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SUMMARY:General Methods and Properties for Evaluation of Continuum Limits o
	f Discrete Time Quantum Walks in One and Two Dimensions
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Michael Manighalam\, Boston University\, Physics Depa
	rtment\n\nPart of the PhD Final Oral Exams.\n\nModels of quantum walks whic
	h admit continuous time and continuous spacetime limits have recently led t
	o quantum simulation schemes for simulating fermions in relativistic and no
	n relativistic regimes. This work continues the study of relationships betw
	een discrete time quantum walks (DTQW) and their ostensive continuum counte
	rparts by developing a more general framework than was done in Di Molfettaâ
	€™s 2019 work to evaluate the continuous time limit of these discrete quant
	um systems. Under this framework\, we prove two constructive theorems conce
	rning which internal discrete transitions ("coins") admit nontrivial contin
	uum limits in 1D + 1. We additionally prove that the continuous space limit
	 of the continuous time limit of the DTQW can only yield massless states wh
	ich obey the Dirac equation. We also demonstrate that for general coins the
	 continuous time limit of the DTQW can be identified with the canonical con
	tinuous time quantum walk (CTQW) when the coin is allowed to transition thr
	ough the continuum limit process. Finally\, we introduce the Plastic Quantu
	m Walk\, or a quantum walk which admits both continuous time and continuous
	 spacetime limits and\, as a novel result\, we use our 1D + 1 results to ob
	tain necessary and sufficient conditions concerning which DTQWs admit plast
	icity in 2D + 1\, showing the resulting Hamiltonians. We consider coin oper
	ators as general 4 parameter unitary matrices\, with parameters which are f
	unctions of the lattice step size ε. This dependence on ε encapsulates al
	l functions of ε for which a Taylor series expansion in ε is well defined
	\, making our results very general.\n\n---\n\nhttps://bostonu.zoom.us/j/920
	62697327?pwd=MCtITjFZeEpudEI5N1hBaTNyWFVpdz09\n\nMeeting ID: 920 6269 7327\
	n\nPasscode: 704603
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