Non-hermitian strongly interacting Dirac fermions

XJ Yu, Z Pan, L Xu, ZX Li - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Exotic quantum phases and phase transition in the strongly interacting Dirac systems have
attracted tremendous interests. On the other hand, non-Hermitian physics, usually …

Polynomial sign problem and topological Mott insulator in twisted bilayer graphene

X Zhang, G Pan, BB Chen, H Li, K Sun, ZY Meng - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We show that for the magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) away from the charge
neutrality point, although quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations suffer from the sign …

Dynamical properties of quantum many-body systems with long-range interactions

M Song, J Zhao, C Zhou, ZY Meng - Physical Review Research, 2023 - APS
Employing large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we systematically compute the
energy spectra of the two-dimensional (2D) spin-1/2 Heisenberg model with long-range …

Quantum criticality and entanglement for the two-dimensional long-range Heisenberg bilayer

M Song, J Zhao, Y Qi, J Rong, ZY Meng - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The study of quantum criticality and entanglement in systems with long-range (LR)
interactions is still in its early stages, with many open questions remaining to be explored. In …

Thermodynamic characteristic for a correlated flat-band system with a quantum anomalous hall ground state

G Pan, X Zhang, H Lu, H Li, BB Chen, K Sun… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
While the ground-state phase diagram of the correlated flat-band systems has been
intensively investigated, the dynamic and thermodynamic properties of such lattice models …

Finite-temperature critical behaviors in 2D long-range quantum Heisenberg model

J Zhao, M Song, Y Qi, J Rong, ZY Meng - npj Quantum Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Mermin-Wagner theorem states that spontaneous continuous symmetry
breaking is prohibited in systems with short-range interactions at spatial dimension D≤ 2 …

Exciton proliferation and fate of the topological mott insulator in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice model

X Lin, BB Chen, W Li, ZY Meng, T Shi - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
A topological Mott insulator (TMI) with spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking and
nonzero Chern number has been discovered in a real-space effective model for twisted …

Sign problem in quantum monte carlo simulation

G Pan, ZY Meng - arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08777, 2022 - arxiv.org
Sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulation appears to be an extremely hard
yet interesting problem. In this article, we present a pedagogical overview on the origin of …

Integral algorithm of exponential observables for interacting fermions in quantum Monte Carlo simulations

X Zhang, G Pan, BB Chen, K Sun, ZY Meng - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Exponential observables, formulated as ln〈 e X ̂〉 where X ̂ is an extensive quantity, play
a critical role in the study of quantum many-body systems, examples of which include the …

Defining a universal sign to strictly probe a phase transition

N Ma, JS Sun, G Pan, C Cheng, Z Yan - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The mystery of the infamous sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo simulations mightily
restricts applications of the method in fermionic and frustrated systems. A recent work …