Tao Xiang

• Bachelor of Science, from Physics Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1984
• Master of Science, from Physics Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1986
• PhD in Physics, from Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1990
• Research Assistant, University of Oxford, 1990 – 91
• Research Fellow, University of Warwick, 1991 – 92
• Research Associate, University of Cambridge, 1992 – 98
• Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1998
• Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007
• Fellow of American Physical Society 2011
• Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2013
• Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences 2015  

Research Interests：

Theory of Condensed Matter Physics, particularly theoretical investigation and numerical exploration of emergent quantum phenomena:

• Renormalization group theory of tensor network states
• Microscopic mechanism of high temperature superconductivity
• Topological phase transition
• Quantum spin liquid

Selected publications 

1. H. J. Liao, Z. Y. Xie, J. Chen, Z. Y. Liu, H. D. Xie, R. Z. Huang, B. Normand, T. Xiang, Gapless spin-liquid ground state in the S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnet, Physical Review Letters 118, 137202 (2017) (Editors' suggestion). arXiv:1610.04727
2. Z. C. Wei, C. Wu, Y. Li, S. Zhang, T. Xiang, Majorana Positivity and the Fermion sign problem of Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations, Physical Review Letters 116, 250601 (2016). arXiv:1601.01994
3. Z. Y. Xie, J. Chen, J. F. Yu, X. Kong, B. Normand, T. Xiang, Renormalization of quantum many-body systems by the projected entangled simplex states, Physical Review X 4, 011025 (2014). arXiv:1307.5696
4. Z. Y. Xie, J. Chen, J. W. Zhu, L. P. Yang, T. Xiang, Coarse graining tensor renormalization by the higher-order singular value decomposition, Physical Review B 86, 045139 (2012); arXiv:1201.1144
5. Q. N. Chen, M. P. Qin, J. Chen, Z. C. Wei, H. H. Zhao, B. Normand, T. Xiang, Partial order and finite-temperature phase transitions in Potts models on irregular lattices, Physical Review Letters 107, 165701 (2011). arXiv:1105.5030
6. X.W. Yan, M. Gao, Z.Y. Lu, T. Xiang, Electronic structures and magnetic order of ordered-Fe-vacancies ternary iron selenides TlFe_1.5Se₂ and AFe_1.5Se₂ (A=K, Rb, or Cs), Physical Review Letters 106, 087005 (2011). arXiv:1012.6015
7. Z. Y. Xie, H. C. Jiang, Q. N. Chen, Z. Y. Weng, T. Xiang, Second Renormalization of Tensor-Network States, Physical Review Letters 103, 160601 (2009) arXiv:0809.0182
8. F. Ma, W. Ji, J. Hu, Z.Y. Lu, T. Xiang, First-principles calculations of the electronic structure of tetragonal alpha-FeTe and alpha-FeSe crystals: Evidence for a bicollinear antiferromagnetic order, Physical Review Letters 102 (2009) 177003. arXiv:0809.4732
9. F. Ma, Z. Y. Lu, T. Xiang, Arsenic-bridged antiferromagnetic superexchange interactions in LaOFeAs, Physical Review B 78, 224517 (2008), arXiv:0804.3370
10. H. C. Jiang, Z. Y. Weng, T. Xiang, Accurate determination of tensor network state of quantum lattice models in two dimensions, Physical Review Letters 101, 090603 (2008); arXiv:0806.3719
11. D. H. Lee, G. M. Zhang, T. Xiang, Edge solitons of topological insulators and fractionalizaed quasiparticles in two dimensions, Physical Review Letters 99, 196805 (2007) arXiv: 0705.3499.
12. X. Y. Feng, G. M. Zhang, T. Xiang, Topological characterization of quantum phase transitions in a S=1/2 spin model, Physical Review Letters 98,087204 (2007) cond-mat/0610626
13. T. Xiang, "D-wave Superconductivity" (Monograph, in Chinese), Science Press, Beijing 2007

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Email: txiang@iphy.ac.cn