Model-agnostic cooling algorithms for strongly interacting fermions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01029v1
• Date: Fri, 01 May 2026 18:50:29 GMT
• Title: Model-agnostic cooling algorithms for strongly interacting fermions
• Abstract summary: We introduce a symmetry-preserving cooling algorithm that requires no spectral information.<n>We benchmark the protocol on canonical correlated fermionic models relevant to high-temperature superconductors.<n>Our results establish randomized dissipative cooling as a general strategy for preparing strongly correlated fermionic states.
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• Abstract: Strongly interacting fermions underpin some of the most challenging problems in condensed matter physics, such as high-temperature superconductivity. The low-energy states of these systems encode their essential microscopic properties, yet remain largely inaccessible to classical methods. Quantum simulation offers a promising path forward, and among state-preparation strategies, engineered dissipation has emerged as a particularly compelling approach. Existing cooling protocols, however, typically rely on knowledge of the quasiparticle spectrum or mappings to free-fermion limits. In this letter, we introduce a randomized, symmetry-preserving cooling algorithm that requires no spectral information, using only local coupling operators to ancilla degrees of freedom with randomly sampled energy splittings to drive generic fermionic systems toward their low-energy manifold. We benchmark the protocol on canonical correlated fermionic models relevant to high-temperature superconductors, spanning metallic, density-wave, paired, superconducting, and phase-separated phases. Across all models, we observe universal cooling behavior: monotonic energy relaxation, concentration of spectral weight at low energies, and stabilization of correlated ground-state order. Our results establish randomized dissipative cooling as a general strategy for preparing strongly correlated fermionic states on programmable quantum devices.

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