed quantum memristor is then a building block for neuromorphic quantum computation and quantum simulations of non-Markovian systems.
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- P Pfeiffer
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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García-Álvarez L, Las Heras U, Mezzacapo A, Sanz M, Solano E, Lamata L. Quantum chemistry and charge transport in biomolecules with superconducting circuits. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27836. [PMID: 27324814 PMCID: PMC4914947 DOI: 10.1038/srep27836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We propose an efficient protocol for digital quantum simulation of quantum chemistry problems and enhanced digital-analog quantum simulation of transport phenomena in biomolecules with superconducting circuits. Along these lines, we optimally digitize fermionic models of molecular structure with single-qubit and two-qubit gates, by means of Trotter-Suzuki decomposition and Jordan-Wigner transformation. Furthermore, we address the modelling of system-environment interactions of biomolecules involving bosonic degrees of freedom with a digital-analog approach. Finally, we consider gate-truncated quantum algorithms to allow the study of environmental effects.
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- L. García-Álvarez
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Las Heras U, Alvarez-Rodriguez U, Solano E, Sanz M. Genetic Algorithms for Digital Quantum Simulations. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:230504. [PMID: 27341220 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.230504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We propose genetic algorithms, which are robust optimization techniques inspired by natural selection, to enhance the versatility of digital quantum simulations. In this sense, we show that genetic algorithms can be employed to increase the fidelity and optimize the resource requirements of digital quantum simulation protocols while adapting naturally to the experimental constraints. Furthermore, this method allows us to reduce not only digital errors but also experimental errors in quantum gates. Indeed, by adding ancillary qubits, we design a modular gate made out of imperfect gates, whose fidelity is larger than the fidelity of any of the constituent gates. Finally, we prove that the proposed modular gates are resilient against different gate errors.
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- U Las Heras
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Loredo JC, Almeida MP, Di Candia R, Pedernales JS, Casanova J, Solano E, White AG. Measuring Entanglement in a Photonic Embedding Quantum Simulator. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:070503. [PMID: 26943521 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.070503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Measuring entanglement is a demanding task that usually requires full tomography of a quantum system, involving a number of observables that grows exponentially with the number of parties. Recently, it was suggested that adding a single ancillary qubit would allow for the efficient measurement of concurrence, and indeed any entanglement monotone associated with antilinear operations. Here, we report on the experimental implementation of such a device-an embedding quantum simulator-in photonics, encoding the entangling dynamics of a bipartite system into a tripartite one. We show that bipartite concurrence can be efficiently extracted from the measurement of merely two observables, instead of 15, without full tomographic information.
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- J C Loredo
- Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, Centre for Quantum Computer and Communication Technology, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, Centre for Quantum Computer and Communication Technology, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, Centre for Quantum Computer and Communication Technology, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Mezzacapo A, Rico E, Sabín C, Egusquiza IL, Lamata L, Solano E. Non-Abelian SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theories in Superconducting Circuits. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:240502. [PMID: 26705616 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.240502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We propose a digital quantum simulator of non-Abelian pure-gauge models with a superconducting circuit setup. Within the framework of quantum link models, we build a minimal instance of a pure SU(2) gauge theory, using triangular plaquettes involving geometric frustration. This realization is the least demanding, in terms of quantum simulation resources, of a non-Abelian gauge dynamics. We present two superconducting architectures that can host the quantum simulation, estimating the requirements needed to run possible experiments. The proposal establishes a path to the experimental simulation of non-Abelian physics with solid-state quantum platforms.
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- A Mezzacapo
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Pedernales JS, Lizuain I, Felicetti S, Romero G, Lamata L, Solano E. Quantum Rabi Model with Trapped Ions. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15472. [PMID: 26482660 PMCID: PMC4611475 DOI: 10.1038/srep15472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We propose the quantum simulation of the quantum Rabi model in all parameter regimes by means of detuned bichromatic sideband excitations of a single trapped ion. We show that current setups can reproduce, in particular, the ultrastrong and deep strong coupling regimes of such a paradigmatic light-matter interaction. Furthermore, associated with these extreme dipolar regimes, we study the controlled generation and detection of their entangled ground states by means of adiabatic methods. Ion traps have arguably performed the first quantum simulation of the Jaynes-Cummings model, a restricted regime of the quantum Rabi model where the rotating-wave approximation holds. We show that one can go beyond and experimentally investigate the quantum simulation of coupling regimes of the quantum Rabi model that are difficult to achieve with natural dipolar interactions.
