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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

Projected entangled states: Properties and applications
F VERSTRAETE, M WOLF, D PÉREZ-GARCÍA, JI CIRAC
– Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories
(2011)
10,
178
ENTANGLEMENT IN MANY-BODY QUANTUM PHYSICS
F VERSTRAETE
– Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories
(2011)
53
Mutual information in classical spin models
J Wilms, M Troyer, F Verstraete
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2011)
2011,
P10011
Time-dependent variational principle for quantum lattices
J Haegeman, JI Cirac, TJ Osborne, I Pižorn, H Verschelde, F Verstraete
– Physical Review Letters
(2011)
107,
070601
Applying the variational principle to (1+1) dimensional relativistic quantum field theories
J Haegeman, JI Cirac, TJ Osborne, H Verschelde, F Verstraete
– Proceedings of The many faces of QCD — PoS(FacesQCD)
(2011)
029
Entanglement spectrum and boundary theories with projected entangled-pair states
JI Cirac, D Poilblanc, N Schuch, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B
(2011)
83,
245134
Time-dependent variational principle for quantum lattices
J Haegeman, JI Cirac, TJ Osborne, I Pizorn, H Verschelde, F Verstraete
(2011)
Time evolution of projected entangled pair states in the single-layer picture
I Pižorn, L Wang, F Verstraete
– Physical Review A Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
(2011)
83,
052321
Quantum simulation of time-dependent hamiltonians and the convenient illusion of hilbert space
D Poulin, A Qarry, R Somma, F Verstraete
– Phys Rev Lett
(2011)
106,
170501
Monte Carlo simulation with tensor network states
L Wang, I Pižorn, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
(2011)
83,
134421
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Research Group

Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

Room

B0.15