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77 Publications
2025 | Epub ahead of print | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 19012 |

Stirring the false vacuum via interacting quantized bubbles on a 5,564-qubit quantum annealer
J. Vodeb, J.-Y.M. Desaules, A. Hallam, A. Rava, G. Humar, D. Willsch, F. Jin, M. Willsch, K. Michielsen, Z. Papić, Nature Physics (2025).
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J. Vodeb, J.-Y.M. Desaules, A. Hallam, A. Rava, G. Humar, D. Willsch, F. Jin, M. Willsch, K. Michielsen, Z. Papić, Nature Physics (2025).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18616
Quantum scars make their mark in graphene
D. Abanin, M. Serbyn, Nature 635 (2024) 825–826.
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D. Abanin, M. Serbyn, Nature 635 (2024) 825–826.
2024 | Published | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 17208 |

Exploring the optimization landscape of variational quantum algorithms
R.A. Medina Ramos, Exploring the Optimization Landscape of Variational Quantum Algorithms, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
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R.A. Medina Ramos, Exploring the Optimization Landscape of Variational Quantum Algorithms, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
2024 | Draft | Preprint | IST-REx-ID: 17222 |

A recursive lower bound on the energy improvement of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm
R.A. Medina Ramos, M. Serbyn, ArXiv (n.d.).
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R.A. Medina Ramos, M. Serbyn, ArXiv (n.d.).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18923 |

Solving nonnative combinatorial optimization problems using hybrid quantum–classical algorithms
J. Wurtz, S. Sack, S.-T. Wang, IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 5 (2024) 1–14.
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J. Wurtz, S. Sack, S.-T. Wang, IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 5 (2024) 1–14.
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 17493 |

Many-body entropies and entanglement from polynomially many local measurements
B. Vermersch, M. Ljubotina, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller, M. Serbyn, L. Piroli, Physical Review X 14 (2024).
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B. Vermersch, M. Ljubotina, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller, M. Serbyn, L. Piroli, Physical Review X 14 (2024).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15122 |

Large-scale quantum approximate optimization on nonplanar graphs with machine learning noise mitigation
S. Sack, D.J. Egger, Physical Review Research 6 (2024).
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S. Sack, D.J. Egger, Physical Review Research 6 (2024).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15367 |

Proximity-induced gapless superconductivity in two-dimensional Rashba semiconductor in magnetic field
S. Babkin, A.P. Higginbotham, M. Serbyn, SciPost Physics 16 (2024).
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S. Babkin, A.P. Higginbotham, M. Serbyn, SciPost Physics 16 (2024).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18110 |

Anomalous transport in the kinetically constrained quantum East-West model
P. Brighi, M. Ljubotina, Physical Review B 110 (2024).
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P. Brighi, M. Ljubotina, Physical Review B 110 (2024).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18176 |

Quantum many-body spin ratchets
L. Zadnik, M. Ljubotina, Ž. Krajnik, E. Ilievski, T. Prosen, PRX Quantum 5 (2024).
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L. Zadnik, M. Ljubotina, Ž. Krajnik, E. Ilievski, T. Prosen, PRX Quantum 5 (2024).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18488 |

Tangent space generators of matrix product states and exact floquet quantum scars
M. Ljubotina, E. Petrova, N. Schuch, M. Serbyn, PRX Quantum 5 (2024).
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M. Ljubotina, E. Petrova, N. Schuch, M. Serbyn, PRX Quantum 5 (2024).
2024 | Epub ahead of print | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18710 |

Ab initio Auger spectrum of the ultrafast dissociating 2p3/2−1σ* resonance in HCl
M. Hrast, M. Ljubotina, M. Zitnik, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2024).
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M. Hrast, M. Ljubotina, M. Zitnik, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2024).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18627 |

Enhanced many-body quantum scars from the non-hermitian fock skin effect
R. Shen, F. Qin, J.-Y.M. Desaules, Z. Papić, C.H. Lee, Physical Review Letters 133 (2024).
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R. Shen, F. Qin, J.-Y.M. Desaules, Z. Papić, C.H. Lee, Physical Review Letters 133 (2024).
2024 | Research Data | IST-REx-ID: 17471 |

Data for "Enhanced many-body quantum scars from the non-Hermitian Fock skin effect"
J.-Y.M. Desaules, (2024).
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J.-Y.M. Desaules, (2024).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15002 |

Fractal states of the Schwinger model
E. Petrova, E.S. Tiunov, M.C. Bañuls, A.K. Fedorov, Physical Review Letters 132 (2024).
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E. Petrova, E.S. Tiunov, M.C. Bañuls, A.K. Fedorov, Physical Review Letters 132 (2024).
2023 | Published | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 12732 |

Ergodicity breaking in disordered and kinetically constrained quantum many-body systems
P. Brighi, Ergodicity Breaking in Disordered and Kinetically Constrained Quantum Many-Body Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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P. Brighi, Ergodicity Breaking in Disordered and Kinetically Constrained Quantum Many-Body Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14334 |

Hilbert space fragmentation and slow dynamics in particle-conserving quantum East models
P. Brighi, M. Ljubotina, M. Serbyn, SciPost Physics 15 (2023).
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P. Brighi, M. Ljubotina, M. Serbyn, SciPost Physics 15 (2023).
2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 13277 |

Stochastic representation of the quantum quartic oscillator
G. Tucci, S. De Nicola, S. Wald, A. Gambassi, SciPost Physics Core 6 (2023).
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G. Tucci, S. De Nicola, S. Wald, A. Gambassi, SciPost Physics Core 6 (2023).
2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 13963 |

Many-body localization proximity effect in a two-species bosonic Hubbard model
P. Brighi, M. Ljubotina, D.A. Abanin, M. Serbyn, Physical Review B 108 (2023).
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P. Brighi, M. Ljubotina, D.A. Abanin, M. Serbyn, Physical Review B 108 (2023).
2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14320 |

Deep learning extraction of band structure parameters from density of states: A case study on trilayer graphene
P.M. Henderson, A. Ghazaryan, A.A. Zibrov, A.F. Young, M. Serbyn, Physical Review B 108 (2023).
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P.M. Henderson, A. Ghazaryan, A.A. Zibrov, A.F. Young, M. Serbyn, Physical Review B 108 (2023).