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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to theories of vortex states, superconductorinsulator transitions, and edge states in the quantum Hall effect

Overview

Matthew P. A. Fisher is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Physics and Astronomy as well as Computer Science. The main areas of study encompass quantum many-body systems, quantum computing algorithms and architecture, and quantum information and cryptography, alongside advanced thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.

The scientist's subfields of expertise include artificial intelligence, atomic and molecular physics and optics, statistical and nonlinear physics, condensed matter physics, and nuclear and high energy physics.

Recent publications reflect a focus on quantum phenomena and quantum computation. Some notable papers include:

  • Random Quantum Circuits (2022), published in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
  • Statistical mechanics of quantum error correcting codes (2021), published in Physical Review B
  • Conformal invariance and quantum nonlocality in critical hybrid circuits (2021), published in Physical Review B
  • Cross Entropy Benchmark for Measurement-Induced Phase Transitions (2023), published in Physical Review Letters
  • Entanglement Domain Walls in Monitored Quantum Circuits and the Directed Polymer in a Random Environment (2023), published in PRX Quantum

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics.

Collaborations have been a regular part of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including Yaodong Li, Sagar Vijay, Ali Lavasani, Andreas W. W. Ludwig, and Joshua Straub.

Among awards and recognitions, the scientist received the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society in 2015. They were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2012 and became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003. Earlier, in 1998, they were named a Fellow of the American Physical Society, with a citation recognizing contributions to theories of vortex states, superconductor-insulator transitions, and edge states in the quantum Hall effect.

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of the dissipative two-state system

    A. J. Leggett;S. Chakravarty;A. T. Dorsey;Matthew P. A. Fisher

  • Boson localization and the superfluid-insulator transition.

    Matthew P. A. Fisher;Peter B. Weichman;G. Grinstein;Daniel S. Fisher

  • Thermal fluctuations, quenched disorder, phase transitions, and transport in type-II superconductors.

    Daniel S. Fisher;Matthew P. A. Fisher;David A. Huse

  • Unruptured intracranial aneurysms - Risk of rupture and risks of surgical intervention

    D. Wiebers;J. Whisnant;G. Forbes;I. Meissner

  • Non-Abelian statistics and topological quantum information processing in 1D wire networks

    Jason Alicea;Yuval Oreg;Gil Refael;Felix von Oppen

  • Vortex-glass superconductivity: A possible new phase in bulk high-Tc oxides.

    Matthew P. A. Fisher

  • Transmission through barriers and resonant tunneling in an interacting one-dimensional electron gas.

    C. L. Kane;Matthew P. A. Fisher;Matthew P. A. Fisher

  • Deconfined Quantum Critical Points

    T. Senthil;Ashvin Vishwanath;Leon Balents;Subir Sachdev

  • Transport in a one-channel Luttinger liquid.

    C. L. Kane;Matthew P. A. Fisher

  • Combined results of searches for the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Experimental evidence for vortex-glass superconductivity in Y-Ba-Cu-O.

    R. H. Koch;V. Foglietti;W. J. Gallagher;G. Koren

  • Quantum phase transitions in disordered two-dimensional superconductors.

    Matthew P. A. Fisher

  • Quantum criticality beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm

    T. Senthil;Leon Balents;Subir Sachdev;Ashvin Vishwanath

  • Observation and studies of jet quenching in PbPb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Determination of jet energy calibration and transverse momentum resolution in CMS

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Integer quantum Hall transition: An alternative approach and exact results

    Andreas W. W. Ludwig;Matthew P. A. Fisher;Matthew P. A. Fisher;R. Shankar;G. Grinstein

  • Coulomb Interactions and Mesoscopic Effects in Carbon Nanotubes

    Charles Kane;Leon Balents;Matthew P. A. Fisher

  • Performance of electron reconstruction and selection with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV

    Khachatryan;AM Sirunyan;A Tumasyan;W Adam

  • Presence of quantum diffusion in two dimensions: Universal resistance at the superconductor-insulator transition.

    Matthew P. A. Fisher;G. Grinstein;S. M. Girvin

  • Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems: From the Origin of Sound to an Origin of Light and Electrons

    Matthew Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Leon Balents
Leon Balents Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences
Vivian O'Dell
Vivian O'Dell University of Wisconsin–Madison

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