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- J. S. Pedernales
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Plaza Europa 1, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Avenida Ecuador 3493, 917-0124, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Mezzacapo A, Sanz M, Lamata L, Egusquiza IL, Succi S, Solano E. Quantum Simulator for Transport Phenomena in Fluid Flows. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13153. [PMID: 26278968 PMCID: PMC4538376 DOI: 10.1038/srep13153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Transport phenomena still stand as one of the most challenging problems in computational physics. By exploiting the analogies between Dirac and lattice Boltzmann equations, we develop a quantum simulator based on pseudospin-boson quantum systems, which is suitable for encoding fluid dynamics transport phenomena within a lattice kinetic formalism. It is shown that both the streaming and collision processes of lattice Boltzmann dynamics can be implemented with controlled quantum operations, using a heralded quantum protocol to encode non-unitary scattering processes. The proposed simulator is amenable to realization in controlled quantum platforms, such as ion-trap quantum computers or circuit quantum electrodynamics processors.
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- A Mezzacapo
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "M. Picone" CNR, I-00185 Rome, Italy.,Institute for Applied Computational Science, Harvard University, Oxford Street, 33, 02138 Cambridge, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Barends R, Lamata L, Kelly J, García-Álvarez L, Fowler AG, Megrant A, Jeffrey E, White TC, Sank D, Mutus JY, Campbell B, Chen Y, Chen Z, Chiaro B, Dunsworth A, Hoi IC, Neill C, O'Malley PJJ, Quintana C, Roushan P, Vainsencher A, Wenner J, Solano E, Martinis JM. Digital quantum simulation of fermionic models with a superconducting circuit. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7654. [PMID: 26153660 PMCID: PMC4510643 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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One of the key applications of quantum information is simulating nature. Fermions are ubiquitous in nature, appearing in condensed matter systems, chemistry and high energy physics. However, universally simulating their interactions is arguably one of the largest challenges, because of the difficulties arising from anticommutativity. Here we use digital methods to construct the required arbitrary interactions, and perform quantum simulation of up to four fermionic modes with a superconducting quantum circuit. We employ in excess of 300 quantum logic gates, and reach fidelities that are consistent with a simple model of uncorrelated errors. The presented approach is in principle scalable to a larger number of modes, and arbitrary spatial dimensions.
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- R Barends
- Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, Bilbao E-48080, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, Bilbao E-48080, Spain
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- Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
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- 1] Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA. [2] Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
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- Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- 1] Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, Bilbao E-48080, Spain. [2] IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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- 1] Google Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA. [2] Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Cristóbal I, González-Alonso P, Daoud L, Solano E, Torrejón B, Manso R, Madoz-Gúrpide J, Rojo F, García-Foncillas J. Activation of the Tumor Suppressor PP2A Emerges as a Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Treating Prostate Cancer. Mar Drugs 2015; 13:3276-86. [PMID: 26023836 PMCID: PMC4483628 DOI: 10.3390/md13063276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a tumor suppressor complex that has recently been reported as a novel and highly relevant molecular target in prostate cancer (PCa). However, its potential therapeutic value remains to be fully clarified. We treated PC-3 and LNCaP cell lines with the PP2A activators forskolin and FTY720 alone or combined with the PP2A inhibitor okadaic acid. We examined PP2A activity, cell growth, prostasphere formation, levels of PP2A phosphorylation, CIP2A and SET expression, and AKT and ERK activation. Interestingly, both forskolin and FTY720 dephosphorylated and activated PP2A, impairing proliferation and prostasphere formation and inducing changes in AKT and ERK phosphorylation. Moreover, FTY720 led to reduced CIP2A levels. Treatment with okadaic acid impaired PP2A activation thus demonstrating the antitumoral PP2A-dependent mechanism of action of both forskolin and FTY720. Levels of PP2A phosphorylation together with SET and CIP2A protein expression were studied in 24 PCa patients and both were associated with high Gleason scores and presence of metastatic disease. Altogether, our results suggest that PP2A inhibition could be involved in PCa progression, and the use of PP2A-activating drugs might represent a novel alternative therapeutic strategy for treating PCa patients.
