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“All easy quantum many-body problems are alike: they are either a harmonic oscillator or free fermions in disguise. Each hard QMB problem is hard in its own way.” — The Anna Karenina principle of QMB physics Postdoc at ETH (Demler group)
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@malyshevjr.bsky.socialWhile the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.
Show PostSome good personal news in these strange and turbulent times: I was just promoted to Associate Professor on indefinite Tenure, effective Aug 16 🥲 Immensely grateful to everyone who helped me get here - I won't list them since they know who they are 😊
Show PostUpdate: first scans post treatment indicate no sign of cancer. A little early to declare total victory but it still feels like a big win on this journey 😁.
Show PostNew paper from our group today! arxiv.org/abs/2605.08350 Using a quantum computer, we simulated trajectories of an open quantum system - that is, one that interacts with the surrounding environment, in this case by injecting particles at one end of a 2D lattice and removing them from the other. ⚛️🧪
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