Local unitary transformation, long-range quantum entanglement, wave function renormalization, and topological order

Two gapped quantum ground states in the same phase are connected by an adiabatic evolution which gives rise to a local unitary transformation that maps between the states. On the other hand, gapped ground states remain within the same phase under local unitary transformations. Therefore, local unita...

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Main Authors: Chen, Xie (Contributor), Gu, Zheng-Cheng (Contributor), Wen, Xiao-Gang (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-04-14T19:17:25Z.
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