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- Ion Cristóbal
- Translational Oncology Division, Oncohealth Institute, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, University Hospital “Fundacion Jimenez Diaz”, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mail:
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (I.C.); (F.R.); (J.G.-F.); Tel.: +34-915504800 (ext. 2824)
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- Group of Cancer Biomarkers, Pathology Department, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: (P.G.-A.); (L.D.); (E.S.); (R.M.); (J.M.-G.)
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- Group of Cancer Biomarkers, Pathology Department, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: (P.G.-A.); (L.D.); (E.S.); (R.M.); (J.M.-G.)
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- Group of Cancer Biomarkers, Pathology Department, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: (P.G.-A.); (L.D.); (E.S.); (R.M.); (J.M.-G.)
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- Translational Oncology Division, Oncohealth Institute, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, University Hospital “Fundacion Jimenez Diaz”, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mail:
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- Group of Cancer Biomarkers, Pathology Department, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: (P.G.-A.); (L.D.); (E.S.); (R.M.); (J.M.-G.)
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- Group of Cancer Biomarkers, Pathology Department, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: (P.G.-A.); (L.D.); (E.S.); (R.M.); (J.M.-G.)
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- Group of Cancer Biomarkers, Pathology Department, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: (P.G.-A.); (L.D.); (E.S.); (R.M.); (J.M.-G.)
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (I.C.); (F.R.); (J.G.-F.); Tel.: +34-915504800 (ext. 2824)
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- Translational Oncology Division, Oncohealth Institute, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, UAM, University Hospital “Fundacion Jimenez Diaz”, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mail:
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (I.C.); (F.R.); (J.G.-F.); Tel.: +34-915504800 (ext. 2824)
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Remus C, Kording F, Forkert N, Sedlacik J, Solano E, Arck P, Adam G. DCE MRT der Mausplazenta zeigt Veränderungen der Plazentaperfusion nach Stressexposition in der Schwangerschafts. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1550869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kyaw TH, Felicetti S, Romero G, Solano E, Kwek LC. Scalable quantum memory in the ultrastrong coupling regime. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8621. [PMID: 25727251 PMCID: PMC4345319 DOI: 10.1038/srep08621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Circuit quantum electrodynamics, consisting of superconducting artificial atoms coupled to on-chip resonators, represents a prime candidate to implement the scalable quantum computing architecture because of the presence of good tunability and controllability. Furthermore, recent advances have pushed the technology towards the ultrastrong coupling regime of light-matter interaction, where the qubit-resonator coupling strength reaches a considerable fraction of the resonator frequency. Here, we propose a qubit-resonator system operating in that regime, as a quantum memory device and study the storage and retrieval of quantum information in and from the Z2 parity-protected quantum memory, within experimentally feasible schemes. We are also convinced that our proposal might pave a way to realize a scalable quantum random-access memory due to its fast storage and readout performances.
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- T H Kyaw
- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- 1] Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain [2] IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- 1] Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117543, Singapore [2] Institute of Advanced Studies, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang View, Singapore 639673, Singapore [3] National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616, Singapore
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García-Álvarez L, Casanova J, Mezzacapo A, Egusquiza IL, Lamata L, Romero G, Solano E. Fermion-fermion scattering in quantum field theory with superconducting circuits. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:070502. [PMID: 25763944 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.070502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We propose an analog-digital quantum simulation of fermion-fermion scattering mediated by a continuum of bosonic modes within a circuit quantum electrodynamics scenario. This quantum technology naturally provides strong coupling of superconducting qubits with a continuum of electromagnetic modes in an open transmission line. In this way, we propose qubits to efficiently simulate fermionic modes via digital techniques, while we consider the continuum complexity of an open transmission line to simulate the continuum complexity of bosonic modes in quantum field theories. Therefore, we believe that the complexity-simulating-complexity concept should become a leading paradigm in any effort towards scalable quantum simulations.
