
Overview
Background
A/Prof Yao-Zhong Zhang's research interests are in: Algebraic structures, quantum (super)integrable systems, (quasi-)exactly solvable models, supersymmetry, and conformal field theory.
Yao-Zhong Zhang received his PhD from Northwest University, China, in 1988 under the supervision of Prof Bo-Yu Hou. He spent 12 years in Europe, Japan and Australia as Postdoctoral/Research Fellow, before becoming in 2001 a permament staff member as a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics of the University of Queensland. Since 2006, he has been Reader/Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Queensland.
Availability
- Associate Professor Yao-zhong Zhang is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Xidian University
- Masters (Research) of Science, Sichuan University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Northwest University (西北大学)
Research interests
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Integrable, superintegrable, exactly solvable and quasi-exactly solvable systems
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Spin-boson systems, quantum Rabi model and generalizations
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Algebraic Bethe ansatz, quantum inverse scattering method and related algebraic structures
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Lie (super)algebras, quantum algebras, representations, correlation functions, supersymmetry and conformal field theory
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Exact surface energies and boundary excitations of the Izergin-Korepin model with generic boundary fields
Lu, Pengcheng, Cao, Junpeng, Yang, Wen-Li, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2025). Exact surface energies and boundary excitations of the Izergin-Korepin model with generic boundary fields. The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025 (2) 87, 2. doi: 10.1007/jhep02(2025)087
2024
Journal Article
Charged massless scalar fields in a charged C-metric black hole: Exact solutions, Hawking radiation, and scattering of scalar waves
Chen, Ming, Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli, Gabriele and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2024). Charged massless scalar fields in a charged C-metric black hole: Exact solutions, Hawking radiation, and scattering of scalar waves. Physical Review D, 110 (12) 124065. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.110.124065
2024
Journal Article
T-W relation and free energy of the antiperiodic XXZ chain with η=iπ/3 at a finite temperature
Lu, Pengcheng, Cao, Junpeng, Yang, Wen-Li, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2024). T-W relation and free energy of the antiperiodic XXZ chain with η=iπ/3 at a finite temperature. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 57 (44) 445205, 445205. doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/ad85b3
2024
Journal Article
Root patterns and exact surface energy of the spin-1 Heisenberg model with generic open boundaries
Dong, Jiasheng, Lu, Pengcheng, Cao, Junpeng, Yang, Wen-Li, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2024). Root patterns and exact surface energy of the spin-1 Heisenberg model with generic open boundaries. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 57 (30) 305202. doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/ad5ee3
2024
Journal Article
Bethe ansatz solutions and hidden sl(2) algebraic structure for a class of quasi-exactly solvable systems
Li, Siyu, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2024). Bethe ansatz solutions and hidden sl(2) algebraic structure for a class of quasi-exactly solvable systems. Annals of Physics, 462 169595, 169595. doi: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169595
2024
Journal Article
Finite dimensional irreducible representations of Lie superalgebra D (2, 1; α)
Chen, Xi, Yang, Wen-Li, Ding, Xiang-Mao and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2024). Finite dimensional irreducible representations of Lie superalgebra D (2, 1; α). Communications in Theoretical Physics, 76 (2) 025002. doi: 10.1088/1572-9494/ad1588
2023
Journal Article
Polynomial algebras from commutants: Classical and Quantum aspects of 𝒜<sub>3</sub>
Campoamor-Stursberg, Rutwig, Latini, Danilo, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2023). Polynomial algebras from commutants: Classical and Quantum aspects of 𝒜3. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2667 (1) 012037, 1-10. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2667/1/012037
2023
Journal Article
On polynomial symmetry algebras underlying superintegrable systems in Darboux spaces
Marquette, Ian, Zhang, Junze and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2023). On polynomial symmetry algebras underlying superintegrable systems in Darboux spaces. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2667 (1) 012046, 1-8. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2667/1/012046
2023
Journal Article
Polynomial algebras from Lie algebra reduction chains g ⊃ g ′
Campoamor-Stursberg, Rutwig, Latini, Danilo, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2023). Polynomial algebras from Lie algebra reduction chains g ⊃ g ′. Annals of Physics, 459 169496, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.aop.2023.169496
2023
Journal Article
Algebraic approach and exact solutions of superintegrable systems in 2D Darboux spaces
Marquette, Ian, Zhang, Junze and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2023). Algebraic approach and exact solutions of superintegrable systems in 2D Darboux spaces. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 56 (35) 355201, 1-50. doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/ace949
2023
Journal Article
Infinite-dimensional representations of cubic and quintic algebras and special functions
Marquette, Ian, Zhang, Junze and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2023). Infinite-dimensional representations of cubic and quintic algebras and special functions. European Physical Journal Plus, 138 (6) 537, 1-17. doi: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04155-2
2023
Journal Article
Finding new multipartite entangled resources for measurement-based quantum computation
Li, Wendong, Ma, Xiaoping, Lee, Yuan-Harng, Zhang, Yaozhong and Gu, Yongjian (2023). Finding new multipartite entangled resources for measurement-based quantum computation. Quantum Information Processing, 22 (3) 130, 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s11128-023-03870-0
2023
Journal Article
Algebraic (super-)integrability from commutants of subalgebras in universal enveloping algebras
Campoamor-Stursberg, Rutwig, Latini, Danilo, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2023). Algebraic (super-)integrability from commutants of subalgebras in universal enveloping algebras. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 56 (4) 045202, 1-27. doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/acb576
