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Faculty of Mathematics

 

 

Career

Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge (2022- )

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ghent University (2012 - )

Professor of Physics, University of Vienna (2006 - 2019)

Research scholar, Institute for Quantum Information, Caltech (2004-2006)

Research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (2002 - 2004)

              

Research

Research in my group is focused on understanding the role of entanglement in quantum computation and in interacting quantum many-body systems. We are developing the theory of quantum tensor networks, devise novel computational methods for optimizing them, and apply those to problems in condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, atomic physics, statistical physics and quantum computing.

See https://quantumghent.github.io/research/ for more info. 

 

Selected Publications

You can find most of my publications on the arXiv or on Google Scholar.

Publications

Fermionic projected entangled-pair states and topological phases
N Bultinck, DJ Williamson, J Haegeman, F Verstraete
– Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(2017)
51,
025202
Real-time simulation of the Schwinger effect with Matrix Product States
B Buyens, J Haegeman, F Hebenstreit, F Verstraete, K Van Acoleyen
(2017)
Real-time simulation of the Schwinger effect with matrix product states
B Buyens, J Haegeman, F Hebenstreit, F Verstraete, K Van Acoleyen
– Physical Review D
(2017)
96,
114501
Matrix product state approximations for infinite systems
N Schuch, F Verstraete
(2017)
Symmetry-enriched topological order in tensor networks: Defects, gauging and anyon condensation
DJ Williamson, N Bultinck, F Verstraete
(2017)
Condensation-driven phase transitions in perturbed string nets
M Mariën, J Haegeman, P Fendley, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B
(2017)
96,
155127
Fermionic Matrix Product Operators and Topological Phases of Matter
DJ Williamson, N Bultinck, J Haegeman, F Verstraete
(2017)
Bridging Perturbative Expansions with Tensor Networks
L Vanderstraeten, M Mariën, J Haegeman, N Schuch, J Vidal, F Verstraete
(2017)
Matrix product unitaries: Structure, symmetries, and topological invariants
JI Cirac, D Perez-Garcia, N Schuch, F Verstraete
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2017)
2017,
083105
Bridging Perturbative Expansions with Tensor Networks.
L Vanderstraeten, M Mariën, J Haegeman, N Schuch, J Vidal, F Verstraete
– Physical review letters
(2017)
119,
070401
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Research Group

Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

Room

B0.15