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- L García-Álvarez
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Mezzacapo A, Las Heras U, Pedernales JS, DiCarlo L, Solano E, Lamata L. Digital quantum Rabi and Dicke models in superconducting circuits. Sci Rep 2014; 4:7482. [PMID: 25500735 PMCID: PMC4265784 DOI: 10.1038/srep07482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We propose the analog-digital quantum simulation of the quantum Rabi and Dicke models using circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED). We find that all physical regimes, in particular those which are impossible to realize in typical cavity QED setups, can be simulated via unitary decomposition into digital steps. Furthermore, we show the emergence of the Dirac equation dynamics from the quantum Rabi model when the mode frequency vanishes. Finally, we analyze the feasibility of this proposal under realistic superconducting circuit scenarios.
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- A Mezzacapo
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, P. O. Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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- 1] Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain [2] IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Felicetti S, Sanz M, Lamata L, Romero G, Johansson G, Delsing P, Solano E. Dynamical Casimir effect entangles artificial atoms. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:093602. [PMID: 25215982 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.093602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We show that the physics underlying the dynamical Casimir effect may generate multipartite quantum correlations. To achieve it, we propose a circuit quantum electrodynamics scenario involving superconducting quantum interference devices, cavities, and superconducting qubits, also called artificial atoms. Our results predict the generation of highly entangled states for two and three superconducting qubits in different geometric configurations with realistic parameters. This proposal paves the way for a scalable method of multipartite entanglement generation in cavity networks through dynamical Casimir physics.
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- S Felicetti
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Alameda Urquijo 36, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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Mezzacapo A, Lamata L, Filipp S, Solano E. Many-body interactions with tunable-coupling transmon qubits. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:050501. [PMID: 25126905 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.050501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The efficient implementation of many-body interactions in superconducting circuits allows for the realization of multipartite entanglement and topological codes, as well as the efficient simulation of highly correlated fermionic systems. We propose the engineering of fast multiqubit interactions with tunable transmon-resonator couplings. This dynamics is obtained by the modulation of magnetic fluxes threading superconducting quantum interference device loops embedded in the transmon devices. We consider the feasibility of the proposed implementation in a realistic scenario and discuss potential applications.
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- A Mezzacapo
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Alameda Urquijo 36, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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Pedernales JS, Di Candia R, Egusquiza IL, Casanova J, Solano E. Efficient quantum algorithm for computing n-time correlation functions. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:020505. [PMID: 25062155 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.020505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We propose a method for computing n-time correlation functions of arbitrary spinorial, fermionic, and bosonic operators, consisting of an efficient quantum algorithm that encodes these correlations in an initially added ancillary qubit for probe and control tasks. For spinorial and fermionic systems, the reconstruction of arbitrary n-time correlation functions requires the measurement of two ancilla observables, while for bosonic variables time derivatives of the same observables are needed. Finally, we provide examples applicable to different quantum platforms in the frame of the linear response theory.
