TY - JOUR T1 - Hyper-Invariant MERA: Approximate Holographic Error Correction Codes with Power-Law Correlations Y1 - 2021 A1 - ChunJun Cao A1 - Jason Pollack A1 - Yixu Wang AB -

We consider a class of holographic tensor networks that are efficiently contractible variational ansatze, manifestly (approximate) quantum error correction codes, and can support power-law correlation functions. In the case when the network consists of a single type of tensor that also acts as an erasure correction code, we show that it cannot be both locally contractible and sustain power-law correlation functions. Motivated by this no-go theorem, and the desirability of local contractibility for an efficient variational ansatz, we provide guidelines for constructing networks consisting of multiple types of tensors that can support power-law correlation. We also provide an explicit construction of one such network, which approximates the holographic HaPPY pentagon code in the limit where variational parameters are taken to be small.

UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.08631 ER -