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most citedMany-body localization in a quantum simulator with programmable random disorder

925 citations · 9.1k across the 90 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2023★ 5 cited

Quantum hard disks on a lattice

Vighnesh Dattatraya Naik, Fabian Ballar Trigueros, Markus Heyl

We formulate a quantum version of the hard-disk problem on lattices, which exhibits a natural realization in systems of Rydberg atoms. We find that quantum hard disks exihibit uniq…

quant-ph2023★ 6 cited

Simplicity of mean-field theories in neural quantum states

Fabian Ballar Trigueros, Tiago Mendes-Santos, Markus Heyl

The utilization of artificial neural networks for representing quantum many-body wave functions has garnered significant attention, with enormous recent progress for both ground st…

quant-ph2023★ 6 cited

Active quantum flocks

Reyhaneh Khasseh, Sascha Wald, Roderich Moessner +2

Flocks of animals represent a prominent archetype of collective behavior in the macroscopic classical world, where the constituents, such as birds, concertedly perform motions and…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 5 cited

Vortex loop dynamics and dynamical quantum phase transitions in 3D fermion matter

Arkadiusz Kosior, Markus Heyl

Over the past decade, dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) have emerged as a paradigm shift in understanding nonequilibrium quantum many-body systems. However, the challenge…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 14 cited

Dynamical localization transition of string breaking in quantum spin chains

Roberto Verdel, Guo-Yi Zhu, Markus Heyl

The fission of a string connecting two charges is an astounding phenomenon in confining gauge theories. The dynamics of this process have been studied intensively in recent years,…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 19 cited

Highly resolved spectral functions of two-dimensional systems with neural quantum states

Tiago Mendes-Santos, Markus Schmitt, Markus Heyl

Spectral functions are central to link experimental probes to theoretical models in condensed matter physics. However, performing exact numerical calculations for interacting quant…

cond-mat.dis-nn2023★ 79 cited

Empowering deep neural quantum states through efficient optimization

Ao Chen, Markus Heyl

Computing the ground state of interacting quantum matter is a long-standing challenge, especially for complex two-dimensional systems. Recent developments have highlighted the pote…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 5 cited

Identifying quantum many-body integrability and chaos using eigenstates trace distances

Reyhaneh Khasseh, Jiaju Zhang, Markus Heyl +1

While the concepts of quantum many-body integrability and chaos are of fundamental importance for the understanding of quantum matter, their precise definition has so far remained…

cond-mat.dis-nn2022★ 5 cited

Spectral response of disorder-free localized lattice gauge theories

Nilotpal Chakraborty, Markus Heyl, Petr Karpov +1

We show that certain lattice gauge theories exhibiting disorder-free localization have a characteristic response in spatially averaged spectral functions: a few sharp peaks combine…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

Anomalous relaxation of density waves in a ring-exchange system

Pranay Patil, Markus Heyl, Fabien Alet

We present the analysis of the slowing down exhibited by stochastic dynamics of a ring-exchange model on a square lattice, by means of numerical simulations. We find the preservati…

quant-ph2022★ 7 cited

Making Trotterization adaptive and energy-self-correcting for NISQ devices and beyond

Hongzheng Zhao, Marin Bukov, Markus Heyl +1

Simulation of continuous time evolution requires time discretization on both classical and quantum computers. A finer time step improves simulation precision, but it inevitably lea…

cond-mat.dis-nn2022

Disorder-free localization transition in a two-dimensional lattice gauge theory

Nilotpal Chakraborty, Markus Heyl, Petr Karpov +1

Disorder-free localization is a novel mechanism for ergodicity breaking which can occur in interacting quantum many-body systems such as lattice gauge theories (LGTs). While the na…

quant-ph2021

Quantum Chaos and Universal Trotterisation Behaviours in Digital Quantum Simulations

Cahit Kargi, Angsar Manatuly, Lukas M. Sieberer +7

Digital quantum simulation (DQS) is one of the most promising paths for achieving first useful real-world applications for quantum processors. Yet even assuming rapid progress in d…

cond-mat.dis-nn2021★ 6 cited

Fate of Algebraic Many-Body Localization under driving

Heiko Burau, Markus Heyl, Giuseppe De Tomasi

In this work we investigate the stability of an algebraically localized phase subject to periodic driving. First, we focus on a non-interacting model exhibiting algebraically local…

cond-mat.dis-nn2021★ 11 cited

Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of entanglement in many-body localized systems

Claudia Artiaco, Federico Balducci, Markus Heyl +2

We propose a spatio-temporal characterization of the entanglement dynamics in many-body localized (MBL) systems, which exhibits a striking resemblance with dynamical heterogeneity…

cond-mat.dis-nn2021★ 5 cited

Real-time dynamics of 1D and 2D bosonic quantum matter deep in the many-body localized phase

Sun Woo Kim, Giuseppe De Tomasi, Markus Heyl

Recent experiments in quantum simulators have provided evidence for the Many-Body Localized (MBL) phase in 1D and 2D bosonic quantum matter. The theoretical study of such bosonic M…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 101 cited

Quantum phase transition dynamics in the two-dimensional transverse-field Ising model

Markus Schmitt, Marek M. Rams, Jacek Dziarmaga +2

The quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism (QKZM) predicts universal dynamical behavior near the quantum phase transitions (QPTs). It is now well understood for the one-dimensional quantum…

cond-mat.stat-mech2020★ 33 cited

Quantum chaos and ensemble inequivalence of quantum long-range Ising chains

Angelo Russomanno, Michele Fava, Markus Heyl

We use large-scale exact diagonalization to study the quantum Ising chain in a transverse field with long-range power-law interactions decaying with exponent . We numerically st…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 20 cited

Subdiffusive dynamics and critical quantum correlations in a disorder-free localized Kitaev honeycomb model out of equilibrium

Guo-Yi Zhu, Markus Heyl

Disorder-free localization has recently emerged as a mechanism for ergodicity breaking in homogeneous lattice gauge theories. In this work we show that this mechanism can lead to u…

cond-mat.quant-gas2020★ 50 cited

Local measures of dynamical quantum phase transitions

Jad C. Halimeh, Daniele Trapin, Maarten Van Damme +1

In recent years, dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) have emerged as a useful theoretical concept to characterize nonequilibrium states of quantum matter. DQPTs are marked…

cond-mat.dis-nn2020★ 25 cited

Unitary long-time evolution with quantum renormalization groups and artificial neural networks

Heiko Burau, Markus Heyl

In this work we combine quantum renormalization group approaches with deep artificial neural networks for the description of the real-time evolution in strongly disordered quantum…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 20 cited

Variational classical networks for dynamics in interacting quantum matter

Roberto Verdel, Markus Schmitt, Yi-Ping Huang +2

Dynamics in correlated quantum matter is a hard problem, as its exact solution generally involves a computational effort that grows exponentially with the number of constituents. W…

quant-ph2020★ 10 cited

Quantum entanglement recognition

Jun Yong Khoo, Markus Heyl

Entanglement constitutes a key characteristic feature of quantum matter. Its detection, however, still faces major challenges. In this letter, we formulate a framework for probing…

quant-ph2020★ 48 cited

Reinforcement Learning for Digital Quantum Simulation

Adrien Bolens, Markus Heyl

Digital quantum simulation is a promising application for quantum computers. Their free programmability provides the potential to simulate the unitary evolution of any many-body Ha…