Cubic theory code[1]
Also known as Magic stabilizer code.
Description
A geometrically local commuting-projector code defined on triangulations of lattices in arbitrary spatial dimensions. Its code Hamiltonian terms include Pauli-\(Z\) operators and products of Pauli-\(X\) operators and \(CZ\) gates. The Hamiltonian realizes higher-form \(\mathbb{Z}_2^3\) gauge theories whose excitations obey non-Abelian Ising-like fusion rules.
The construction is based on first constructing a model for an SPT phase [2,3], gauging its symmetries [4–6,6], and making all terms commute outside of the ground-state subspace by projecting them to zero flux.
Decoding
Probabilistic local cellular-automaton decoder [1].
Parents
- Qubit code
- Two-gauge theory code — Cubic theory codes realize higher-form \(\mathbb{Z}_2^3\) gauge theories with non-Abelian excitations in arbitrary dimensions.
Cousins
- Self-correcting quantum code — A family of five-dimensional cubic theory codes with non-Abelian excitations is argued to be self-correcting below a critical temperature via a Peierls argument [1].
- Dihedral \(G=D_m\) quantum-double code — The ground-state subspace of the cubic theory model code in 2D reduces to that of the gauged \(G=\mathbb{Z}_3^2\) twisted quantum double model [1], realizing the same topological order as the \(G=D_4\) quantum double [7,8].
References
- [1]
- P.-S. Hsin, R. Kobayashi, and G. Zhu, “Non-Abelian Self-Correcting Quantum Memory”, (2024) arXiv:2405.11719
- [2]
- X. Chen et al., “Symmetry protected topological orders and the group cohomology of their symmetry group”, Physical Review B 87, (2013) arXiv:1106.4772 DOI
- [3]
- L. Tsui and X.-G. Wen, “Lattice models that realize Zn -1 symmetry-protected topological states for even n”, Physical Review B 101, (2020) arXiv:1908.02613 DOI
- [4]
- M. Levin and Z.-C. Gu, “Braiding statistics approach to symmetry-protected topological phases”, Physical Review B 86, (2012) arXiv:1202.3120 DOI
- [5]
- L. Bhardwaj, D. Gaiotto, and A. Kapustin, “State sum constructions of spin-TFTs and string net constructions of fermionic phases of matter”, Journal of High Energy Physics 2017, (2017) arXiv:1605.01640 DOI
- [6]
- W. Shirley, K. Slagle, and X. Chen, “Foliated fracton order from gauging subsystem symmetries”, SciPost Physics 6, (2019) arXiv:1806.08679 DOI
- [7]
- M. de W. Propitius, “Topological interactions in broken gauge theories”, (1995) arXiv:hep-th/9511195
- [8]
- L. Lootens et al., “Mapping between Morita-equivalent string-net states with a constant depth quantum circuit”, Physical Review B 105, (2022) arXiv:2112.12757 DOI
Page edit log
- Guanyu Zhu (2024-05-23) — most recent
- Victor V. Albert (2024-05-23)
Cite as:
“Cubic theory code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2024. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/cubic_theory