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Julia Wildeboer

Condensed Matter Theory, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department

Julia Wildeboer

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Bldg. 734
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-7352
jwildeboe@bnl.gov

I am a condensed matter theorist interested in various aspects of modern condensed matter physics including out-of-equilibrium quantum many-body systems, topological states of matter, and quantum information/computation.

Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights


Expertise

  • condensed matter theory
  • quantum information
  • various numerical methods (Monte Carlo, exact diagonalization, DMRG, ...)

Research Activities

  • Out-of-equilibrium quantum many-body systems: nonergodic quantum dynamics, quantum thermalization, quantum many-body scars, ...
  • Topological states of matter: topological order in 2D systems, physics of anyons, entanglement, new probes for  detecting and characterizing topological order, (frustrated) quantum magnetism, (exactly solvable) models especially  for investigating physics outside established paradigms
  • Quantum information: robust storage and manipulation of quantum information

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, advisor: Prof. Alexander Seidel,                                                                    Thesis in Condensed Matter Theory: “Physics of Resonating Valence Bond Spin Liquids”

M.Sc. in Physics, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Professional Appointments

2023 - present Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory

2020-2022 postdoctoral researcher at Iowa State University

2019-2020 postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State University

2019 visiting postdoctoral researcher at Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

2016-2018 postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kentucky

2013-2016 postdoctoral researcher at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Selected Publications

  • Wildeboer J, Langlett CM, Yang Z-C, et al (2022) Quantum many-body scars from Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen states in bilayer systems. Physical Review B 106:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.205142
  • Wildeboer J, Seidel A, Srivatsa NS, et al (2021) Topological quantum many-body scars in quantum dimer models on the kagome lattice. Physical Review B 104:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.l121103
  • Wildeboer J, Seidel A, Melko RG (2017) Entanglement entropy and topological order in resonating valence-bond quantum spin liquids. Physical Review B 95:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.95.100402
  • Wildeboer J, Seidel A (2012) Correlation Functions in SU(2)-Invariant Resonating-Valence-Bond Spin Liquids on Nonbipartite Lattices. Physical Review Letters 109:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.109.147208
  • Wildeboer J, Iadecola T, Williamson DJ (2021) Symmetry-Protected Infinite-Temperature Quantum Memory from Subsystem Codes. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2110.05710

Research Highlights

  • design of special type of quantum many-body scars (rainbow scars and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen scars)
  • design of new exactly solvable models to investigate quantum phenonema
  • solution of the sign-problem that afflicts Monte Carlo simulations for special cases of RVB systems on nonbipartite lattices such as the kagome and the triangular lattice
Julia Wildeboer

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Bldg. 734
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-7352
jwildeboe@bnl.gov

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