PEOPLE
YAN Yangqian 嚴楊千
YAN Yangqian / Assistant Professor
PHONE: (852) 3943 6396
EMAIL: yqyan@cuhk.edu.hk
OFFICE: Room G9, G/F, Science Centre North Block
ORCID: 0000-0002-3237-5945
Education
- PhD, Washington State University, 2016
- BS, University of Science and Technology of China, 2010
Position
- 08/2021-now, Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 07/2017-07/2021 Postdoc Research Associate, Purdue University
- 06/2016-06/2017 Postdoctoral Scholar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Research Interests
- Quantum gases: Theory of ultracold atoms and molecules
- Topological quantum matters
- Non-hermitian physics and open quantum systems
- Strongly correlated few- and many-body systems
- Quantum simulation
Selected Recent Publications
- “Thermodynamics of Spin-Imbalanced Fermi Gases with SU(N)-Symmetric Interaction”, C. He, X.-Y. Gao, K. K. Pak, Y.-J. Liu, P. Ren, M. Guo, E. Zhao, Y. Yan, and G.-B. Jo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 183406 (2025)
- “Fate of Thermalization of Ultracold Fermions with Two-Body Dissipation“, X.-Y. Gao, Y. Yan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 153402 (2025).
- “Inelastic Quantum Boltzmann Equation of Single-Component Fermi Gases“, X. Y. Gao and Y. Yan, Phys. Rev. A 111, 043312 (2025)
- “Non-Hermitian Thouless Pumping: Interplay between Topological Charge Pumping and Directional Tunneling“, X. Yang, C. Tan, Y. Yan, and R. Zhang, Phys. Rev. A 111, 053308 (2025)
- “Geometric Origin of Self-Intersection Points in Non-Hermitian Energy Spectra“, J. Pi, C. Wang, Y. C. Liu, and Y. Yan, Phys. Rev. B 111, 165407 (2025)
- “Exact Thermodynamics For Weakly Interacting Normal-Phase Quantum Gases: Equations of State For All Partial Waves“, X. Y. Gao, D. Blume, and Y. Yan, Phys. Rev. Res. 6, 033173 (2024)
- “Temperature-dependent contact of weakly interacting single-component Fermi gases and loss rate of degenerate polar molecules“, X Y Gao, D Blume, Y Yan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 043401 (2023)
- “Expansion dynamics of a shell-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate“, F Jia, Z Huang, L Qiu, R Zhou, Y Yan, and D Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 243402 (2022)
- “Bose-Einstein condensate on a synthetic topological hall cylinder“, CH Li, Y Yan, SW Feng, S Choudhury, DB Blasing, Q Zhou, and YP Chen, PRX Quantum 3, 010316 (2022)
- “Efimov-like states and quantum funneling effects on synthetic hyperbolic surfaces“, R Zhang, C Lv, Y Yan, Q Zhou, Science Bulletin (2021), doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2021.06.017, arXiv:2010.05135
- “Localization on a synthetic Hall cylinder“, R Zhang, Y Yan, Q Zhou, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 193001 (2021), arXiv:2012.02204
- “Evidence for Bosonization in a Three-Dimensional Gas of SU(N) Fermions”, B Song, Y Yan, C He, Z Ren, Q Zhou, GB Jo, Phys. Rev. X 10 (4), 041053 (2020), arXiv:1912.12105
- “Eternal discrete time crystal beating the Heisenberg limit“, C Lyu, S Choudhury, C Lv, Y Yan, Q Zhou, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 033070 (2020), arXiv:1907.00474
- “Emergent periodic and quasiperiodic lattices on surfaces of synthetic Hall tori and synthetic Hall cylinders”, Y Yan, SL Zhang, S Choudhury, Q Zhou, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 260405 (2019), arXiv:1810.12331
- “Yang Monopoles and Emergent Three-Dimensional Topological Defects in Interacting Bosons“, Y Yan, Q Zhou, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 235302 (2018)
- “Observation of quantum interference and coherent control in a photochemical reaction”, DB Blasing, J Pérez-Ríos, Y Yan, S Dutta, CH Li, Q Zhou, YP Chen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 073202 (2018), arXiv:1807.11608
- “Path integral Monte Carlo ground state approach: formalism, implementation, and applications“, Y Yan, D Blume, J. Phys. B 50, 223001 (2017), arXiv:1709.05496, tutorial
- “Path-integral Monte Carlo determination of the fourth-order virial coefficient for a unitary two-component Fermi gas with zero-range interactions“, Y Yan, D Blume, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 230401 (2016), arXiv:1602.02328
- “Generalized Efimov scenario for heavy-light mixtures“, D Blume, Y Yan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 213201 (2014), arXiv:1410.2314
- “Abnormal superfluid fraction of harmonically trapped few-fermion systems“, Y Yan, D Blume, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 235301 (2014), arXiv:1312.4470