Associate Professor Yao-zhong Zhang
Associate Professor

Yao-zhong Zhang

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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.

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Fields of research

Mathematical physics

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

  • Integrable, superintegrable, exactly solvable and quasi-exactly solvable systems

  • Spin-boson systems, quantum Rabi model and generalizations

  • Algebraic Bethe ansatz, quantum inverse scattering method and related algebraic structures

  • Lie (super)algebras, quantum algebras, representations, correlation functions, supersymmetry and conformal field theory

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262 works between 1986 and 2025
All (262) Journal Article (243) Book Chapter (6) Conference Publication (11) Book (2)

241 - 260 of 262 works

1992

Journal Article

Affine (2-Loop) Wznw Model, Reduction and Spontaneous Breakdown of Conformal Symmetry

Zhang, YZ (1992). Affine (2-Loop) Wznw Model, Reduction and Spontaneous Breakdown of Conformal Symmetry. Modern Physics Letters a, 7 (16), 1399-1409. doi: 10.1142/S0217732392001075

Affine (2-Loop) Wznw Model, Reduction and Spontaneous Breakdown of Conformal Symmetry

1991

Journal Article

Affine Cs Theories and Wznw Models

Bonora, L, Martellini, M and Zhang, YZ (1991). Affine Cs Theories and Wznw Models. Nuclear Physics B, 365 (3), 655-679. doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(91)90514-X

Affine Cs Theories and Wznw Models

1991

Journal Article

Generalized Sine-Gordon Theory and Perturbed Sl(2)kappa Wznw Model

Zhang, YZ (1991). Generalized Sine-Gordon Theory and Perturbed Sl(2)kappa Wznw Model. Modern Physics Letters a, 6 (22), 2023-2032. doi: 10.1142/S0217732391002190

Generalized Sine-Gordon Theory and Perturbed Sl(2)kappa Wznw Model

1991

Journal Article

Sl(2)k Wznw Models, Perturbations and Integrable Models

Bonora, L, Zhang, YZ and Martellini, M (1991). Sl(2)k Wznw Models, Perturbations and Integrable Models. International Journal of Modern Physics a, 6 (9), 1617-1639. doi: 10.1142/S0217751X9100085X

Sl(2)k Wznw Models, Perturbations and Integrable Models

1991

Journal Article

Affine Cs Theories, Affine Wznw Models and Integrable Models

Bonora, L, Martellini, M and Zhang, YZ (1991). Affine Cs Theories, Affine Wznw Models and Integrable Models. Physics Letters B, 253 (3-4), 373-379. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(91)91735-E

Affine Cs Theories, Affine Wznw Models and Integrable Models

1990

Book

Introduction to anomalous gauge theories

Zhang, Yao-Zhong (1990). Introduction to anomalous gauge theories. Jilin, China: Jilin Science and Technology Press.

Introduction to anomalous gauge theories

1989

Journal Article

Derivation of Anomalous Commutator and Jacobian From Very General Conditions

Zhang, YZ (1989). Derivation of Anomalous Commutator and Jacobian From Very General Conditions. Physical Review Letters, 62 (19), 2221-2224. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2221

Derivation of Anomalous Commutator and Jacobian From Very General Conditions

1989

Journal Article

Some Algebraic Identities in Anomalous Gauge-Theories

Zhang, YZ (1989). Some Algebraic Identities in Anomalous Gauge-Theories. Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and General, 22 (9), L371-L375. doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/22/9/004

Some Algebraic Identities in Anomalous Gauge-Theories

1989

Journal Article

Covariant Anomaly and Cohomology in Connection Space

Zhang, YZ (1989). Covariant Anomaly and Cohomology in Connection Space. Physics Letters B, 219 (4), 439-442. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(89)91091-5

Covariant Anomaly and Cohomology in Connection Space

1988

Journal Article

Algebraic Aspects of the Descent Equations

Zhang, YZ (1988). Algebraic Aspects of the Descent Equations. Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and General, 21 (22), L1055-L1057. doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/21/22/003

Algebraic Aspects of the Descent Equations

1988

Journal Article

The Virasoro Algebra and Group in 4 Dimensions

Zhang, YZ (1988). The Virasoro Algebra and Group in 4 Dimensions. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 29 (5), 1241-1243. doi: 10.1063/1.528199

The Virasoro Algebra and Group in 4 Dimensions

1988

Journal Article

Chiral Jacobian and Wess-Zumino-Witten Term in the Hybrid Chiral Bag Model

Chen, YX, Yue, RH and Zhang, YZ (1988). Chiral Jacobian and Wess-Zumino-Witten Term in the Hybrid Chiral Bag Model. Physics Letters B, 202 (4), 587-590. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(88)91869-2

Chiral Jacobian and Wess-Zumino-Witten Term in the Hybrid Chiral Bag Model

1988

Journal Article

Cohomological Analysis in Skyrme Model and Boundary Effect of Chiral Bag Model

Hou, BY, Chen, YX and Zhang, YZ (1988). Cohomological Analysis in Skyrme Model and Boundary Effect of Chiral Bag Model. Scientia Sinica Series A-Mathematical Physical Astronomical & Technical Sciences, 31 (2), 172-182.

