Zheng YAN （严正）

11/2022 - Present

11/2019 - 10/2022

03/2019 - 10/2019

The University of Hong Kong
Research Assistant Professor  

The University of Hong Kong
Postdoctoral Fellow

Fudan University
Research Assistant

09/2013 - 06/2019

Fudan University
PhD's degree in Theoretical physics

09/2009 - 06/2013

Dalian University of Technology
Bachelor's Degree in Electronic science and technology

Emergent glassy behavior in a kagome Rydberg atom array
Zheng Yan, Yan-Cheng Wang, Rhine Samajdar, Subir Sachdev*, Zi Yang Meng*
arXiv:2301.07127(2023)

Quantum simulation of two-dimensional U(1) gauge theory in Rydberg atom arrays
Zheng Zhou, Zheng Yan, Changle Liu*, Yan Chen, Xue-Feng Zhang
arXiv:2212.10863 (2022)

Reversing the Li and Haldane conjecture: The low-lying entanglement spectrum can also resemble the bulk energy spectrum
Menghan Song, Jiarui Zhao, Zheng Yan*, Zi Yang Meng
arXiv:2210.10062 (2022)

Classical model emerges in quantum entanglement: Quantum Monte Carlo study for an Ising-Heisenberg bilayer
Siying Wu, Binbin Yin, Xiaoxue Ran, Qi-Fang Li, Bin-Bin Mao*, Yan-Cheng Wang*, Zheng Yan*
arXiv:2210.06764 (2022)

Detecting Subsystem Symmetry Protected Topological Order Through Strange Correlators
Chengkang Zhou, Meng-Yuan Li, Zheng Yan, Peng Ye*, Zi Yang Meng*
Phys. Rev. B 106, 214428 (2022)
arXiv:2209.12917 (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)

Fully packed quantum loop model on the triangular lattice: Hidden vison plaquette phase and cubic phase transitions
Zheng Yan#, Xiaoxue Ran#, Yan-Cheng Wang, Rhine Samajdar, Junchen Rong, Subir Sachdev, Yang Qi*, Zi Yang Meng*
arXiv:2205.04472 (2022)

Height-conserving quantum dimer models
Zheng Yan, Zi Yang Meng*, David A. Huse, Amos Chan*
Phys. Rev. B 106, L041115 (2022) Editors' Suggestion
arXiv:2204.01740 (2022)

Evolution of Dynamical Signature in the X-cube Fracton Topological Order
Chengkang Zhou, Meng-Yuan Li, Zheng Yan*, Peng Ye*, Zi Yang Meng
Phys. Rev. Research 4.033111 (2022)
arXiv:2203.13274

Triangular lattice quantum dimer model with variable dimer density
Zheng Yan, Rhine Samajdar, Yan-Cheng Wang, Subir Sachdev*, Zi Yang Meng*
Nature Communications 13, 5799 (2022)
arXiv:2202.11100 (2022)

Measuring Rényi entanglement entropy with high efficiency and precision in quantum Monte Carlo simulations
Jiarui Zhao, Bin-Bin Chen, Yan-Cheng Wang, Zheng Yan, Meng Cheng*, Zi Yang Meng*
npj Quantum Materials 7, 69 (2022)  Featured
arXiv:2112.15178 (2021)

Extract low-lying entanglement spectrum from quantum Monte Carlo simulation
Zheng Yan*, Zi Yang Meng*
arXiv:2112.05886 (2021)

Bulk and edge dynamics of a 2D Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki model
Zenan Liu, Jun Li, Rui-Zhen Huang, Jun Li, Zheng Yan*, Dao-Xin Yao*
Phys. Rev. B 105, 014418 (2022)
arXiv:2109.10901 (2021) 

Scaling of entanglement entropy at deconfined quantum criticality
Jiarui Zhao, Yan-Cheng Wang, Zheng Yan, Meng Cheng*, Zi Yang Meng*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 010601 (2022)
arXiv:2107.06305 (2021) 

Emergent Rokhsar-Kivelson point in realistic quantum Ising models
Zheng Zhou, Zheng Yan, Changle Liu*, Yan Chen, Xue-Feng Zhang
arXiv:2106.05518 (2021) 