2022
Journal Article
Polynomial algebras of superintegrable systems separating in Cartesian coordinates from higher order ladder operators
Latini, Danilo, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2022). Polynomial algebras of superintegrable systems separating in Cartesian coordinates from higher order ladder operators. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 440 133464, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2022.133464
2022
Journal Article
Editorial: Uncertainty relations and their applications
Wang, Dong, Hu, Ming-Liang, Feng, Jun and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2022). Editorial: Uncertainty relations and their applications. Frontiers in Physics, 10 997835. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2022.997835
2022
Journal Article
Construction of polynomial algebras from intermediate Casimir invariants of Lie algebras
Latini, Danilo, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2022). Construction of polynomial algebras from intermediate Casimir invariants of Lie algebras. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55 (33) 335203, 1-42. doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/ac7ca3
2022
Book
Uncertainty relations and their applications
Dong Wang, Ming-Liang Hu, Jun Feng and Yao-Zhong Zhang eds. (2022). Uncertainty relations and their applications. Frontiers Research Topics, Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation. doi: 10.3389/978-2-83250-137-5
2021
Journal Article
Exact solution of the two-axis two-spin Hamiltonian
Pan, Feng, Zhang, Yao-Zhong, Qi, Xiaohan, Liang, Yue, Zhang, Yuqing and Draayer, Jerry P. (2021). Exact solution of the two-axis two-spin Hamiltonian. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2021 (10) 103104. doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/ac26b3
2021
Journal Article
Racah algebra R(n) from coalgebraic structures and chains of R(3) substructures
Latini, Danilo, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2021). Racah algebra R(n) from coalgebraic structures and chains of R(3) substructures. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 54 (39) 395202, 395202. doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/ac1ee8
2021
Journal Article
N-dimensional Smorodinsky-Winternitz model and related higher rank quadratic algebra SW(N)
Correa, Francisco, Fazlul Hoque, Md, Marquette, Ian and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2021). N-dimensional Smorodinsky-Winternitz model and related higher rank quadratic algebra SW(N). Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 54 (39) 395201, 395201. doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/ac1dc1
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
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Available projects
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R-matrices without difference property and related integrable models
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Superintegrable models and polynomial algebraic structures
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Aspects of quantum Rabi type spin boson systems
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Superintegrabe systems in curved spaces and algebraic approaches
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Scalar and Dirac Fields in Black Hole Backgrounds: Solutions and Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
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Doctor Philosophy
Deformations of supersymmetric quantum field theories and gravity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
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Doctor Philosophy
New frontiers in quantum field and gravity theories
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
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Doctor Philosophy
Quadratic Algebras and Their Casimir Invariant
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Phillip Isaac
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Doctor Philosophy
Quadratic Algebras and Their Casimir Invariant
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Phillip Isaac
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Doctor Philosophy
Supersymmetric field theories on curved manifolds and applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Artem Pulemotov, Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
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Master Philosophy
Quantum properties of non-analytic Field Theories
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
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Doctor Philosophy
New deformations in supersymmetric quantum field and gravity theories
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
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Doctor Philosophy
Solvable supersymmetric field theories, string theory and AdS/CFT
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jon Links, Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Scalar and Dirac Fields in Black Hole Backgrounds: Solutions and Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabriele Tartaglino Mazzucchelli
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Coherent states and scattering for exactly solvable quantum systems
Principal Advisor
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2019
Master Philosophy
New families of exactly solvable many-body models and superintegrable systems
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jon Links
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Superintegrable systems, polynomial algebra structures and exact derivations of spectra
Principal Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Exact Solutions of Quasi-exactly Solvable Quantum Systems
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jon Links
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
FREE FIELD REALIZATION OF CURRENT SUPERALGEBRAS AND BOSONIZATION OF PARAFERMIONIC ALGEBRAS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jon Links
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Lie Algebra Deformations and the Exact Solutions of Integrable Quantum Many-Body Systems.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jon Links
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Doctor Philosophy
Inner Geometric Structures of Gauge Fields and Topological Excitations
Principal Advisor
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2015
Master Philosophy
Extended Galilean Conformal Algebras in Two Dimensions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jorgen Rasmussen
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
AN INTEGRABLE AND EXACTLY SOLVABLE NON-HERMITIAN BCS HAMILTONIAN AND GENERALISED EXCLUSION STATISTICS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jon Links
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
MASSLESS NEUTRINO MIXING
Associate Advisor
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