Quantum Many-Body Physics @ Leeds

Our first
@physrevlett.bsky.social
on noisy quantum many-body scars is now published online: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... this is also our first PRL featuring End Matter
@leverhulme.ac.uk

Symmetry breaking governs equilibrium physics, while dynamical symmetry restoration shapes nonequilibrium phenomena like the quantum Mpemba effect. Our new preprint explores how long-range interactions tune the interplay between the two: arxiv.org/abs/2510.12875 @leverhulme.ac.uk

Our recent @physrevb.bsky.social Letter and Editors' Suggestion demonstrates the ubiquity of the quantum Mpemba effect in many types of quantum systems. Thanks to our PhD student @tanmaybhore.bsky.social and @ucstonecenter.bsky.social collaborators. @leverhulme.ac.uk journals.aps.org/prb/abstract...

Majorana fermion is an elusive particle that is its own antiparticle. We used the new technique of the "fuzzy sphere" to show how the Majoranas can emerge in a quantum Hall bilayer system tuned to criticality. @leverhulme.ac.uk
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08036

Looking forward to starting our 2-week program on quantum thermalization and its violations at the beautiful Instituto Principia (ICTP-SAIFR) in Sao Paulo! www.ictp-saifr.org/pqmbd2025/ @leverhulme.ac.uk

Wonderful to be back at ICTP to present our recent results on 3D conformal field theories, just before a storm kicked in. @leverhulme.ac.uk indico.ictp.it/event/10855/...

Regularizing 3D Conformal Field Theories via Anyons on the Fuzzy Sphere Simulations on a fuzzy sphere show that 3D Ising critical behavior persists even in fractional quantum Hall states, revealing a powerful method for studying conformal field theories amid topological o...

Our first fuzzy sphere paper is now available in @physrevx.bsky.social Thanks to our PhD student Cristian Voinea for these exciting results. journals.aps.org/prx/abstract... @leverhulme.ac.uk

How do you get a free conformal field theory from a system of strongly interacting electrons? Our new fuzzy sphere paper by our PhD students, Joe and Cristian, gives one recipe. arxiv.org/abs/2506.22539 @leverhulme.ac.uk

Our work on magic in scar states is now published in @physrevb.bsky.social
journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1... Thanks to our postdoc Andrew Hallam and PhD student Ryan Smith for doing all the heavy lifting on this one! @leverhulme.ac.uk

It was fun leading a discussion on quantum thermalization in Rydberg atom arrays earlier today at @esivienna.bsky.social

Recently, the Mpemba effect -- hot water freezing faster than cold one -- has attracted much attention in quantum physics. In arxiv.org/abs/2505.17181 we argue that this effect is ubiquitous in a wide range of quantum systems and propose its simple diagnostic. @leverhulme.ac.uk

A lovely day to be in Garching for MPQ conference on quantum thermalization events.gwdg.de/event/879/ and to present some updates on recent mysteries of thermalization in Rydberg atom arrays. @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social

Delighted to announce our paper has just been published in Communications Physics - where we elucidate the mechanism behind some intriguing phenomena in the strong-coupling limit of a 1D lattice gauge theory.

@tanmaybhore.bsky.social @theoryleeds.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Meet ScarFinder -- our new algorithm for detecting initial conditions that defy thermalization in general chaotic models. arxiv.org/abs/2504.12383 @leverhulme.ac.uk

In our new preprint, we show that noisy quantum many-body scars can display a PT-symmetry breaking transition, explaining their unexpected robustness to dephasing. arxiv.org/abs/2504.12291 @leverhulme.ac.uk

Our paper on STM spectra of fractional quantum Hall states in bilayer graphene is now available in @naturephysics.bsky.social Thanks to the Yazdani lab for these beautiful experiments and to @leverhulme.bsky.social for their support. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our work on how entangled the non-Fermi liquids are is now published in @apsphysics.bsky.social PRB as the Editors' Suggestion. Thanks to Cristian Voinea for his hard work on this project and to @leverhulme.bsky.social for support. journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1...