Sign-problem-free fermionic quantum Monte Carlo: Developments and applications

ZX Li, H Yao - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Reliable simulations of correlated quantum systems, including high-temperature
superconductors and frustrated magnets, are increasingly desired nowadays to further our …

Correlated insulating phases in the twisted bilayer graphene

YD Liao, XY Xu, ZY Meng, J Kang - Chinese Physics B, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We review analytical and numerical studies of correlated insulating states in twisted bilayer
graphene, focusing on real-space lattice models constructions and their unbiased quantum …

Kekulé valence bond order in an extended Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice with possible applications to twisted bilayer graphene

XY Xu, KT Law, PA Lee - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Using large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we exactly solve a model of fermions
hopping on the honeycomb lattice with cluster charge interactions, which has been …

Correlation-induced insulating topological phases at charge neutrality in twisted bilayer graphene

Y Da Liao, J Kang, CN Breiø, XY Xu, HQ Wu… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) provides a unique framework to elucidate the interplay
between strong correlations and topological phenomena in two-dimensional systems. The …

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 …

Majorana positivity and the fermion sign problem of quantum Monte Carlo simulations

ZC Wei, C Wu, Y Li, S Zhang, T Xiang - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
The sign problem is a major obstacle in quantum Monte Carlo simulations for many-body
fermion systems. We examine this problem with a new perspective based on the Majorana …

Dirac fermions with plaquette interactions. I. SU (2) phase diagram with Gross-Neveu and deconfined quantum criticalities

Y Da Liao, XY Xu, ZY Meng, Y Qi - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We investigate the ground state phase diagram of an extended Hubbard model with a π-flux
hopping term at half filling on a square lattice, with unbiased large-scale auxiliary-field …

Dirac fermions with competing orders: Non-landau transition with emergent symmetry

T Sato, M Hohenadler, FF Assaad - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
We consider a model of Dirac fermions in 2+ 1 dimensions with dynamically generated,
anticommuting SO (3) Néel and Z 2 Kekulé mass terms that permits sign-free quantum …

Exact Diagonalization of Fermi-Hubbard Models

T Botzung, P Nataf - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We show how to perform exact diagonalizations of SU (N) Fermi-Hubbard models on L-site
clusters separately in each irreducible representation (irrep) of SU (N). Using the …

Fermion-induced quantum critical points

ZX Li, YF Jiang, SK Jian, H Yao - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
A unified theory of quantum critical points beyond the conventional Landau–Ginzburg–
Wilson paradigm remains unknown. According to Landau cubic criterion, phase transitions …