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ZHAO Jiarui 趙家瑞

ZHAO Jiarui / Research Assistant Professor

PHONE: (852) 3943 6161

OFFICE: Room 212, 2/F, Science Centre North Block

Education

  • Ph.D. in Physics, University of Hong Kong (Sep 2019 – Oct 2023)
  • Bachelor of Natural Science in Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Sep 2015 – Jul 2019)

Position

  • From Aug 2024, Research Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Oct 2023 – Aug 2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong

Research Interests

  • Quantum entanglement entropies and negativities
  • Quantum many body systems with long-range interactions
  • Deconfined quantum critical points
  • Quantum Monte Carlo methods and Tensor Network techniques
  • Generalized symmetry
  • Mixed states physics

Selected Recent Publications

  • “Higher-form symmetry breaking at Ising transitions”, Jiarui Zhao, Zheng Yan, Meng Cheng, and Zi Yang Meng, Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033024 (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)
  • “Finite-temperature critical behaviors in 2D long-range quantum Heisenberg model”, Jiarui Zhao, Menghan Song, Yang Qi, Junchen Rong, Zi Yang Meng, npj Quantum Mater. 8, 59 (2023)
  • “Quantum criticality and entanglement for 2d long-range Heisenberg bilayer”, Menghan Song, Jiarui Zhao, Yang Qi, Junchen Rong, Zi Yang Meng, Phys. Rev. B 109, L081114(2024)
  • “Extracting subleading corrections in entanglement entropy at quantum phase transitions”, Menghan Song, Jiarui Zhao, Zi Yang Meng, Cenke Xu, Meng Cheng, SciPost Phys. 17, 010 (2024)
  • “Unconventional Scalings of Quantum Entropies in Long-Range Heisenberg Chains”, Jiarui Zhao, Nicolas Laflorencie, Zi Yang Meng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 016707(2025)

About Me

  • My hobbies: Table Tennis, Swimming, Playing Clash of Clans
  • My MBTI type: ENTJ
  • My constellation: Capricorn