Professor Frank Verstraete | Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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Career

Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge (2022- )

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ghent University (2012 - )

Professor of Physics, University of Vienna (2006 - 2019)

Research scholar, Institute for Quantum Information, Caltech (2004-2006)

Research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (2002 - 2004)

Research

Research in my group is focused on understanding the role of entanglement in quantum computation and in interacting quantum many-body systems. We are developing the theory of quantum tensor networks, devise novel computational methods for optimizing them, and apply those to problems in condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, atomic physics, statistical physics and quantum computing.

See https://quantumghent.github.io/research/ for more info.

Selected Publications

You can find most of my publications on the arXiv or on Google Scholar.

Publications

Computational Complexity of interacting electrons and fundamental limitations of Density Functional Theory

N Schuch, F Verstraete

(2010)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.0712.0483)

Stochastic Matrix Product States

K Temme, F Verstraete

(2010)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1003.2545)

Simulating Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems with Tree Tensor Networks

V Murg, Ö Legeza, RM Noack, F Verstraete

(2010)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1006.3095)

Fermionic Projected Entangled Pair States

CV Kraus, N Schuch, F Verstraete, JI Cirac

(2010)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.0904.4667)

Fermionic Implementation of Projected Entangled Pair States Algorithm

I Pizorn, F Verstraete

(2010)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1003.2743)

Fermionic implementation of projected entangled pair states algorithm

I Pižorn, F Verstraete

– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

(2010)

81,

245110

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245110)

Stochastic matrix product states

K Temme, F Verstraete

– Physical Review Letters

(2010)

104,

210502

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.210502)

Exploiting translational invariance in Matrix Product State simulations of spin chains with periodic boundary conditions

B Pirvu, F Verstraete, G Vidal

(2010)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1005.5195)

Fermionic projected entangled pair states

CV Kraus, N Schuch, F Verstraete, JI Cirac

– Physical Review A

(2010)

81,

052338

(doi: 10.1103/physreva.81.052338)

Continuous matrix product states for quantum fields

F Verstraete, JI Cirac

– Physical review letters

(2010)

104,

190405

(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.190405)