Yin-Chen He profile picture

Stony Brook University - Department of Physics & Astronomy

Research Faculty

Areas of research: Matière Quantique

(519) 569-7600 x6562

Research Interests

I am interested in the condensed matter theory of strongly correlated system, particularly quantum spin liquid, quantum criticality, conformal field theory, topological phases of matter, quantum field theory and numerical simulations. 

 

Positions Held
  • Moore Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2016-2018
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 2014-2016
Awards
  • 2024 Frontiers of Science Award, International Congress of Basic Science, 2024
Recent Publications
  • Zhou, Z., ??., & He, Y. -C. (2025). 3D Conformal Field Theories with Sp(N) Global Symmetry on a Fuzzy Sphere. Physical Review Letters, 135(2), 026504. doi:10.1103/xstj-xvcy
  • Hu, L., Zhu, W., & He, Y. -C. (2025). Entropic F function of three-dimensional Ising conformal field theory via fuzzy sphere regularization. Physical Review B, 111(15), 155151. doi:10.1103/physrevb.111.155151
  • Cuomo, G., He, Y. -C., & Komargodski, Z. (2024). Impurities with a cusp: general theory and 3d Ising. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024(11), 61. doi:10.1007/jhep11(2024)061
  • Hu, L., He, Y. -C., & Zhu, W. (2024). Author Correction: Solving conformal defects in 3D conformal field theory using fuzzy sphere regularization. Nature Communications, 15(1), 9013. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52959-2
  • Kamal, H., Kemp, J., He, Y. -C., Fuji, Y., Aidelsburger, M., Zoller, P., & Yao, N. Y. (2024). Floquet Flux Attachment in Cold Atomic Systems. Physical Review Letters, 133(16), 163403. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.133.163403
  • Tang, Y., Ma, H., Tang, Q., He, Y. -C., & Zhu, W. (2024). Reclaiming the Lost Conformality in a Non-Hermitian Quantum 5-State Potts Model. Physical Review Letters, 133(7), 076504. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.133.076504
  • Zhou, Z., Gaiotto, D., He, Y. -C., & Zou, Y. (2024). The $g$-function and defect changing operators from wavefunction overlap on a fuzzy sphere. SciPost Physics, 17(1), 021. doi:10.21468/scipostphys.17.1.021
  • Cuomo, G., He, Y. -C., & Komargodski, Z. (2024). Impurities with a cusp: general theory and 3d Ising. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.10186
  • Zhou, Z., Gaiotto, D., He, Y. -C., & Zou, Y. (2024). The $g$-function and Defect Changing Operators from Wavefunction Overlap on a Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.9169
  • Hofmann, J. S., Goth, F., Zhu, W., He, Y. -C., & Huffman, E. (2024). Quantum Monte Carlo simulation of the 3D Ising transition on the fuzzy sphere. SciPost Physics Core, 7(2), 028. doi:10.21468/scipostphyscore.7.2.028
  • Hu, L., He, Y. -C., & Zhu, W. (2024). Solving conformal defects in 3D conformal field theory using fuzzy sphere regularization. Nature Communications, 15(1), 3659. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-47978-y
  • Hofmann, J. S., Goth, F., Zhu, W., He, Y. -C., & Huffman, E. (2024). Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation of the 3D Ising Transition on the Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.8862
  • Zhou, Z., Gaiotto, D., He, Y. -C., & Zou, Y. (2024). The $g$-function and Defect Changing Operators from Wavefunction Overlap on a Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.8822
  • Zhou, Z., ??., Hu, L., Zhu, W., & He, Y. -C. (2024). SO(5) Deconfined Phase Transition under the Fuzzy-Sphere Microscope: Approximate Conformal Symmetry, Pseudo-Criticality, and Operator Spectrum. Physical Review X, 14(2), 021044. doi:10.1103/physrevx.14.021044
  • He, Y. -C., Rong, J., Su, N., & Vichi, A. (2024). Non-Abelian currents bootstrap. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024(3), 175. doi:10.1007/jhep03(2024)175
  • Hofmann, J. S., Goth, F., Zhu, W., He, Y. -C., & Huffman, E. (2024). Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation of the 3D Ising Transition on the Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.8765
  • Hofmann, J. S., Goth, F., Zhu, W., He, Y. -C., & Huffman, E. (2024). Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation of the 3D Ising Transition on the Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.8746
  • Hofmann, J. S., Goth, F., Zhu, W., He, Y. -C., & Huffman, E. (2024). Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation of the 3D Ising Transition on the Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.8662
  • Han, C., Hu, L., Zhu, W., & He, Y. -C. (2023). Conformal four-point correlators of the three-dimensional Ising transition via the quantum fuzzy sphere. Physical Review B, 108(23), 235123. doi:10.1103/physrevb.108.235123
  • Zhou, Z., & He, Y. -C. (2023). Slightly broken higher-spin current in bosonic and fermionic QED in the large-$N$ limit. SciPost Physics, 15(2), 072. doi:10.21468/scipostphys.15.2.072
  • Hu, L., He, Y. -C., & Zhu, W. (2023). Operator Product Expansion Coefficients of the 3D Ising Criticality via Quantum Fuzzy Spheres. Physical Review Letters, 131(3), 031601. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.131.031601
  • Chen, Y., He, Y. -C., & Szasz, A. (2023). Phase diagrams of spin-S Kitaev ladders. Physical Review B, 108(4), 045124. doi:10.1103/physrevb.108.045124
  • Han, C., Hu, L., Zhu, W., & He, Y. -C. (2023). Conformal four-point correlators of the 3D Ising transition via the quantum fuzzy sphere. https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.04681v1
  • Zhu, W., Han, C., Huffman, E., Hofmann, J. S., & He, Y. -C. (2023). Uncovering Conformal Symmetry in the 3D Ising Transition: State-Operator Correspondence from a Quantum Fuzzy Sphere Regularization. Physical Review X, 13(2), 021009. doi:10.1103/physrevx.13.021009
  • He, Y. -C., Rong, J., Su, N., & Vichi, A. (2023). Non-Abelian currents bootstrap. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2302.11585
Seminars
  • Physics Meets Geometry: a fuzzy sphere Odyssey in critical phenomena, Colloquium, 2024/03/06, PIRSA:24030076
  • Introduction to the quantum Hall effect, 2023 Perimeter-SAIFR Journeys into Theoretical Physics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2023/07/17
  • A mini-course: Fuzzy sphere regularization of 3D CFTs, Bootstrap 2023 at SAIFR, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2023/07/10
  • Fuzzy sphere regularization of the 3D Ising CFT: a miraculous gift of quantum Hall physics, KITP, Santa Barbara, United States, 2023/04/11, Video URL
  • Uncovering conformal symmetry of 3D Ising: a gift from quantum fuzziness, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States, 2023/02/17
  • Uncovering conformal symmetry of 3D Ising: a gift from quantum fuzziness, Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, Italy, 2022/10/04, Video URL
  • Towards bootstrapping critical quantum matter, , 2021/10/04, PIRSA:21100015
  • Phase transition of fractional Chern insulators: QED3 and beyond, Quantum Matter: Emergence & Entanglement 3, 2019/04/26, PIRSA:19040110
  • Exotic emergent phenomena from many-body entanglement, Colloquium, 2017/05/01, PIRSA:17050011
  • Spin liquids on kagome lattice and symmetry protected topological phase, Condensed Matter, 2016/04/19, PIRSA:16040106