Patrick Emonts

Patrick Emonts

Postdoctoral Researcher

Leiden University

Biography

I am a postdoctoral researcher in Jordi Tura’s group at the University of Leiden. My research is focused on numerical algorithms, especially tensor networks, and spans different fields ranging from quantum information to lattice gauge theories.

Interests
  • Tensor Networks
  • Quantum Information
  • Lattice Gauge Theories
  • Science Communication
Education
  • PhD in Physics, 2022

    Max-Planck Institute of Physics, TU Munich

  • MSc in Management, 2020

    TU Munich

  • MSc in Physics, 2017

    RWTH Aachen University

  • BSc in Physics, 2015

    RWTH Aachen University

Education

 
 
 
 
 
Leiden University, aQa group
Postdoctoral Researcher
January 2022 – Present

Focus on

  • Tensor Networks
  • Quantum Information
  • Lattice Gauge Theories
 
 
 
 
 
Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, TU Munich
PhD in Physics
October 2017 – September 2022

Focus on

  • Tensor Networks
  • Lattice Gauge Theories

Thesis: “Algorithms for Hamiltonian Lattice Gauge Theories”

 
 
 
 
 
TU Munich
MSc in Management
October 2018 – August 2020
Thesis: “Causal Inference in Applied Economics: An Example of Naming Strategies in German Food Processing”
 
 
 
 
 
RWTH Aachen
MSc in Physics
September 2015 – August 2017

Focus on

  • quantum Monte Carlo
  • condensed matter physics, especially spin systems Thesis: “Monte Carlo Methods for the Quantum Ising Model on Frustrated Lattices”
 
 
 
 
 
RWTH Aachen
BSc in Physics
October 2012 – September 2015
Thesis: “Lateral Etching of Graphene Heterostructures”

Recent Publications

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(2024). A Hierarchy of Spectral Gap Certificates for Frustration-Free Spin Systems. arXiv.

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(2024). Boosting Thermalization of Classical and Quantum Many-Body Systems. arXiv.

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(2024). Gauged Gaussian Projected Entangled Pair States: A High Dimensional Tensor Network Formulation for Lattice Gauge Theories. Physical Review D.

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(2024). Spectral Gap Optimization for Enhanced Adiabatic State Preparation. arXiv.

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(2024). Characterizing Translation-Invariant Bell Inequalities Using Tropical Algebra and Graph Polytopes. arXiv.

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Contact

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