Cohomological Analysis in Skyrme Model and Boundary Effect of Chiral Bag Model

1988

Journal Article

Some Remarks On the Extension of Loop-Groups

Hou, BY and Zhang, YZ (1988). Some Remarks On the Extension of Loop-Groups. Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and General, 21 (2), 345-352. doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/21/2/013

Some Remarks On the Extension of Loop-Groups

1987

Journal Article

Removing Faddeev Commutator Anomaly

Zhang, YZ (1987). Removing Faddeev Commutator Anomaly. Letters in Mathematical Physics, 14 (4), 303-310. doi: 10.1007/BF00402139

Removing Faddeev Commutator Anomaly

1987

Journal Article

Another Construction of the Virasoro Group

Zhang, YZ (1987). Another Construction of the Virasoro Group. Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and General, 20 (11), 3099-3102. doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/20/11/016

Another Construction of the Virasoro Group

1987

Journal Article

Cohomology in Connection Space, Family Index Theorem, and Abelian Gauge Structure

Hou, BY and Zhang, YZ (1987). Cohomology in Connection Space, Family Index Theorem, and Abelian Gauge Structure. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 28 (8), 1709-1715. doi: 10.1063/1.527480

Cohomology in Connection Space, Family Index Theorem, and Abelian Gauge Structure

1987

Journal Article

Errata: Comment on the constraint for anomalous Jacobi identity

Huo, Bo-Yu and Zhang, Yao-zhong (1987). Errata: Comment on the constraint for anomalous Jacobi identity. Modern Physics Letters A, 02 (06), 447-447. doi: 10.1142/s0217732387001324

Errata: Comment on the constraint for anomalous Jacobi identity

1987

Journal Article

Realization of the 3-Cocycle of the Gauge Group in Hamiltonian-Dynamics

Zhang, YZ (1987). Realization of the 3-Cocycle of the Gauge Group in Hamiltonian-Dynamics. Physics Letters B, 189 (1-2), 149-153. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(87)91287-1

Realization of the 3-Cocycle of the Gauge Group in Hamiltonian-Dynamics

1987

Journal Article

Exact Calculation of the Fermion Determinant in Chiral Qcd2 Reflecting the Full Regularization Dependence

Zhang, YZ (1987). Exact Calculation of the Fermion Determinant in Chiral Qcd2 Reflecting the Full Regularization Dependence. Zeitschrift Fur Physik C-Particles and Fields, 36 (3), 449-453. doi: 10.1007/BF01573939

Exact Calculation of the Fermion Determinant in Chiral Qcd2 Reflecting the Full Regularization Dependence

Current funding

  • 2019 - 2025
    From superintegrability to quasi-exact solvability: theory and application
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2014 - 2016
    Constructive representation theory of classical and quantum Lie superalgebras
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Mathematical models for disordered critical point theories
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Exact analytic methods for disordered critical point theories
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Quantum Integrable Systems and Applications: From Condensed Matter to Quantum Information
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Quantum Many-Body Systems Network: Breakthrough Science and Frontier Technologies
    ARC Seed Funding for Research Networks
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    Quantum many-body systems with long-range interactions
    ARC Linkage International
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2004
    Quantum Groups and Boundary Integrable Field Theory
    Australian Academy of Science
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2004
    Algebraic Structures and Correlations in Quantum Many-Body Systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    Metallic nanograins: superconducting correlations, Josephson tunneling and conformal field theory
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2004
    Quantized Algebraic (Super) Structures and Applications
    ARC Linkage International
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Quantum correlations in degenerate Bose gases
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Yangian Structures and Integrable Models with Long-Range Interactions.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Boundary integrable models in condensed matter physics and quantum field theory
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Representations and Applications of Quantum Affine Superalgebras
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    \-deformed (super) conformal field theory & q-(super) strings
    ARC International Research Exchange Program (IREX)
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Integrable quantum field theories with boundry interactons
    University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Quantum groups and supersymmetry
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant

Availability

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Available projects

  • R-matrices without difference property and related integrable models

  • Superintegrable models and polynomial algebraic structures

  • Aspects of quantum Rabi type spin boson systems

Supervision history

Current supervision

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