Correlation-enhanced neural networks as interpretable variational quantum states
Agnes Valenti (ETH Zürich)
Eliška Greplova (ETH Zürich, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QN/Greplová Lab)
Netanel H. Lindner (Technion Israel Institute of Technology)
Sebastian D. Huber (ETH Zürich)
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Abstract
Variational methods have proven to be excellent tools to approximate the ground states of complex many-body Hamiltonians. Generic tools such as neural networks are extremely powerful, but their parameters are not necessarily physically motivated. Thus, an efficient parametrization of the wave function can become challenging. In this Letter we introduce a neural-network-based variational ansatz that retains the flexibility of these generic methods while allowing for a tunability with respect to the relevant correlations governing the physics of the system. We illustrate the success of this approach on topological, long-range correlated, and frustrated models. Additionally, we introduce compatible variational optimization methods for the exploration of low-lying excited states without symmetries that preserve the interpretability of the ansatz.
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