PhD candidate
Department of Physics, HKU
Room 418, CYM Physics Building
Email: xxran@connect.hku.hk
Research interest
Quantum Monte Carlo simulation, Quantum many-body systems
Educations
Aug 2021 - present The University of Hong Kong
PhD student
Sep 2017 - Apr 2021 Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Master of Science, Condensed Matter Physics
Sep 2013 - Jun 2017 Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Bachelor of Science, Material Physics
Publications (* Corresponding author; # Contribute equally)
| Apr 8, 2025 | “Symmetrizing the Constraints -- Density Matrix Renormalization Group for Constrained Lattice Models” Ting-Tung Wang, Xiaoxue Ran, Zi Yang Meng arXiv: 2504.04035 |
| Dec 3 2024 | “Phase transitions and remnants of fractionalization at finite temperature in the triangular lattice quantum loop model” Xiaoxue Ran, Sylvain Capponi, Junchen Rong, Fabien Alet, Zi Yang Meng* arXiv:2412.01503 (2024) |
| Sep 13 2023 | “Cubic* criticality emerging from a quantum loop model on triangular lattice” Xiaoxue Ran, Zheng Yan, Yan-Cheng Wang, Junchen Rong, Yang Qi, Zi Yang Meng* arXiv:2309.05715 (2023) Phys. Rev. B 109, L241109 (2024) |
| May 12 2023 | “Classical fully-packed loop model with attractive interactions on the square lattice” Bhupen Dabholkar#, Xiaoxue Ran#, Junchen Rong, Zheng Yan, G. J. Sreejith, Zi Yang Meng*, Fabien Alet* arXiv:2305.06458 (2023) Phys. Rev. B 108, 125112 (2023) |
| Sep 23 2022 | “Fully packed quantum loop model on the square lattice: phase diagram and application for Rydberg atoms” Xiaoxue Ran, Zheng Yan*, Yan-Cheng Wang, Junchen Rong, Yang Qi, Zi Yang Meng* arXiv:2209.10728 (2022) Phys. Rev. B 107, 125134 (2023) |
| May 11 2022 | “Hidden orders and phase transitions for the fully packed quantum loop model on the triangular lattice” Xiaoxue Ran, Zheng Yan*, Yan-Cheng Wang, Rhine Samajdar, Junchen Rong, Subir Sachdev, Yang Qi*, Zi Yang Meng* arXiv:2205.04472 (2022) Commun Phys 7, 207 (2024) |
| Mar 11 2019 | “Criticality and Scaling Corrections for Two-dimensional Heisenberg Models in Plaquette Patterns with Strong and Weak Couplings” Xiaoxue Ran, Nvsen Ma*, and Dao-Xin Yao* arXiv:1902.00299 (2019) Phys. Rev. B 99, 174434 (2019) |
Essay
| 2023 | Memory of a Three-week visiting in France Start reading |
Awards
| 2021 | Outstanding Graduates, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2019 | National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Chinese Ministry of Education |
| 2019 | Outstanding Poster Award for Graduate Students, Guangdong Physics Society |
| 2016 | Scholarship for Outstanding Performance Undergraduate Students, Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2015 | Second Prize of the 4th National Metallographic Skills Competition for College Students, Chinese Ministry of Education |