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- J S Pedernales
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Alameda Urquijo 36, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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Rojo-Martínez G, Maymó-Masip E, Rodríguez MM, Solano E, Goday A, Soriguer F, Valdés S, Chaves FJ, Delgado E, Colomo N, Hernández P, Vendrell J, Chacón MR. Serum sCD163 levels are associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and are influenced by coffee and wine consumption: results of the Di@bet.es study. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101250. [PMID: 24978196 PMCID: PMC4076325 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Serum levels of soluble TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (sTWEAK) and its scavenger receptor CD163 (sCD163) have been linked to insulin resistance. We analysed the usefulness of these cytokines as biomarkers of type 2 diabetes in a Spanish cohort, together with their relationship to food consumption in the setting of the Di@bet.es study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional, matched case-control study of 514 type 2 diabetes subjects and 517 controls with a Normal Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (NOGTT), using data from the Di@bet.es study. Study variables included clinical and demographic structured survey, food frequency questionnaire and physical examination. Serum concentrations of sTWEAK and sCD163 were measured by ELISA. Linear regression analysis determined which variables were related to sTWEAK and sCD163 levels. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate odd ratios of presenting type 2 diabetes. RESULTS sCD163 concentrations and sCD163/sTWEAK ratio were 11.0% and 15.0% higher, respectively, (P<0.001) in type 2 diabetes than in controls. Following adjustment for various confounders, the OR for presenting type 2 diabetes in subjects in the highest vs the lowest tertile of sCD163 was [(OR), 2,01 (95%CI, 1,46-2,97); P for trend <0.001]. Coffee and red wine consumption was negatively associated with serum levels of sCD163 (P = 0.0001 and; P = 0.002 for coffee and red wine intake, respectively). CONCLUSIONS High circulating levels of sCD163 are associated with type 2 diabetes in the Spanish population. The association between coffee and red wine intake and these biomarkers deserves further study to confirm its potential role in type 2 diabetes.
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- Gemma Rojo-Martínez
- UGCI de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- CIBERObn Fisiopatología, Obesidad y Nutrición, Institut D’investigacio Biomedica De Girona Dr Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- UGCI de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
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- UGCI de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
- Genotyping and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, Fundación de Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina-Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- UGCI de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas CIBERDEM, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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Di Candia R, Mejia B, Castillo H, Pedernales JS, Casanova J, Solano E. Embedding quantum simulators for quantum computation of entanglement. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:240502. [PMID: 24483635 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.240502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We introduce the concept of embedding quantum simulators, a paradigm allowing the efficient quantum computation of a class of bipartite and multipartite entanglement monotones. It consists in the suitable encoding of a simulated quantum dynamics in the enlarged Hilbert space of an embedding quantum simulator. In this manner, entanglement monotones are conveniently mapped onto physical observables, overcoming the necessity of full tomography and reducing drastically the experimental requirements. Furthermore, this method is directly applicable to pure states and, assisted by classical algorithms, to the mixed-state case. Finally, we expect that the proposed embedding framework paves the way for a general theory of enhanced one-to-one quantum simulators.
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- R Di Candia
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Perú
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- Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Perú
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Alameda Urquijo 36, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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Alvarez-Rodriguez U, Casanova J, Lamata L, Solano E. Quantum simulation of noncausal kinematic transformations. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:090503. [PMID: 24033011 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.090503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We propose the implementation of Galileo group symmetry operations or, in general, linear coordinate transformations in a quantum simulator. With an appropriate encoding, unitary gates applied to our quantum system give rise to Galilean boosts or spatial and time parity operations in the simulated dynamics. This framework provides us with a flexible toolbox that enhances the versatility of quantum simulation theory, allowing the direct access to dynamical quantities that would otherwise require full tomography. Furthermore, this method enables the study of noncausal kinematics and phenomena beyond special relativity in a quantum controllable system.
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- U Alvarez-Rodriguez
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Cameán A, Martín-Cameán A, Jos A, Calleja A, Gil F, Iglesias A, Solano E. Validation of a method to quantify Ni, Cr, Co and Cu in oral mucosa cells by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Toxicol Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.05.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Alfonso MV, Espinar E, Llamas JM, Rupérez E, Manero JM, Barrera JM, Solano E, Gil FJ. Friction coefficients and wear rates of different orthodontic archwires in artificial saliva. J Mater Sci Mater Med 2013; 24:1327-1332. [PMID: 23440428 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-013-4887-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the influence of the nature of the orthodontic archwires on the friction coefficient and wear rate against materials used commonly as brackets (Ti-6Al-4V and 316L Stainless Steel). The materials selected as orthodontic archwires were ASI304 stainless steel, NiTi, Ti, TiMo and NiTiCu. The array archwire's materials selected presented very similar roughness but different hardness. Materials were chosen from lower and higher hardness degrees than that of the brackets. Wear tests were carried out at in artificial saliva at 37 °C. Results show a linear relationship between the hardness of the materials and the friction coefficients. The material that showed lower wear rate was the ASI304 stainless steel. To prevent wear, the wire and the brackets have high hardness values and in the same order of magnitude.
