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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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)

101 - 120 of 262 works

2010

Journal Article

Drinfeld twists of the open XXZ chain with non-diagonal boundary terms

Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2010). Drinfeld twists of the open XXZ chain with non-diagonal boundary terms. Nuclear Physics B, 831 (3), 408-428. doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.01.001

Drinfeld twists of the open XXZ chain with non-diagonal boundary terms

2010

Journal Article

Polynomial algebras and exact solutions of general quantum nonlinear optical models I: two-mode boson systems

Lee, Yuan-Harng, Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2010). Polynomial algebras and exact solutions of general quantum nonlinear optical models I: two-mode boson systems. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 43 (18) 185204, 185204-1-185204-17. doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/18/185204

Polynomial algebras and exact solutions of general quantum nonlinear optical models I: two-mode boson systems

2010

Conference Publication

Solvable 3-Lie algebras with a maximal hypo-nilpotent ideal N

Bai, Rui-Pu, Shen, Cai-Hong and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2010). Solvable 3-Lie algebras with a maximal hypo-nilpotent ideal N. 3rd International Workshop on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, 9-13 July 2009. Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.: International Linear Algebra Society.

Solvable 3-Lie algebras with a maximal hypo-nilpotent ideal N

2009

Journal Article

Differential operator realizations of superalgebras and free field representations of corresponding current algebras

Yang, Wen-Li, Zhang, Yao-Zhong and Kault, Samuel (2009). Differential operator realizations of superalgebras and free field representations of corresponding current algebras. Nuclear Physics, Section B, 823 (3), 372-402. doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.06.029

Differential operator realizations of superalgebras and free field representations of corresponding current algebras

2009

Conference Publication

Recent studies of high energy density physics at the institute of physics, beijing

Li, Y. T., Zhang, Y., Wang, S. J., Liu, X., Dong, Q. L., Zhong, J. Y., Wang, F. L., Shi, J. R., Zhao, G., Zhang, J. Y., Ding, Y. K., Zhang, B. H., Zhang, L., Tang, Y. J., Nishimura, H., Fujioka, S., Sakawa, Y., Takabe, H., Rhee, Yong-Joo, Gu, Y., Zhu, J. Q., Sheng, Z. M. and Zhang, J. (2009). Recent studies of high energy density physics at the institute of physics, beijing. doi: 10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292123

Recent studies of high energy density physics at the institute of physics, beijing

2009

Journal Article

Long distance filamentation of 400 nm femtosecond laser pulses in air

Zhang, Z., Lu, X., Xi, T. T., Liang, W. X., Hao, Z. Q., Zhang, Y., Zhou, M. L., Wang, Z. H. and Zhang, J. (2009). Long distance filamentation of 400 nm femtosecond laser pulses in air. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 97 (1), 207-213. doi: 10.1007/s00340-009-3663-0

Long distance filamentation of 400 nm femtosecond laser pulses in air

2009

Journal Article

Partition function of the eight-vertex model with domain wall boundary condition

Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2009). Partition function of the eight-vertex model with domain wall boundary condition. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 50 (8) 083518, 083518.1-083518.14. doi: 10.1063/1.3205448

Partition function of the eight-vertex model with domain wall boundary condition

2009

Journal Article

Generalized path algebras and pointed Hopf algebras

Zhang, Shou Chuan, Zhang, Yao Zhong and Guo, Xi Jing (2009). Generalized path algebras and pointed Hopf algebras. 數學研究與評論, 29 (3), 395-406. doi: 10.3770/j.issn:1000-341X.2009.03.003

Generalized path algebras and pointed Hopf algebras

2009

Journal Article

Effects of layered structural features on charge/orbital ordering in (La, Sr)n+1MnnO3n+1 (n = 1 and 2)

Ma, C., Yang, H. X., Zeng, L. J., Li, Z. A., Zhang, Y., Qin, Y. B. and Li, J. Q. (2009). Effects of layered structural features on charge/orbital ordering in (La, Sr)n+1MnnO3n+1 (n = 1 and 2). Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 21 (4) 045601. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/4/045601

Effects of layered structural features on charge/orbital ordering in (La, Sr)n+1MnnO3n+1 (n = 1 and 2)

