{
  "id": "0904.2771",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2009-04-20T16:49:28.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-04-20T16:49:28.000Z",
  "title": "Topological phases and quantum computation",
  "authors": [
    "Alexei Kitaev",
    "Chris Laumann"
  ],
  "comment": "31 pages. Lectures given by Alexei Kitaev at the 2008 Les Houches Summer School \"Exact methods in low-dimensional physics and quantum computing\"",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "This is a collection of lecture notes from three lectures given by Alexei Kitaev at the 2008 Les Houches summer school \"Exact methods in low-dimensional physics and quantum computing.\" They provide a pedagogical introduction to topological phenomena in 1-D superconductors and in the 2-D topological phases of the toric code and honeycomb model.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2009-04-20T16:49:28.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "topological phases",
      "quantum computation",
      "houches summer school",
      "alexei kitaev",
      "honeycomb model"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "lecture notes"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 31,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2009arXiv0904.2771K"
    }
  }
}