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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1921
SUMMARY:"Quantum Annealing to Solve 3-Regular 3-XORSAT on a Lattice"
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Pranay Patil \, Boston University\, Physics Departmen
	t\n\nPart of the Condensed Matter Theory Seminar Series.\n\nHere we show ho
	w we can embed the 3-regular 3-XORSAT on a square lattice made out of gates
	 which couple the bits in a manner that recreates the constraints. This sys
	tem can be annealed to the solution by tuning a transverse field to zero. W
	e explore ways to avoid two potential obstacles that limit how fast one can
	 anneal this system: 1) the nature of the phase transition as we tune the t
	ransverse field and 2) the avoided level crossings for small transverse fie
	ld strength. We discuss how the second pitfall can possibly be avoided in t
	he lattice embedding. We also present Quantum Monte Carlo results on the na
	ture of the phase transition for the embedding of XORSAT on the square latt
	ice. We compare the results to the embedding on a random regular graph\, wh
	ere the phase transition is known to be first order.
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