Variational simulation of quantum phase transitions induced by boundary fields

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20870v1
• Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:42:07 GMT
• Title: Variational simulation of quantum phase transitions induced by boundary fields
• Authors: Alan C. Duriez, Andreia Saguia, Marcelo S. Sarandy,
• Abstract summary: We use digital quantum simulation as a resource to theoretically and experimentally study quantum phase transitions.<n>We implement the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algorithm to the one-dimensional spin-$1/2$ transverse-field Ising chain.<n>For different regions of the phase diagram, the quantum algorithm allows us to predict the critical value of the magnetic fields responsible for either the first or second-order transitions occuring in the system.
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• Abstract: The characterization of quantum phase transitions is a fundamental task for the understanding of quantum phases of matter, with a number of potential applications in quantum technologies. In this work, we use digital quantum simulation as a resource to theoretically and experimentally study quantum phase transitions. More specifically, we implement the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algorithm to the one-dimensional spin-$1/2$ transverse-field Ising chain in the presence of boundary magnetic fields. Such fields can induce a rich phase diagram, including a first-order line and also a continuous wetting transition, which is a quantum version of the classical wetting surface phenomenon. We present results for noiseless simulations of the associated quantum circuits as well as hardware results taken from a superconducting quantum processor. For different regions of the phase diagram, the quantum algorithm allows us to predict the critical value of the magnetic fields responsible for either the first or second-order transitions occuring in the system.

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