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ArticleEPJ quantum technology2026

Quantum dynamics in frustrated Ising fullerenes.

Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla, William Bernoudy, Kelly Boothby, Jack Raymond, Alberto Nocera, Andrew D King

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6 authors.

Alejandro Lopez-BezanillaTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA.
William BernoudyD-Wave Quantum Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia Canada.
Kelly BoothbyD-Wave Quantum Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia Canada.
Jack RaymondD-Wave Quantum Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia Canada.
Alberto NoceraDepartment of Physics and Astronomy and Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
Andrew D KingD-Wave Quantum Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia Canada.

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Abstract

The complex energy landscapes exhibited by frustrated magnetic systems undergoing quantum fluctuations are a challenge to accurately simulate, and thus of great interest for testing diverse qubit platforms in the field of quantum simulation. This study experimentally demonstrates quantum fluctuations lifting the degenerate ground-state manifold of classical magnetic configurations in fullerene Ising models with resonating dimers. The interplay between degeneracy and quantum fluctuations makes these boundary-free models well suited as a diagnostic test case for quantum simulators. Indeed, we observe significant performance improvement across generations of superconducting quantum annealers, showing the potential of highly symmetric, frustrated systems for assessing the precision of quantum-simulation technologies. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-026-00536-5.

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Exact diagonalizationMagnetic frustrationMatrix-product stateQuantum annealingSuperconducting qubitsTunneling

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PMID42729402
PMCPMC13562224

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