collaborators

5 papers

cond-mat.str-el2026

Bootstrap bounds for Quantum Spin Systems using String Operators

Nisarg Chadha, Michael G. Scheer, Eslam Khalaf

Bootstrap is a numerical many-body method that provides rigorous bounds on ground-state observables by imposing a set of necessary constraints on the expectation values of operator…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Bootstrapping Quantum Hamiltonians with Symmetry

Michael G. Scheer

We describe a semidefinite relaxation method which finds lower bounds to the ground state energy of a quantum Hamiltonian subject to Hermitian linear constraints along with approxi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Intervalley-Coupled Twisted Bilayer Graphene from Substrate Commensuration

Bo-Ting Chen, Michael G. Scheer, Biao Lian

We show that intervalley coupling can be induced in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) by aligning the bottom graphene layer with either of two types of commensurate insulating triangu…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Defect Bootstrap: Tight Ground State Bounds in Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking Phases

Michael G. Scheer, Nisarg Chadha, Da-Chuan Lu +1

The recent development of bootstrap methods based on semidefinite relaxations of positivity constraints has enabled rigorous two-sided bounds on local observables directly in the t…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Spectroscopy of the Fractal Hofstadter Energy Spectrum

Kevin P. Nuckolls, Michael G. Scheer, Dillon Wong +7

Hofstadter's butterfly, the predicted energy spectrum for non-interacting electrons confined to a two-dimensional lattice in a magnetic field, is one of the most remarkable fractal…