{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3166275705","doi":"https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","title":"Diagnosing Barren Plateaus with Tools from Quantum Optimal Control","display_name":"Diagnosing Barren Plateaus with Tools from Quantum Optimal Control","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-09-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3166275705","doi":"https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","mag":"3166275705"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","pdf_url":"https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-09-29-824/pdf/","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210226432","display_name":"Quantum","issn_l":"2521-327X","issn":["2521-327X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310317900","host_organization_name":"Verein zur F\u00f6rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310317900"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Verein zur F\u00f6rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Quantum","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-09-29-824/pdf/","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077735586","display_name":"Mart\u00edn Larocca","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8700-4308"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1343871089","display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I1343871089","https://openalex.org/I198811213","https://openalex.org/I4210120050"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24354313","display_name":"Universidad de Buenos Aires","ror":"https://ror.org/0081fs513","country_code":"AR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]}],"countries":["AR","US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Martin Larocca","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departamento de F\u00edsica \u201cJ. J. Giambiagi\u201d and IFIBA, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina","Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departamento de F\u00edsica \u201cJ. J. Giambiagi\u201d and IFIBA, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1343871089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016184408","display_name":"Piotr Czarnik","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1158"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1343871089","display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I1343871089","https://openalex.org/I198811213","https://openalex.org/I4210120050"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Piotr Czarnik","raw_affiliation_strings":["Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1343871089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082224136","display_name":"Kunal Sharma","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3132-1088"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I121820613","display_name":"Louisiana State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05ect4e57","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I121820613"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1343871089","display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I1343871089","https://openalex.org/I198811213","https://openalex.org/I4210120050"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kunal Sharma","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA","Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I121820613"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1343871089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090788707","display_name":"Gopikrishnan Muraleedharan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1454-0353"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1343871089","display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I1343871089","https://openalex.org/I198811213","https://openalex.org/I4210120050"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gopikrishnan Muraleedharan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1343871089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5088973719","display_name":"Patrick J. Coles","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-8425"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1343871089","display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I1343871089","https://openalex.org/I198811213","https://openalex.org/I4210120050"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Patrick J. Coles","raw_affiliation_strings":["Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1343871089"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074921335","display_name":"M. Cerezo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2757-3170"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1343871089","display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I1343871089","https://openalex.org/I198811213","https://openalex.org/I4210120050"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"M. Cerezo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA","Information Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1343871089"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Information Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1343871089"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":200,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":215},"apc_paid":{"value":200,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":215},"fwci":26.2267,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":217,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99689888,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":99,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"6","issue":null,"first_page":"824","last_page":"824"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10682","display_name":"Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10682","display_name":"Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10020","display_name":"Quantum Information and Cryptography","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12611","display_name":"Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing","score":0.9973000288009644,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ansatz","display_name":"Ansatz","score":0.923676609992981},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scalability","display_name":"Scalability","score":0.6460795402526855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scaling","display_name":"Scaling","score":0.5846051573753357},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum","display_name":"Quantum","score":0.5586059093475342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hamiltonian","display_name":"Hamiltonian (control theory)","score":0.4484359622001648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.44002673029899597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-computer","display_name":"Quantum