Braiding with Majorana fermions

Louis H. Kauffman; Samuel J. Lomonaco Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.2228510

19 May 2016 Braiding with Majorana fermions

Louis H. Kauffman, Samuel J. Lomonaco Jr.

Proceedings Volume 9873, Quantum Information and Computation IX; 98730E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228510
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

This paper is an introduction to relationships between topology, quantum computing and the properties of fermions. In particular we study the remarkable unitary braid group representations associated with Majorana fermions.

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Louis H. Kauffman and Samuel J. Lomonaco Jr. "Braiding with Majorana fermions", Proc. SPIE 9873, Quantum Information and Computation IX, 98730E (19 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228510

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