We determine the zero and finite temperature phase diagram of the fully frustrated quantum Ising model on the bathroom tile (4-8) lattice. The phase diagram exhibits a wealth of 2+1d physics, including 1. classical Coulomb dimer liquids of both square and triangular lattice types; 2. quantum order-by-disorder induced phases breaking , , and symmetries; 3. finite temperature Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) phases floating over the and orders; and, 4. staircases of (in)-commensurate symmetry breaking phases at intermediate coupling. We establish this elaborate phase diagram using a combination of dimer model mapping, perturbation theory, Landau analysis and Stochastic Series Expansion Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC-SSE). Our results provide a baseline for studying frustrated magnetism with D-Wave architecture annealers, where the 4-8 lattice can be embedded naturally without ‘cloning’, reducing the number of competing energy scales. Simulations with the D-Wave 2000Q demonstrate qualitative agreement with the high temperature portion of the phase diagram, but are unable to access the low temperature phases.
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