collaborators

5 papers

cond-mat.str-el2026

Precise computation of universal corner entanglement entropy at 2+1 dimension: From Ising to Gaussian quantum critical points

Ben Lee-Yeung Ngai, Justin Tim-Lok Chau, Junchen Rong +3

Computing the subleading logarithmic term in the entanglement entropy (EE) of (2+1)d quantum many-body systems remains a significant challenge, despite its central role in revealin…

hep-th2026

A new Ising/tricritical-Ising interface: From symmetry to Rydberg atoms

António Antunes, Junchen Rong

We consider interfaces between critical spin-chains in different universality classes, described in the continuum limit by defect/interface conformal field theory (DCFT/ICFT). We f…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Numerical evidence of a critical point in the (2+1)D SO(5) nonlinear sigma model with Wess-Zumino-Witten term

Yuan Da Liao, Bin-Bin Chen, Fakher F. Assaad +3

We develop an optimized continuous-field quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) algorithm to investigate the projected SO(5) nonlinear sigma model with a Wess-Zumino-Witten term, which describe…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Phase transitions and remnants of fractionalization at finite temperature in the triangular lattice quantum loop model

Xiaoxue Ran, Sylvain Capponi, Junchen Rong +2

The quantum loop and dimer models are archetypal correlated systems with local constraints. With natural foundations in statistical mechanics, they are of direct relevance to vario…

hep-th2025

UV complete local field theory of persistent symmetry breaking in 2+1 dimensions

Bilal Hawashin, Junchen Rong, Michael M. Scherer

Spontaneous symmetry breaking can persist at all temperatures in certain biconical vector models when the underlying field theories are ultraviol…