CMT Forum: Antonello Scardicchio

27 May 2026
Seminars and colloquia
Time
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Venue
Simpkins Lee Seminar Room
Beecroft Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU
Speaker(s)

Professor Antonello Scardicchio, International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Seminar series
CMT Forum
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The Heisenberg quantum spin glass in 2 dimensions

I will report on our investigation of the spin glass phase of the spin-1/2, Heisenberg model with bond disorder on the square lattice at zero temperature. Numerical investigations were conducted using a novel method [1] for finding the ground state of relatively large systems (up to 200 spins) and validated using semiclassical expansion [2]. The properties of excitations are discussed in the semiclassical approximation as well [3].

References:

[1] Foundation neural-networks quantum states as a unified Ansatz for multiple hamiltonians
R Rende, LL Viteritti, F Becca, A Scardicchio, A Laio, G Carleo
Nature communications 16 (1), 7213

[2] Quantum spin glass in the two-dimensional disordered Heisenberg model via foundation neural-network quantum states
LL Viteritti, R Rende, G Bracci-Testasecca, J Niedda, R Moessner, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.05073

[3] Semiclassical picture of the Heisenberg spin glass in two dimensions: from weak localization to hydrodynamics
G Bracci-Testasecca, J Niedda, A Coraggio, R Moessner, A Scardicchio
arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22077