computer","score":0.4345327615737915},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/controllability","display_name":"Controllability","score":0.42876705527305603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistical-physics","display_name":"Statistical physics","score":0.38097238540649414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.37886857986450195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-physics","display_name":"Mathematical physics","score":0.3044908940792084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.29522693157196045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/applied-mathematics","display_name":"Applied mathematics","score":0.2438271939754486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-mechanics","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","score":0.21698004007339478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.180901437997818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geometry","display_name":"Geometry","score":0.11031821370124817}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130979935","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568954","display_name":"Ansatz","level":2,"score":0.923676609992981},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48044578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727490","display_name":"Scalability","level":2,"score":0.6460795402526855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99844830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102441924","display_name":"Scaling","level":2,"score":0.5846051573753357},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84114770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46344","display_name":"Quantum","level":2,"score":0.5586059093475342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130787639","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5645293","display_name":"Hamiltonian (control theory)","level":2,"score":0.4484359622001648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.44002673029899597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58053490","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176555","display_name":"Quantum computer","level":3,"score":0.4345327615737915},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48209547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1331104","display_name":"Controllability","level":2,"score":0.42876705527305603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121864883","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677916","display_name":"Statistical physics","level":1,"score":0.38097238540649414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.37886857986450195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37914503","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156495","display_name":"Mathematical physics","level":1,"score":0.3044908940792084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.29522693157196045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28826006","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33521","display_name":"Applied mathematics","level":1,"score":0.2438271939754486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.21698004007339478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.180901437997818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.11031821370124817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":5,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","pdf_url":"https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-09-29-824/pdf/","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210226432","display_name":"Quantum","issn_l":"2521-327X","issn":["2521-327X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310317900","host_organization_name":"Verein zur F\u00f6rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310317900"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Verein zur F\u00f6rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Quantum","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2105.14377","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.14377","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.14377","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:osti.gov:1891829","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1891829","pdf_url":"https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1891829","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402487","display_name":"OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I139351228","host_organization_name":"Office of Scientific and Technical Information","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139351228"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},{"id":"pmh:oai:ruj.uj.edu.pl:item/307455","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/307455","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401249","display_name":"Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I126596746","host_organization_name":"Jagiellonian University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126596746"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:19204aa4911640058e612be3c13ec85a","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/19204aa4911640058e612be3c13ec85a","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Quantum, Vol 6, p 824 (2022)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-09-29-824","pdf_url":"https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-09-29-824/pdf/","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210226432","display_name":"Quantum","issn_l":"2521-327X","issn":["2521-327X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310317900","host_organization_name":"Verein zur F\u00f6rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310317900"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Verein zur F\u00f6rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Quantum","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1527848044","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"89233218CNA000001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332359","funder_display_name":"Office of Science"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1737785293","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2014010","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2356915424","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"89233218CNA000001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337547","funder_display_name":"Laboratory Directed Research and Development"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3249763516","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"112201","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321594","funder_display_name":"Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y T\u00e9cnicas"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4036185484","display_name":"CONTROL CU\u00c1NTICO DE SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS","funder_award_id":"PICT-2016-1056","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334832","funder_display_name":"Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4422764623","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"20190659PRD4","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338304","funder_display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4484172954","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"50100493CO","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321594","funder_display_name":"Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y T\u00e9cnicas"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5505943183","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"20190065DR","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337547","funder_display_name":"Laboratory Directed Research and Development"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6511984430","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"20190065DR","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","funder_display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6727008126","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"PIP 112201 50100493CO","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321594","funder_display_name":"Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y T\u00e9cnicas"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6995210142","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"89233218CNA000001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332369","funder_display_name":"National Nuclear Security Administration"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G70659677","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"89233218CNA000001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7254900899","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"20190065DR","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338304","funder_display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7259778263","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"89233218CNA000001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337506","funder_display_name":"Advanced Scientific Computing Research"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7378882120","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CONICET","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334832","funder_display_name":"Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7500863821","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"89233218CNA000001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338304","funder_display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7601365466","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"PICT-2016-1056","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334832","funder_display_name":"Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8659807574","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"89233218CNA000001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","funder_display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G985422465","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"20190659PRD4","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337547","funder_display_name":"Laboratory Directed Research and Development"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy","ror":"https://ror.org/01bj3aw27"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321594","display_name":"Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y T\u00e9cnicas","ror":"https://ror.org/03cqe8w59"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332359","display_name":"Office of Science","ror":"https://ror.org/00mmn6b08"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332369","display_name":"National Nuclear Security Administration","ror":"https://ror.org/03sk1we31"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334832","display_name":"Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica","ror":"https://ror.org/03stxzb56"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337506","display_name":"Advanced Scientific Computing Research","ror":"https://ror.org/0012c7r22"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337547","display_name":"Laboratory Directed Research and Development","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338304","display_name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/01e41cf67"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3166275705.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3166275705.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":166,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1451881698","https://openalex.org/W1492999010","https://openalex.org/W1551035735","https://openalex.org/W1568345435","https://openalex.org/W1965195879","https://openalex.org/W1992651606","https://openalex.org/W2014088566","https://openalex.org/W2021115151","https://openalex.org/W2039122980","https://openalex.org/W2059045419","https://openalex.org/W2068926729","https://openalex.org/W2070375169","https://openalex.org/W2084385994","https://openalex.org/W2097174474","https://openalex.org/W2161685427","https://openalex.org/W2168676717","https://openalex.org/W2204678404","https://openalex.org/W2237730152","https://openalex.org/W2254754114","https://openalex.org/W2257937122","https://openalex.org/W2290336547","https://openalex.org/W2493485722","https://openalex.org/W2501142942","https://openalex.org/W2504500777","https://openalex.org/W2558921197","https://openalex.org/W2562234976","https://openalex.org/W2578080479","https://openalex.org/W2591046212","https://openalex.org/W2606330852","https://openalex.org/W2743233175","https://openalex.org/W2754868542","https://openalex.org/W2755255888","https://openalex.org/W2781738013","https://openalex.org/W2790388700","https://openalex.org/W2794444783","https://openalex.org/W2811032035","https://openalex.org/W2891685619","https://openalex.org/W2897217696","https://openalex.org/W2903221501","https://openalex.org/W2905003072","https://openalex.org/W2907241261","https://openalex.org/W2908171520","https://openalex.org/W2921920881","https://openalex.org/W2937201053","https://openalex.org/W2939513517","https://openalex.org/W2942327165","https://openalex.org/W2945544467","https://openalex.org/W2945680873","https://openalex.org/W2947463178","https://openalex.org/W2951503883","https://openalex.org/W2954369586","https://openalex.org/W2955435611","https://openalex.org/W2956731923","https://openalex.org/W2958921151","https://openalex.org/W2968611999","https://openalex.org/W2971844308","https://openalex.org/W2972032089","https://openalex.org/W2972223037","https://openalex.org/W2972228381","https://openalex.org/W2972969431","https://openalex.org/W2974883009","https://openalex.org/W2979788593","https://openalex.org/W2988535222","https://openalex.org/W2990948382","https://openalex.org/W2995057155","https://openalex.org/W3004252283","https://openalex.org/W3004326598","https://openalex.org/W3014684719","https://openalex.org/W3016819260","https://openalex.org/W3017778677","https://openalex.org/W3019263581","https://openalex.org