Distributed estimation of many-body Hamiltonians via punctured surface code
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2605.11092 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 11 May 2026] Title:Distributed estimation of many-body Hamiltonians via punctured surface code Authors:Linmu Qiao, Zhichun Ouyang, Sisi Zhou View a PDF of the paper titled Distributed estimation of many-body Hamiltonians via punctured surface code, by Linmu Qiao and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We study how a punctured surface code can turn many local $Z$-type couplings into one protected logical signal for distributed quantum metrology, where the goal is to estimate a weighted average of the coupling strengths. We consider an ordinary planar patch with two $X$-cut holes and provide a distributed sensing protocol where all $Z$-type couplings correspond to the same nontrivial logical $\bar{Z}$ for the punctured surface code. When the couplings are disjoint, we show that the relevant global condition is equivalent to the existence of a closed dual loop, called a witness, that has an odd number of intersections with every chain. Together with a local clean opening condition, this witness criterion gives a concrete punctured-code construction in which all signal chains implement the same nontrivial logical $\bar Z$. For three-body interactions with overlapping supports, we also identify the class of interactions where our punctured surface code protocol applies. Overall, our results provide a novel, noise-robust distributed sensing protocol for many-body interactions, with corresponding topological design criteria. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2605.11092 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2605.11092v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.11092 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Sisi Zhou [view email] [v1] Mon, 11 May 2026 18:01:28 UTC (1,182 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Distributed estimation of many-body Hamiltonians via punctured surface code, by Linmu Qiao and 2 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-05 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)