Quantum annealing meets topology
Zheng Yan#*, Zheng Zhou#, Yan-Cheng Wang, Zi Yang Meng*, Xue-Feng Zhang*
arXiv:2105.07134 (2021)

Phase Diagram of Triangular Lattice Quantum Ising Model under External Field
Yuan Da Liao, Han Li,  Zheng Yan, Hao-Tian Wei, Wei Li*, Yang Qi*, Zi Yang Meng*
Phys. Rev. B 103, 104416 (2021)
arXiv:2101.11610 (2021) 

Higher-form symmetry breaking at Ising transitions
Jiarui Zhao, Zheng Yan, Meng Cheng*, Zi Yang Meng*
Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033024 (2021)
arXiv:2011.12543 (2020)

Global scheme of sweeping cluster algorithm to sample among topological sectors
Zheng Yan
Phys. Rev. B 105, 184432 (2022)
arXiv:2011.08457 (2020)

Quantum dynamics of topological strings in a frustrated Ising antiferromagnet
Zheng Zhou, Changle Liu, Zheng Yan*, Yan Chen*, Xue-Feng Zhang*
npj Quantum Materials 7, 60 (2022)
arXiv:2010.01750 (2020)

Vestigial Anyon Condensation on Kagome Quantum Spin Liquids
Yan-Cheng Wang, Zheng Yan, Chenjie Wang, Yang Qi*, Zi Yang Meng*
Phys. Rev. B 103, 014408 (2021)
arXiv:2009.00070 (2020)

Amplitude Mode in Quantum Magnets via Dimensional Crossover
Chengkang Zhou, Zheng Yan, Han-Qing Wu, Kai Sun*, Oleg A. Starykh*, Zi Yang Meng*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 227201 (2021)
arXiv:2007.12715 (2020)

Topological phase transition and single/multi anyon dynamics of Z2 spin liquid
Zheng Yan, Yan-Cheng Wang, Nvsen Ma, Yang Qi*, Zi Yang Meng*
npj Quantum Materials 6, 39 (2021)
arXiv:2007.11161 (2020)

Quantum tricriticality of incommensurate phase induced by quantum domain walls in frustrated Ising magnetism
Zheng Zhou, Changle Liu, Dong-Xu Liu, Zheng Yan*, Yan Chen*, Xue-Feng Zhang*
arXiv:2005.11133 (2020)

Effective p-wave Fermi-Fermi interaction induced by bosonic superfluids
Yongzheng Wu, Zheng Yan, Zhi Lin, Jie Lou*, Yan Chen*
Scientific Reports 10, 10822 (2020)
arXiv:2001.00420 (2020)

Widely existing mixed phase structure of the quantum dimer model on a square lattice
Zheng Yan#, Zheng Zhou#, Olav F Syljuåsen, Junhao Zhang, Tianzhong Yuan, Jie Lou*, Yan Chen*
Phys.Rev.B. 103, 094421 (2021)
arXiv: 1911.05433 (2019)

Universal critical behavior in the ferromagnetic superconductor Eu(Fe0.75Ru0.25)2As2
Zheng Zhou, WT Jin*, Wei Li*, S Nandi, B Ouladdiaf, Zheng Yan*, Xinyuan Wei, Xuguang Xu, WH Jiao, N Qureshi, Y Xiao, Y Su, GH Cao, Th Brückel
Phys.Rev.B 100, 060406(R) (2019)
arXiv:1904.07417 (2019)

Sweeping cluster algorithm for quantum spin systems with strong geometric restrictions
Zheng Yan*, Yongzheng Wu, Chenrong Liu, Olav F Syljuåsen, Jie Lou*, Yan Chen*
Phys.Rev.B 99,165135(2019)
arXiv:1809.05792 (2018)

Interacting lattice systems with quantum dissipation: a quantum Monte Carlo study
Zheng Yan, Lode Pollet, Jie Lou, Xiaoqun Wang, Yan Chen*, Zi Cai*
Phys.Rev.B 97,035148(2018)
arXiv:1704.00606 (2017)