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.

Availability

Associate Professor Yao-zhong Zhang is:
Available for supervision
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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

Search Professor Yao-zhong Zhang’s works on UQ eSpace

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

61 - 80 of 262 works

2014

Journal Article

Construction of basis vectors for symmetric irreducible representations of O(5) (Formula Presented.) O(3)

Pan, Feng, Bao, Lina, Zhang, Yao-Zhong and Draayer, Jerry P. (2014). Construction of basis vectors for symmetric irreducible representations of O(5) (Formula Presented.) O(3). European Physical Journal Plus, 129 (8) 169, 1-27. doi: 10.1140/epjp/i2014-14169-0

Construction of basis vectors for symmetric irreducible representations of O(5) (Formula Presented.) O(3)

2014

Journal Article

ZN symmetric chiral Rabi model: a new N-level system

Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2014). ZN symmetric chiral Rabi model: a new N-level system. Annals of Physics, 347, 122-129. doi: 10.1016/j.aop.2014.05.003

ZN symmetric chiral Rabi model: a new N-level system

2014

Journal Article

Exact polynomial solutions of Schrodinger equation with various hyperbolic potentials

Wen, Fa-Kai, Yang, Zhan-Ying, Liu, Chong, Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2014). Exact polynomial solutions of Schrodinger equation with various hyperbolic potentials. Communications in Theoretical Physics, 61 (2), 153-159. doi: 10.1088/0253-6102/61/2/02

Exact polynomial solutions of Schrodinger equation with various hyperbolic potentials

2014

Journal Article

Finite dimensional nichols algebras over finite cyclic groups

Wu, Weicai, Zhang, Shouchuan and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2014). Finite dimensional nichols algebras over finite cyclic groups. Journal of Lie Theory, 24 (2), 351-372.

Finite dimensional nichols algebras over finite cyclic groups

2013

Journal Article

Exact solutions to relativistic singular fractional power potentials

Agboola, Davids and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). Exact solutions to relativistic singular fractional power potentials. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 46 (50) 505301, 505301.1-505301.15. doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/46/50/505301

Exact solutions to relativistic singular fractional power potentials

2013

Journal Article

Solving the two-mode squeezed harmonic oscillator and the kth-order harmonic generation in Bargmann-Hilbert spaces

Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). Solving the two-mode squeezed harmonic oscillator and the kth-order harmonic generation in Bargmann-Hilbert spaces. Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and Theoretical, 46 (45) 455302, 455302.1-455302.13. doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/46/45/455302

Solving the two-mode squeezed harmonic oscillator and the kth-order harmonic generation in Bargmann-Hilbert spaces

2013

Journal Article

Entropic uncertainty relations under the relativistic motion

Feng, Jun, Zhang, Yao-Zhong, Gould, Mark D. and Fan, Heng (2013). Entropic uncertainty relations under the relativistic motion. Physics Letters B, 726 (1-3), 527-532. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.08.069

Entropic uncertainty relations under the relativistic motion

2013

Journal Article

On the solvability of the quantum Rabi model and its 2-photon and two-mode generalizations

Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). On the solvability of the quantum Rabi model and its 2-photon and two-mode generalizations. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 54 (10) 102104, 102104.1-102104.13. doi: 10.1063/1.4826356

On the solvability of the quantum Rabi model and its 2-photon and two-mode generalizations

2013

Journal Article

Heine-Stieltjes correspondence and a new angular momentum projection for many-particle systems

Pan, Feng, Li, Bo, Zhang, Yao-Zhong and Draayer, Jerry P. (2013). Heine-Stieltjes correspondence and a new angular momentum projection for many-particle systems. Physical Review C, 88 (3) 034305, 034305.1-034305.11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.88.034305

Heine-Stieltjes correspondence and a new angular momentum projection for many-particle systems

2013

Journal Article

Efficient universal quantum computation with auxiliary Hilbert space

Li, Wen-Dong, Gu, Yong-Jian, Liu, Kai, Lee, Yuan-Harng and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). Efficient universal quantum computation with auxiliary Hilbert space. Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), 88 (3) 034303, 034303.1-034303.4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.034303

Efficient universal quantum computation with auxiliary Hilbert space

2013

Book Chapter

Exactly solvable, non-hermitian BCS Hamiltonian

Moghaddam, Amir, Links, Jon and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). Exactly solvable, non-hermitian BCS Hamiltonian. Symmetries and Groups in Contemporary Physics. (pp. 627-630) Singapore, Singapore: World Scientific. doi: 10.1142/9789814518550_0091

