revquantum

This package attempts to solve, or at least mitigate, standard problems with writing quantum information papers in {revtex4-1}. In particular:

Includes titles in BibTeX.
Allows for use of nicer-looking fonts via {mathpazo}.
Configures {hyperref} to make nicer-looking links and to correctly use \autoref.
Sets up {listings} for common scientific languages and legacy environments (Python, Mathematica and MATLAB).
Provides notation for quantum information and makes defining new notation easier.
Reduces boilerplate for author affiliations by providing a (rudimentary) database for a few departments.

A major goal of this package is to reduce the amount of useless crap that needs to be copied and pasted between documents. In particular, a complete document can be written in just a few lines:

\documentclass[pra,aps,twocolumn,superscriptaddress,10pt]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage[pretty,uselistings]{revquantum}

\begin{document}

\title{Example \textsf{revquantum} Document}

\author{Christopher Granade}
\email{cgranade@cgranade.com}
\affilUSydPhys \affilEQUS

\date{\today}

\begin{abstract}
    \TODO
\end{abstract}

\maketitle

\bibliography{example}
\appendix

\end{document}

Installing

Install With PowerShell

In an attempt to cut down on the pain of LaTeX package installation, {revquantum} uses PoShTeX to automate installation. If you're running PowerShell already, just run Install.ps1:

PS> Unblock-File Install.ps1 # Mark the installer as safe to run.
PS> ./Install.ps1

PowerShell itself is easy to install on many macOS and Linux systems using the provided packages.

Manual Installation

I think the following works on Unix-like systems. If not, let me know or pull request with better instructions.

$ latex revquantum.ins # Makes the actual .sty from the .dtx file.
$ pdflatex revquantum.dtx # Makes documentation, such as it is.
$ mkdir texdir/tex/latex/revquantum # Replace texdir with where you actually installed TeX (e.g. ~/texmf).
$ cp revquantum.sty texdir/tex/latex/revquantum # As with above, replace texdir.
$ texhash

Directions for Windows/MikTeX can be found thanks to this useful StackOverflow answer.

Using

I'll write more complete documentation later (hopefully), but for now:

{braket} is automatically imported, defining \ket, \bra and \braket.
The notation commands \ii and \dd typeset roman "i" and "d" characters, respectively. More generally, \newrm{foo} creates a new command \foo that typesets foo in math-roman. {revquantum} comes with \e, \TVD and \T predefined using \newrm.
Similarly, \newoperator defines new commands which typeset using \operatorname. By default, this is used to define \Tr, \Cov, \supp, \diag and \rank.
The commands \defeq, \expect and \id define the common notation :=, double-struck E and double-struck 1 (respectively).
\newaffil{NAME}{DESCRIPTION} defines a new affiliation command \affilNAME.
The \todo command typesets its argument in purple and raises a warning when built. If {revquantum} is loaded with the [final] option, this warning is escalated to an error. Similarly, \TODO takes no argument but inserts the placeholder "TODO" and \todolist typesets an {itemize} environment in \todo.

Known Issues