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20192026
most citedBlock2: a comprehensive open source framework to develop and apply state-of-the-art DMRG algorithms in electronic structure and beyond

116 citations · 331 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

quant-ph2026

Fast classical simulation of `Fast, accurate, high-resolution simulation of large-scale Fermi-Hubbard models on a digital quantum processor'

Xiao-Yu Ouyang, Runze Chi, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We study the Néel quench dynamics of a 1D Fermi-Hubbard model which has recently been simulated on quantum hardware. We demonstrate that the set of 7260 observable trajectories mea…

quant-ph2026

Efficient Application of Tensor Network Operators to Tensor Network States Through Successive Deterministic Compression

Richard M. Milbradt, Shuo Sun, Christian B. Mendl +2

We introduce an algorithm to apply tree tensor network operators to tree tensor network states followed by compression. Especially when applying a matrix product operator to matrix…

quant-ph2025

Partitioned Expansions for Approximate Tensor Network Contractions

Glen Evenbly, Johnnie Gray, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We propose a method for approximating the contraction of a tensor network by partitioning the network into a sum of computationally cheaper networks. This method, which we call a p…

quant-ph2025

Tensor Network Loop Cluster Expansions for Quantum Many-Body Problems

Johnnie Gray, Gunhee Park, Glen Evenbly +3

We analyze the tensor network loop cluster expansion, introduced in [G. Park, J. Gray, and G. K.-L. Chan, Phys. Rev. B 112, 174310 (2025)] as a systematic correction to belief prop…

quant-ph2025★ 7 cited

Coupled Lindblad pseudomode theory for simulating open quantum systems

Zhen Huang, Gunhee Park, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan +1

Coupled Lindblad pseudomode theory is a promising approach for simulating non-Markovian quantum dynamics on both classical and quantum platforms, with dynamics that can be realized…

quant-ph2025★ 8 cited

Simulating quantum dynamics in two-dimensional lattices with tensor network influence functional belief propagation

Gunhee Park, Johnnie Gray, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

Describing nonequilibrium quantum dynamics remains a significant computational challenge due to the growth of spatial entanglement. The tensor network influence functional (TN-IF)…

quant-ph2025★ 8 cited

Digital quantum magnetism on a trapped-ion quantum computer

Reza Haghshenas, Eli Chertkov, Michael Mills +56

Digital quantum matter -- realized when discrete quantum gates approximate continuous time evolution -- is susceptible to heating into chaotic, structureless states. If digitizatio…

quant-ph2025★ 16 cited

Rapid quantum ground state preparation via dissipative dynamics

Yongtao Zhan, Zhiyan Ding, Jakob Huhn +4

Inspired by natural cooling processes, dissipation has become a promising approach for preparing low-energy states of quantum systems. However, the potential of dissipative protoco…

cond-mat.str-el2025

An Analysis of First- and Quasi-Second-Order Optimization Algorithms in Variational Monte Carlo

Ruojing Peng, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

Many quantum many-body wavefunctions, such as Jastrow-Slater, tensor network, and neural quantum states, are studied with the variational Monte Carlo technique, where stochastic op…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 18 cited

Accurate Simulation of the Hubbard Model with Finite Fermionic Projected Entangled Pair States

Wen-Yuan Liu, Huanchen Zhai, Ruojing Peng +2

We demonstrate the use of finite-size fermionic projected entangled pair states, in conjunction with variational Monte Carlo, to perform accurate simulations of the ground-state of…

quant-ph2024

Quantum linear algebra for disordered electrons

Jielun Chen, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We describe how to use quantum linear algebra to simulate a physically realistic model of disordered non-interacting electrons. The physics of disordered electrons outside of one d…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Fermionic tensor network contraction for arbitrary geometries

Yang Gao, Huanchen Zhai, Johnnie Gray +5

We describe our implementation of fermionic tensor network contraction on arbitrary lattices within both a globally ordered and locally ordered formalism. We provide a pedagogical…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Loop Series Expansions for Tensor Networks

Glen Evenbly, Nicola Pancotti, Ashley Milsted +2

Belief propagation (BP) can be a useful tool to approximately contract a tensor network, provided that the contributions from any closed loops in the network are sufficiently weak.…

quant-ph2024★ 20 cited

Real-time operator evolution in two and three dimensions via sparse Pauli dynamics

Tomislav Begušić, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We study real-time operator evolution using sparse Pauli dynamics, a recently developed method for simulating expectation values of quantum circuits. On the examples of energy and…

quant-ph2024★ 28 cited

Quasi-Lindblad pseudomode theory for open quantum systems

Gunhee Park, Zhen Huang, Yuanran Zhu +3

We introduce a new framework to study the dynamics of open quantum systems with linearly coupled Gaussian baths. Our approach replaces the continuous bath with an auxiliary discret…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Benchmarking the Exponential Ansatz for the Holstein model

Junjie Yang, Zhi-Hao Cui, Ankit Mahajan +3

Polarons are quasiparticles formed as a result of lattice distortions induced by charge carriers. The single-electron Holstein model captures the fundamentals of single polaron phy…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 2 cited

Towards an exact electronic quantum many-body treatment of Kondo correlation in magnetic impurities

Tianyu Zhu, Linqing Peng, Huanchen Zhai +3

The Kondo effect is a prototypical quantum phenomenon arising from the interaction between localized electrons in a magnetic impurity and itinerant electrons in a metallic host. Al…

quant-ph2024★ 8 cited

Tensor Network Computations That Capture Strict Variationality, Volume Law Behavior, and the Efficient Representation of Neural Network States

Wen-Yuan Liu, Si-Jing Du, Ruojing Peng +2

We introduce a change of perspective on tensor network states that is defined by the computational graph of the contraction of an amplitude. The resulting class of states, which we…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 15 cited

Tensor network influence functionals in the continuous-time limit: connections to quantum embedding, bath discretization, and higher-order time propagation

Gunhee Park, Nathan Ng, David R. Reichman +1

We describe two developments of tensor network influence functionals (in particular, influence functional matrix product states (IF-MPS)) for quantum impurity dynamics within the f…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 116 cited

Block2: a comprehensive open source framework to develop and apply state-of-the-art DMRG algorithms in electronic structure and beyond

Huanchen Zhai, Henrik R. Larsson, Seunghoon Lee +10

Block2 is an open source framework to implement and perform density matrix renormalization group and matrix product state algorithms. Out-of-the-box it supports the eigenstate, tim…

physics.comp-ph2021★ 4 cited

On the pure state -representability of density matrix embedding theory

Fabian M. Faulstich, Raehyun Kim, Zhi-Hao Cui +3

Density matrix embedding theory (DMET) formally requires the matching of density matrix blocks obtained from high-level and low-level theories, but this is sometimes not achievable…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 70 cited

Efficient Formulation of Ab Initio Quantum Embedding in Periodic Systems: Dynamical Mean-Field Theory

Tianyu Zhu, Zhi-Hao Cui, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We present an efficient ab initio dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) implementation for quantitative simulations in solids. Our DMFT scheme employs ab initio Hamiltonians defined f…