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- M V Alfonso
- Ortodoncia, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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Friis N, Lee AR, Truong K, Sabín C, Solano E, Johansson G, Fuentes I. Relativistic quantum teleportation with superconducting circuits. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:113602. [PMID: 25166531 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.113602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We study the effects of relativistic motion on quantum teleportation and propose a realizable experiment where our results can be tested. We compute bounds on the optimal fidelity of teleportation when one of the observers undergoes nonuniform motion for a finite time. The upper bound to the optimal fidelity is degraded due to the observer's motion. However, we discuss how this degradation can be corrected. These effects are observable for experimental parameters that are within reach of cutting-edge superconducting technology.
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- N Friis
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Alameda Urquijo 36, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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- Microtechnology and Nanoscience, MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, S-41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Menzel EP, Di Candia R, Deppe F, Eder P, Zhong L, Ihmig M, Haeberlein M, Baust A, Hoffmann E, Ballester D, Inomata K, Yamamoto T, Nakamura Y, Solano E, Marx A, Gross R. Path entanglement of continuous-variable quantum microwaves. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:250502. [PMID: 23368439 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.250502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Path entanglement constitutes an essential resource in quantum information and communication protocols. Here, we demonstrate frequency-degenerate entanglement between continuous-variable quantum microwaves propagating along two spatially separated paths. We combine a squeezed and a vacuum state using a microwave beam splitter. Via correlation measurements, we detect and quantify the path entanglement contained in the beam splitter output state. Our experiments open the avenue to quantum teleportation, quantum communication, or quantum radar with continuous variables at microwave frequencies.
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- E P Menzel
- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, D-85748 Garching, Germany.
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Mezzacapo A, Casanova J, Lamata L, Solano E. Digital quantum simulation of the Holstein model in trapped ions. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:200501. [PMID: 23215466 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.200501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We propose the implementation of the Holstein model by means of digital methods in a linear chain of trapped ions. We show how the simulation fidelity scales with the generation of phononic excitations. We propose a decomposition and a stepwise trapped-ion implementation of the Holstein Hamiltonian. Via numerical simulations, we study how the protocol is affected by realistic gates. Finally, we show how measurements of the size of the simulated polaron can be performed.
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- A Mezzacapo
- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Casanova J, Mezzacapo A, Lamata L, Solano E. Quantum simulation of interacting fermion lattice models in trapped ions. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:190502. [PMID: 23003013 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.190502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We propose a method of simulating efficiently many-body interacting fermion lattice models in trapped ions, including highly nonlinear interactions in arbitrary spatial dimensions and for arbitrarily distant couplings. We map products of fermionic operators onto nonlocal spin operators and decompose the resulting dynamics in efficient steps with Trotter methods, yielding an overall protocol that employs only polynomial resources. The proposed scheme can be relevant in a variety of fields such as condensed-matter or high-energy physics, where quantum simulations may solve problems intractable for classical computers.
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- J Casanova
- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Much C, Solano E, Forkert N, Sedlacik J, Mummert T, Adam G, Arck P, Wedegaertner U. High field dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging assessment of placental perfusion unveiled an increased blood flow upon prenatal stress challenge in mice. J Reprod Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2012.03.294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Much CC, Solano E, Ernst TM, Yamamura J, Arck P, Adam G, Wedegärtner U. 7T MRT zur Evaluation der funktionellen Morphologie der Maus-Plazenta im Vergleich zur Histologie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1311070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We present a method to implement ultrafast two-qubit gates valid for the ultrastrong coupling and deep strong coupling regimes of light-matter interaction, considering state-of-the-art circuit quantum electrodynamics technology. Our proposal includes a suitable qubit architecture and is based on a four-step sequential displacement of the intracavity field, operating at a time proportional to the inverse of the resonator frequency. Through ab initio calculations, we show that these quantum gates can be performed at subnanosecond time scales while keeping a fidelity above 99%.
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- G Romero
- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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