ZN gauge theories on a lattice and quantum memory

Annals of Physics

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-169

  Arakawa, Gaku ^a   Ichinose, Ikuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anyon; Gauge theory; Quantum computation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842712038     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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