Stabilizer disentangling of conformal field theories
Understanding how entanglement can be reduced through simple operations is crucial for both classical and quantum algorithms. We investigate the entanglement properties of lattice models hosting conformal field theories cooled via local Clifford operations, a procedure we refer to as stabilizer disentangling. We uncover two distinct regimes: a constant gain regime, where disentangling is volume-independent, and a log-gain regime, where disentanglement increases with volume, characterized by a reduced effective central charge. In both cases, disentangling efficiency correlates with the target state magic, with larger magic leading to more effective cooling. The dichotomy between the two cases stems from mutual stabilizer Rényi entropy, which influences the entanglement cooling process. We provide an analytical understanding of such effect in the context of cluster Ising models, that feature disentangling global Clifford operations. Our findings indicate that matrix product states possess subclasses based on the relationship between entanglement and magic, and clarifying the potential of new classes of variational states embedding Clifford dynamics within matrix product states.
Authors
- Mario Collura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2615-8140)
- Martina Frau
- Poetri Sonya Tarabunga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-9040)
- Emanuele Tirrito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7067-1203)
- Marcello Dalmonte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-4181)
Institutions
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) (IT)
- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (IT)
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (DE)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste (IT)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SciPost Physics
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.18.5.165
- Citations
- 13
- Primary Topic
- Quantum many-body systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.21
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
- QuantERA
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca