Chong Wang

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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Research Faculty
Areas of research:
Quantum Matter
(519) 569-7600 x7751
If you are interested in pursuing a MSc degree, please apply to the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) masters program. If you are interested in working with me as a PhD student, please submit an application directly to my department at the University of Waterloo and indicate that you would like to be supervised by me. Perimeter Institute is committed to diversity within its community and I welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
I am interested in exotic quantum phases of matter, especially those arising from strongly correlated many-body systems. In particular I am interested in topological phases of matter, quantum spin liquids, quantum Hall effects, quantum phase transitions and related topics in quantum field theories such as anomalies and dualities.
  • Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 2015-2018
  • Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2020-2021
  • Moharramipour, A., Lessa, L. A., Wang, C., Hsieh, T. H., & Sahu, S. (2024). Symmetry enforced entanglement in maximally mixed states. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.08542
  • Sahu, S., Moharramipour, A., Lessa, L., Hsieh, T., & Wang, C. (2024). Symmetry enforced entanglement in maximally mixed states. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2406.08542
  • Su, K., Myerson-Jain, N., Wang, C., Jian, C. -M., & Xu, C. (2024). Higher-Form Symmetries under Weak Measurement. Physical Review Letters, 132(20), 200402. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.132.200402
  • Wang, C., Lessa, L., Ma, R., Zhang, J., Bi, Z., & Cheng, M. (2024). Strong-to-Weak Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Mixed Quantum States. https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03639
  • Wang, C., Lessa, L., & Cheng, M. (2024). Mixed-state quantum anomaly and multipartite entanglement. https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.17357
  • Ma, R., & Wang, C. (2023). Average Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases. Physical Review X, 13(3), 031016. doi:10.1103/physrevx.13.031016
  • Ma, R., Zhang, J. -H., Bi, Z., Cheng, M., & Wang, C. (2023). Topological Phases with Average Symmetries: the Decohered, the Disordered, and the Intrinsic. arxiv:2305.16399v3
  • Su, K., Myerson-Jain, N., Wang, C., Jian, C. -M., & Xu, C. (2023). Higher-form Symmetries under Weak Measurement. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2304.14433
  • Ying, X., Burkov, A. A., & Wang, C. (2023). Dynamical effects from anomalies: Modified electrodynamics in Weyl semimetals. Physical Review B, 107(3), 035131. doi:10.1103/physrevb.107.035131
  • Ye, W., Guo, M., He, Y. -C., Wang, C., & Zou, L. (n.d.). Topological characterization of Lieb-Schultz-Mattis constraints and applications to symmetry-enriched quantum criticality. SciPost Physics, 13(3), 066. doi:10.21468/scipostphys.13.3.066
  • Szasz, A., Wang, C., & He, Y. -C. (2022). Phase diagram of a bilinear-biquadratic spin-1 model on the triangular lattice from density matrix renormalization group simulations. Physical Review B, 106(11), 115103. doi:10.1103/physrevb.106.115103
  • Gioia, L., & Wang, C. (2022). Nonzero Momentum Requires Long-Range Entanglement. Physical Review X, 12(3), 031007. doi:10.1103/physrevx.12.031007
  • Ma, R., Zou, L., & Wang, C. (n.d.). Edge physics at the deconfined transition between a quantum spin Hall insulator and a superconductor. SciPost Physics, 12(6), 196. doi:10.21468/scipostphys.12.6.196
  • Wang, C., Hickey, A., Ying, X., & Burkov, A. A. (2021). Emergent anomalies and generalized Luttinger theorems in metals and semimetals. Physical Review B, 104(23), 235113. doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.235113
  • Ma, R., & Wang, C. (2021). Emergent anomaly of Fermi surfaces: a simple derivation from Weyl fermions. arxiv:2110.09492v1
  • Gioia, L., Wang, C., & Burkov, A. A. (2021). Unquantized anomalies in topological semimetals. Physical Review Research, 3(4), 043067. doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.3.043067
  • Zou, L., He, Y. -C., & Wang, C. (2021). Stiefel Liquids: Possible Non-Lagrangian Quantum Criticality from Intertwined Orders. Physical Review X, 11(3), 031043. doi:10.1103/physrevx.11.031043
  • Wang, Z., Liu, Y., Sato, T., Hohenadler, M., Wang, C., Guo, W., & Assaad, F. F. (2021). Doping-Induced Quantum Spin Hall Insulator to Superconductor Transition. Physical Review Letters, 126(20), 205701. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.205701
  • Song, X. -Y., He, Y. -C., Vishwanath, A., & Wang, C. (2021). Electric polarization as a nonquantized topological response and boundary Luttinger theorem. Physical Review Research, 3(2), 023011. doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.3.023011
  • Calvera, V., & Wang, C. (2021). Theory of Dirac Spin-Orbital Liquids: monopoles, anomalies, and applications to $SU(4)$ honeycomb models. arxiv:2103.13405v2
  • Latimer, K., & Wang, C. (2021). Correlated fragile topology: A parton approach. Physical Review B, 103(4), 045128. doi:10.1103/physrevb.103.045128
  • Strong-to-Weak Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Mixed Quantum States, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2024/07/12
  • DQCP, Dirac spin liquids and beyond: a unified view, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States, 2024/05/07, Video URL
  • Anomalously fun: aspects of many-body quantum kinematics, Colloquium, 2024/04/10, PIRSA:24040079
  • Symmetry and topology in mixed quantum states: SPT, anomaly and separability, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States; University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Tsinghua Holdings (China), Beijing, China, 2023/10/31
  • Non-zero momentum requires long-range entanglement, Summer Workshop on Quantum Matter, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2023/06/15
  • Topological phases with average symmetry, Summer Workshop on Quantum Matter, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2023/06/12
  • Lectures on Dirac spin liquids, Two lectures during the Summer school on "Quantum Entanglement and Topological Order", Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2023/06/05
  • Topological phases with average symmetry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, 2023/04/14
  • Topological phases with average symmetry, Conference on "Topology, symmetry and interactions in crystals", Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, Beijing, China, 2023/04/05, Video URL
  • Gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions and dualities, A pedagogical lecture series during GGI workshop on "Bootstrapping Nature", Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, Italy, 2022/10/03, Video URL
  • Average symmetry-protected topological phases, Ultra-quantum matter meeting, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, 2022/09/19
  • Average symmetry-protected topological phases, CRM workshop on CFT/Many-Body Physics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 2022/09/08, Video URL
  • Emergibility: from lattice spins to critical gauge theories and beyond - Talk 2, Quantum Criticality: Gauge Fields and Matter, 2022/05/19, PIRSA:22050044
  • Emergibility: from lattice spins to critical gauge theories and beyond - Talk 1, Quantum Criticality: Gauge Fields and Matter, 2022/05/19, PIRSA:22050043
  • Non-zero momentum requires long-range entanglement, Ohio State University (virtual), 2022/04/01
  • Non-zero momentum requires long-range entanglement, Harvard University (virtual), 2022/03/01
  • Edge physics at the deconfined transition between a quantum spin Hall insulator and a superconductor, Workshop on Boundary and Bulk Criticality, Würzburg (virtual), 2022/02/01