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Thermal States

Thermal State is a quantum state that describes a system in thermodynamic equilibrium with a heat bath at a given temperature, characterized by a density matrix proportional to the exponential of the negative Hamiltonian divided by the thermal energy scale.

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Quantum computational advantage using photons

Science · 2020 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Neutron Star Cooling

D. G. Yakovlev, C. J. Pethick · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2004 · 863 citations · Full text

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Trapped nonneutral plasmas, liquids, and crystals (the thermal equilibrium states)

D. H. E. Dubin, T. M. O’Neil · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1999 · 718 citations

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Mixed-State Dynamics in One-Dimensional Quantum Lattice Systems: A Time-Dependent Superoperator Renormalization Algorithm

Michael Zwolak, Guifré Vidal · Physical Review Letters · 2004 · 679 citations · Full text

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Determining eigenstates and thermal states on a quantum computer using quantum imaginary time evolution

Mário Motta, Chong Sun, Adrian T. K. Tan et al. · Nature Physics · 2019 · 679 citations · Full text

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  1. JI
    J. I. Cirac

    Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany

    9 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. HF
    Hong-Yi Fan

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

    7 publications · 234 citations

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  3. VV
    V. V. Dodonov

    P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

    7 publications · 391 citations

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  4. LH
    Liyun Hu

    Jiangxi Normal University, China

    6 publications · 122 citations

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  5. JD
    Jacek Dziarmaga

    Jagiellonian University, Poland

    6 publications · 271 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    48 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    34 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

    Garching, Germany

    15 h-index

    40 publications

    4.4K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    8.3K citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    13 h-index

    38 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 61 publications · 6K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 75 publications · 5.1K citations

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  3. Physical review. A/Physical review, A

    PRA · 37 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Physical review. B./Physical review. B

    PRB · 23 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 22 publications · 1.1K citations

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