From quantum cellular automata to quantum lattice gases
- Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA (United States)
A natural architecture for nanoscale quantum computation is that of a quantum cellular automaton. Motivated by this observation, we begin an investigation of exactly unitary cellular automata. After proving that there can be no nontrivial, homogeneous, local, unitary, scalar cellular automaton in one dimension, we weaken the homogeneity condition and show that there are nontrivial, exactly unitary, partitioning cellular automata. We find a one-parameter family of evolution rules which are best interpreted as those for a one-particle quantum automaton. This model is naturally reformulated as a two component cellular automaton which we demonstrate to limit to the Dirac equation. We describe two generalizations of this automaton, the second of which, to multiple interacting particles, is the correct definition of a quantum lattice gas.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 539376
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Statistical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Statistical Physics Journal Issue: 5-6 Vol. 85; ISSN JSTPBS; ISSN 0022-4715
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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