/W3026387229","https://openalex.org/W3026863321","https://openalex.org/W3029819693","https://openalex.org/W3030829226","https://openalex.org/W3034033217","https://openalex.org/W3037443854","https://openalex.org/W3037531047","https://openalex.org/W3045606049","https://openalex.org/W3047180424","https://openalex.org/W3047776431","https://openalex.org/W3048351281","https://openalex.org/W3049063960","https://openalex.org/W3080889453","https://openalex.org/W3083434555","https://openalex.org/W3084146915","https://openalex.org/W3086716958","https://openalex.org/W3090921460","https://openalex.org/W3092649735","https://openalex.org/W3093125910","https://openalex.org/W3094023472","https://openalex.org/W3094730062","https://openalex.org/W3095458419","https://openalex.org/W3098268180","https://openalex.org/W3098306754","https://openalex.org/W3100294336","https://openalex.org/W3100594946","https://openalex.org/W3100931082","https://openalex.org/W3101037525","https://openalex.org/W3101044933","https://openalex.org/W3101155683","https://openalex.org/W3101243334","https://openalex.org/W3101427288","https://openalex.org/W3101678819","https://openalex.org/W3102616259","https://openalex.org/W3103259309","https://openalex.org/W3103715576","https://openalex.org/W3103720553","https://openalex.org/W3103872322","https://openalex.org/W3103898263","https://openalex.org/W3104022488","https://openalex.org/W3104396616","https://openalex.org/W3105170234","https://openalex.org/W3105273233","https://openalex.org/W3105870134","https://openalex.org/W3105877772","https://openalex.org/W3106034155","https://openalex.org/W3106053010","https://openalex.org/W3106349779","https://openalex.org/W3108054890","https://openalex.org/W3108496771","https://openalex.org/W3109325270","https://openalex.org/W3111162498","https://openalex.org/W3112014248","https://openalex.org/W3114970264","https://openalex.org/W3118800713","https://openalex.org/W3120167980","https://openalex.org/W3120852106","https://openalex.org/W3122094535","https://openalex.org/W3122807609","https://openalex.org/W3123208069","https://openalex.org/W3126287822","https://openalex.org/W3128557732","https://openalex.org/W3130778196","https://openalex.org/W3134339438","https://openalex.org/W3136233239","https://openalex.org/W3137769846","https://openalex.org/W3148001159","https://openalex.org/W3149637861","https://openalex.org/W3151534210","https://openalex.org/W3156188855","https://openalex.org/W3157882597","https://openalex.org/W3159109393","https://openalex.org/W3163320491","https://openalex.org/W3165717557","https://openalex.org/W3167624069","https://openalex.org/W3169377977","https://openalex.org/W3181079758","https://openalex.org/W3183968998","https://openalex.org/W3189250281","https://openalex.org/W3198606649","https://openalex.org/W3199543116","https://openalex.org/W3204404766","https://openalex.org/W3207697613","https://openalex.org/W3208358429","https://openalex.org/W3209107739","https://openalex.org/W3209561181","https://openalex.org/W4287250207","https://openalex.org/W4287690711","https://openalex.org/W4287815443","https://openalex.org/W4288283417","https://openalex.org/W4312512934","https://openalex.org/W4321853181","https://openalex.org/W4367625911","https://openalex.org/W4376609818","https://openalex.org/W4388747517"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2036697162","https://openalex.org/W2332386680","https://openalex.org/W2561315646","https://openalex.org/W2248621902","https://openalex.org/W2003779889","https://openalex.org/W142639359","https://openalex.org/W967694206","https://openalex.org/W4317667567","https://openalex.org/W2167346724","https://openalex.org/W4226100472"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Variational":[0,102],"Quantum":[1,95],"Algorithms":[2],"(VQAs)":[3],"have":[4],"received":[5],"considerable":[6],"attention":[7],"due":[8],"to":[9,22,39,74,188],"their":[10,24,61],"potential":[11],"for":[12,30,88,116,203,224,231],"achieving":[13],"near-term":[14],"quantum":[15,71,217],"advantage.":[16],"However,":[17],"more":[18],"work":[19,66,239],"is":[20,32,44,58,119],"needed":[21],"understand":[23],"scalability.":[25],"One":[26],"known":[27,59],"scaling":[28,129,251],"result":[29],"VQAs":[31],"barren":[33,51,86,114,166,194,247],"plateaus,":[34,52],"where":[35],"certain":[36],"circumstances":[37],"lead":[38,187],"exponentially":[40],"vanishing":[41],"gradients.":[42],"It":[43],"common":[45],"folklore":[46],"that":[47,78,112,126,208],"problem-inspired":[48,89],"ansatzes":[49,92,118,230],"avoid":[50],"but":[53],"in":[54,168],"fact,":[55],"very":[56],"little":[57],"about":[60],"gradient":[62,128],"scaling.":[63],"In":[64],"this":[65],"we":[67,110,124,174,220],"employ":[68],"tools":[69],"from":[70,155],"optimal":[72],"control":[73],"develop":[75],"a":[76,201,241],"framework":[77,202],"can":[79,144,186],"diagnose":[80],"the":[81,94,100,127,131,135,140,148,156,159,163,176,179,189,213,244,250,253],"presence":[82,190],"or":[83,191],"absence":[84,192],"of":[85,130,137,139,158,165,178,193,215,246,252],"plateaus":[87,115,167,248],"ansatzes.":[90],"Such":[91],"include":[93],"Alternating":[96],"Operator":[97],"Ansatz":[98,103],"(QAOA),":[99],"Hamiltonian":[101],"(HVA),":[104],"and":[105,142,170,173,249],"others.":[106],"With":[107],"our":[108,198],"framework,":[109],"prove":[111,221],"avoiding":[113],"these":[117],"not":[120,210],"always":[121],"guaranteed.":[122],"Specifically,":[123],"show":[125],"VQA":[132],"depends":[133],"on":[134],"degree":[136],"controllability":[138],"system,":[141],"hence":[143],"be":[145],"diagnosed":[146],"through":[147],"dynamical":[149],"Lie":[150],"algebra<mml:math":[151],"xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"><mml:mrow":[152,256],"class=\"MJX-TeXAtom-ORD\"><mml:mi":[153,257],"mathvariant=\"fraktur\">g</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>obtained":[154],"generators":[157],"ansatz.":[160],"We":[161],"analyze":[162],"existence":[164,245],"QAOA":[169],"HVA":[171],"ansatzes,":[172],"highlight":[175],"role":[177],"input":[180],"state,":[181],"as":[182,235],"different":[183],"initial":[184],"states":[185,227],"plateaus.":[195],"Taken":[196],"together,":[197],"results":[199,223],"provide":[200],"trainability-aware":[204],"ansatz":[205],"design":[206],"strategies":[207],"do":[209],"come":[211],"at":[212],"cost":[214],"extra":[216],"resources.":[218],"Moreover,":[219],"no-go":[222],"obtaining":[225],"ground":[226],"with":[228],"variational":[229],"controllable":[232],"system":[233],"such":[234],"spin":[236],"glasses.":[237],"Our":[238],"establishes":[240],"link":[242],"between":[243],"dimension":[254],"of<mml:math":[255],"mathvariant=\"fraktur\">g</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>.":[258]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":64},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":53},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":54},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":9}],"updated_date":"2026-06-17T08:01:34.144755","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}