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First-Order Phase Transition in the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm

First-Order Phase Transition in the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm

We simulate the quantum adiabatic algorithm (QAA) for the exact cover problem for sizes up to N=256 using quantum Monte Carlo simulations incorporating parallel tempering. At large N, we find that some instances have a discontinuous (first-order) quantum phase transition during the evolution of the QAA. This fraction increases with …