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most citedFirst M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole

1.7k citations · 8k across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

cond-mat.str-el2022

HubbardNet: Efficient Predictions of the Bose-Hubbard Model Spectrum with Deep Neural Networks

Ziyan Zhu, Marios Mattheakis, Weiwei Pan +1

We present a deep neural network (DNN)-based model (HubbardNet) to variationally find the ground state and excited state wavefunctions of the one-dimensional and two-dimensional Bo…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 14 cited

Electric field-tunable layer polarization in graphene/boron nitride twisted quadrilayer superlattices

Ziyan Zhu, Stephen Carr, Qiong Ma +1

The recently observed unconventional ferroelectricity in AB bilayer graphene sandwiched by hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) presents a new platform to manipulate correlated phases in…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 27 cited

Low-energy moiré phonons in twisted bilayer van der Waals heterostructures

Jonathan Z. Lu, Ziyan Zhu, Mattia Angeli +2

We develop a low-energy continuum model for phonons in twisted moiré bilayers, based on a configuration-space approach. In this approach, interatomic force constants are obtained f…

physics.flu-dyn2021★ 13 cited

Topology of rotating stratified fluids with and without background shear flow

Ziyan Zhu, Christopher Li, J. B. Marston

Poincaré-gravity modes described by the shallow water equations in a rotating frame have non-trivial topology, providing a new perspective on the origin of equatorially trapped Kel…

cond-mat.str-el2021

TB or not TB? Contrasting properties of twisted bilayer graphene and the alternating twist -layer structures ()

Patrick J. Ledwith, Eslam Khalaf, Ziyan Zhu +3

The emergence of alternating twist multilayer graphene (ATMG) as a generalization of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) raises the question - in what important ways do these systems di…

cs.IT2021

The Distance Distribution between Mobile Node and Reference Node in Regular Hexagon

Ziyan Zhu, Fei Tong

This paper presents a new method to obtain the distance distribution between the mobile node and any reference node in a regular hexagon. The existing distance distribution researc…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 141 cited

Twistons in a Sea of Magic

Simon Turkel, Joshua Swann, Ziyan Zhu +8

Magic angle twisted trilayer graphene (TTG) has recently emerged as a new platform to engineer strongly correlated flat bands. Here, we reveal the structural and electronic propert…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 87 cited

Spectroscopic Signatures of Interlayer Coupling in Janus MoSSe/MoS2 Heterostructures

Kunyan Zhang, Yunfan Guo, Daniel T. Larson +5

The interlayer coupling in van der Waals heterostructures governs a variety of optical and electronic properties. The intrinsic dipole moment of Janus transition metal dichalcogeni…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 13 cited

Gate-tunable Veselago Interference in a Bipolar Graphene Microcavity

Xi Zhang*, Wei Ren*, Elliot Bell +6

The relativistic charge carriers in monolayer graphene can be manipulated in manners akin to conventional optics (electron-optics): angle-dependent Klein tunneling collimates an el…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 67 cited

Monitoring the Morphology of M87* in 2009-2017 with the Event Horizon Telescope

Maciek Wielgus, Kazunori Akiyama, Lindy Blackburn +26

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has recently delivered the first resolved images of M87*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the M87 galaxy. These images were produced…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 150 cited

Twisted Trilayer Graphene: a Precisely Tunable Platform for Correlated Electrons

Ziyan Zhu, Stephen Carr, Daniel Massatt +2

We introduce twisted trilayer graphene (tTLG) with two independent twist angles as an ideal system for the precise tuning of the electronic interlayer coupling to maximize the effe…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 44 cited

Electronic structure calculations of twisted multi-layer graphene superlattices

Georgios A. Tritsaris, Stephen Carr, Ziyan Zhu +6

Quantum confinement endows two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with exceptional physics and novel properties compared to their bulk counterparts. Although certain two- and few-l…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 9 cited

Correlated Insulating States and Transport Signature of Superconductivity in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Moiré of Moiré Superlattices

Kan-Ting Tsai, Xi Zhang, Ziyan Zhu +5

Layers of two-dimensional materials stacked with a small twist-angle give rise to beating periodic patterns on a scale much larger than the original lattice, referred to as a moiré…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 66 cited

Moiré of Moiré: Modeling Mechanical Relaxation in Incommensurate Trilayer van der Waals Heterostructures

Ziyan Zhu, Paul Cazeaux, Mitchell Luskin +1

The incommensurate stacking of multi-layered two-dimensional materials is a challenging problem from a theoretical perspective and an intriguing avenue for manipulating their physi…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 66 cited

Topological Gaseous Plasmon Polariton in Realistic Plasma

Jeffrey B. Parker, J. B. Marston, Steven M. Tobias +1

Nontrivial topology in bulk matter has been linked with the existence of topologically protected interfacial states. We show that a gaseous plasmon polariton (GPP), an electromagne…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 12 cited

Angle-Dependent {\it Ab initio} Low-Energy Hamiltonians for a Relaxed Twisted Bilayer Graphene Heterostructure

Shiang Fang, Stephen Carr, Ziyan Zhu +2

We present efficient angle-dependent low-energy Hamiltonians to describe the properties of the twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) heterostructure, based on {\it ab initio} calculation…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.7k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present measurements of the properties of the central radio source in M87 using Event Horizon Telescope data obtained during the 2017 campaign. We develop and fit geometric cres…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.5k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has mapped the central compact radio source of the elliptical galaxy M87 at 1.3 mm with unprecedented angular resolution. Here we consider the phy…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.5k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the first Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) images of M87, using observations from April 2017 at 1.3 mm wavelength. These images show a prominent ring with a diameter of ~40…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 884 cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. III. Data Processing and Calibration

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the calibration and reduction of Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 1.3mm radio wavelength observations of the supermassive black hole candidate at the center of the radio ga…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 1.1k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. Array and Instrumentation

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) array that comprises millimeter- and submillimeter-wavelength telescopes separated by distances comp…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 343 cited

The Event Horizon General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Code Comparison Project

Oliver Porth, Koushik Chatterjee, Ramesh Narayan +25

Recent developments in compact object astrophysics, especially the discovery of merging neutron stars by LIGO, the imaging of the black hole in M87 by the Event Horizon Telescope (…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 293 cited

An exact continuum model for low-energy electronic states of twisted bilayer graphene

Stephen Carr, Shiang Fang, Ziyan Zhu +1

We introduce a complete physical model for the single-particle electronic structure of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), which incorporates the crucial role of lattice relaxation. O…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 28 cited

Testing General Relativity with the Black Hole Shadow Size and Asymmetry of Sagittarius A*: Limitations from Interstellar Scattering

Ziyan Zhu, Michael D. Johnson, Ramesh Narayan

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global 230 GHz VLBI array, achieves an angular resolution of , sufficient to resolve the supermassive black hole Sagit…