Exactly solvable, non-hermitian BCS Hamiltonian

2013

Journal Article

BCS model with asymmetric pair scattering: a non-Hermitian, exactly solvable Hamiltonian exhibiting generalized exclusion statistics

Links, Jon, Moghaddam, Amir and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). BCS model with asymmetric pair scattering: a non-Hermitian, exactly solvable Hamiltonian exhibiting generalized exclusion statistics. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 46 (30) 305205, 305205.1-305205.18. doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/46/30/305205

BCS model with asymmetric pair scattering: a non-Hermitian, exactly solvable Hamiltonian exhibiting generalized exclusion statistics

2013

Journal Article

Shockwaves and filaments induced by counter-streaming laser-produced plasmas

Yuan, D. W., Li, Y. T., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Zhong, J. Y., Zheng, W. D., Dong, Q. L., Chen, M., Sakawa, Y., Morita, T., Kuramitsu, Y., Kato, T. N., Takabe, H., Rhee, Yong-Joo, Zhu, J. Q., Zhao, G. and Zhang, J. (2013). Shockwaves and filaments induced by counter-streaming laser-produced plasmas. High Energy Density Physics, 9 (2), 239-242. doi: 10.1016/j.hedp.2013.01.008

Shockwaves and filaments induced by counter-streaming laser-produced plasmas

2013

Journal Article

Classification of quiver Hopf algebras and pointed Hopf algebras of type one

Zhang, Shouchuan, Chen, Hui-Xiang and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). Classification of quiver Hopf algebras and pointed Hopf algebras of type one. Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 87 (2), 216-237. doi: 10.1017/S0004972712000494

Classification of quiver Hopf algebras and pointed Hopf algebras of type one

2013

Journal Article

Novel quasi-exactly solvable models with anharmonic singular potentials

Agboola, Davids and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). Novel quasi-exactly solvable models with anharmonic singular potentials. Annals of Physics, 330, 246-262. doi: 10.1016/j.aop.2012.11.013

Novel quasi-exactly solvable models with anharmonic singular potentials

2013

Journal Article

Propagation of a short-pulse laser-driven electron beam in matter

Volpe, L., Batani, D., Birindelli, G., Morace, A., Carpeggiani, P., Xu, M. H., Liu, F., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Lin, X. X., Liu, F., Wang, S. J., Zhu, P. F., Meng, L. M., Wang, Z. H., Li, Y. T., Sheng, Z. M., Wei, Z. Y., Zhang, J., Santos, J. J. and Spindloe, C. (2013). Propagation of a short-pulse laser-driven electron beam in matter. Physics of Plasmas, 20 (3) 033105. doi: 10.1063/1.4793453

Propagation of a short-pulse laser-driven electron beam in matter

2013

Journal Article

Anisotropic magnetoresistance and planar Hall effect in La 2/3Ca1/3MnO3 thin films with misfit strain

Li, J., Wang, S. G., Zhang, Y., Cui, L. M., Jin, Y. R., Deng, H., Zheng, D. N., Zimmers, A., Aubin, H. and Lang, P. L. (2013). Anisotropic magnetoresistance and planar Hall effect in La 2/3Ca1/3MnO3 thin films with misfit strain. Journal of Applied Physics, 113 (5) 053901. doi: 10.1063/1.4789969

Anisotropic magnetoresistance and planar Hall effect in La 2/3Ca1/3MnO3 thin films with misfit strain

2013

Journal Article

Notes on teleportation in an expanding space

Feng, Jun, Yang, Wen-Li, Zhang, Yao-Zhong and Fan, Heng (2013). Notes on teleportation in an expanding space. Physics Letters B, 719 (4-5), 430-434. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.026

Notes on teleportation in an expanding space

2013

Conference Publication

Exactly solvable, non-Hermitian BCS Hamiltonian

Moghaddam, Amir , Links, Jon and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2013). Exactly solvable, non-Hermitian BCS Hamiltonian. XXIX International Colloquium on Group-Theoretical Methods in Physics, Tianjin, China, 20-26 August 2012. City of Singapore, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.

Exactly solvable, non-Hermitian BCS Hamiltonian

2012

Journal Article

Deconfined quantum criticality and generalized exclusion statistics in a non-Hermitian BCS model

Links, Jon, Moghaddam, Amir and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2012). Deconfined quantum criticality and generalized exclusion statistics in a non-Hermitian BCS model. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 45 (46) 462002, 462002.1-462002.6. doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/45/46/462002

Deconfined quantum criticality and generalized exclusion statistics in a non-Hermitian BCS model

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

Associate Professor Yao-zhong Zhang is:
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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

Completed supervision

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