2009

Journal Article

3-Lie algebras with an ideal N

Bai, Rui-pu, Shen, Cai-hong and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2009). 3-Lie algebras with an ideal N. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 431 (5-7), 673-700. doi: 10.1016/j.laa.2009.03.018

3-Lie algebras with an ideal N

2009

Conference Publication

Bethe ansatz solutions to quasi exactly solvable difference equations

Sasaki, Ryu, Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2009). Bethe ansatz solutions to quasi exactly solvable difference equations. Analytic and Algebraic Methods V, Ukraine, Czech Republic, May 27–28 2009. Tereschenkivska, Ukraine: Natsional'na Akademiya Nauk Ukrainy. doi: 10.3842/SIGMA.2009.104

Bethe ansatz solutions to quasi exactly solvable difference equations

2009

Journal Article

Bethe ansatz solutions to quasi exactly solvable difference equations

Sasaki, Ryu, Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2009). Bethe ansatz solutions to quasi exactly solvable difference equations. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA), 5 104. doi: 10.3842/SIGMA.2009.104

Bethe ansatz solutions to quasi exactly solvable difference equations

2008

Journal Article

Free-field realization of the osp(2n/2n) current algebra

Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2008). Free-field realization of the osp(2n/2n) current algebra. Physical Review D, 78 (10) 106004, 106004-1-106004-12. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.106004

Free-field realization of the osp(2n/2n) current algebra

2008

Journal Article

A thermodynamic assessment of the copper-gallium system

Li, J. B., Ji, L. N., Liang, J. K., Zhang, Y., Luo, J., Li, C. R. and Rao, G. H. (2008). A thermodynamic assessment of the copper-gallium system. Calphad: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry, 32 (2), 447-453. doi: 10.1016/j.calphad.2008.03.006

A thermodynamic assessment of the copper-gallium system

2008

Journal Article

Transmitted laser propulsion in confined geometry using liquid propellant

Zhang, Y., Lu, X., Zheng, Z. Y., Liu, F., Zhu, P. F., Li, H. M., Li, Y. T., Li, Y. J. and Zhang, J. (2008). Transmitted laser propulsion in confined geometry using liquid propellant. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 91 (2), 357-360. doi: 10.1007/s00339-008-4416-3

Transmitted laser propulsion in confined geometry using liquid propellant

2008

Journal Article

Effective fast electron acceleration along the target surface

Yuan, X. H., Li, Y. T., Xu, M. H., Zheng, Z. Y., Yu, Q. Z., Liang, W. X., Zhang, Y., Liu, F., Bernhardt, Jens, Wang, S. J., Wang, Z. H., Ling, W. J., Wei, Z. Y., Zhao, W. and Zhang, J. (2008). Effective fast electron acceleration along the target surface. Optics Express, 16 (1), 81-86. doi: 10.1364/OE.16.000081

Effective fast electron acceleration along the target surface

2008

Journal Article

Inner structure of Spinc (4) gauge potential on 4-dimensional manifolds

Liu, X., Duan, Y-S., Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2008). Inner structure of Spinc (4) gauge potential on 4-dimensional manifolds. Annals of Physics, 323 (9), 2107-2114. doi: 10.1016/j.aop.2008.06.002

Inner structure of Spinc (4) gauge potential on 4-dimensional manifolds

2008

Journal Article

Multiple reference states and complete spectrum of the Zn Belavin model with open boundaries

Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2008). Multiple reference states and complete spectrum of the Zn Belavin model with open boundaries. Nuclear Physics B, 789 (3), 591-609. doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.07.024

Multiple reference states and complete spectrum of the Zn Belavin model with open boundaries

2008

Journal Article

On explicit free field realization of current algebras

Yang, Wen-Li and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2008). On explicit free field realization of current algebras. Nuclear Physics B, 800 (3), 527-546. doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.02.011

On explicit free field realization of current algebras

2008

Journal Article

Local quasitriangular Hopf algebras

Zhang, Shouchuan, Gould, Mark D. and Zhang, Yao-Zhong (2008). Local quasitriangular Hopf algebras. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications, 4 042, 1-14. doi: 10.3842/SIGMA.2008.042

Local quasitriangular Hopf algebras

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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