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Xiao-Gang Wen

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
Area of research
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics · Condensed Matter Physics
Research interest
Research interests include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Quantum many-body systems, and Topological Materials and Phenomena.
h-index
103
citations
52,230
works
537
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Topological chiral superconductivity beyond pairing in a Fermi liquid
Physical Review B 2025cited by 25position: contributordoi
Topological chiral superconductivity beyond pairing in a Fermi liquid
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2025cited by 24position: lastdoi
Emergent generalized symmetry and maximal symmetry topological order
Physical Review B 2025cited by 12position: contributordoi
Emergent generalized symmetry and maximal symmetry topological order
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2025cited by 10position: lastdoi
Duality via sequential quantum circuit in the topological holography formalism
Physical Review B 2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
Hierarchy construction for non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall states via anyon condensation
Physical Review B 2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Quantum phases and transitions in spin chains with non-invertible symmetries
SciPost Physics 2024cited by 34position: lastdoi
Generalized symmetries in singularity-free nonlinear <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>σ</mml:mi></mml:math> models and their disordered phases
Physical Review B 2024cited by 11position: contributordoi
Symmetry as a shadow of topological order and a derivation of topological holographic principle
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2023cited by 78position: lastdoi
Symmetry as a shadow of topological order and a derivation of topological holographic principle
Physical Review B 2023cited by 71position: contributordoi
Holographic theory for continuous phase transitions: Emergence and symmetry protection of gaplessness
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2023cited by 63position: lastdoi
Holographic theory for continuous phase transitions: Emergence and symmetry protection of gaplessness
Physical Review B 2023cited by 62position: contributordoi
Nonperturbative regularization of (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math>)-dimensional anomaly-free chiral fermions and bosons: On the equivalence of anomaly matching conditions and boundary gapping rules
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2023cited by 38position: lastdoi
Exact emergent higher-form symmetries in bosonic lattice models
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2023cited by 38position: lastdoi
Exact emergent higher-form symmetries in bosonic lattice models
Physical Review B 2023cited by 30position: contributordoi
Emergent higher-symmetry protected topological orders in the confined phase of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>U</mml:mi><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> gauge theory
Physical Review B 2023cited by 15position: contributordoi
Position-dependent excitations and UV/IR mixing in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> rank-2 toric code and its low-energy effective field theory
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2022cited by 43position: lastdoi
Position-dependent excitations and UV/IR mixing in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> rank-2 toric code and its low-energy effective field theory
Physical Review B 2022cited by 37position: contributordoi
<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>3</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>)</mml:mo><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">d</mml:mi></mml:math> boundaries with gravitational anomaly of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>)</mml:mo><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">d</mml:mi></mml:math> invertible topological order for branch-independent bosonic
Physical Review B 2022cited by 11position: contributordoi
Low-energy effective field theories of fermion liquids and the mixed <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>U</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mo>×</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mml:mi><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math> anomaly
Physical Review B 2021cited by 10position: contributordoi
Compact U^{k}(1) Chern-Simons Theory as a Local Bosonic Lattice Model with Exact Discrete 1-Symmetries.
2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Algebraic higher symmetry and categorical symmetry: A holographic and entanglement view of symmetry
Physical Review Research 2020cited by 152position: contributordoi
Topological transition on the conformal manifold
Physical Review Research 2020cited by 111position: lastdoi
Classification of topological phases with finite internal symmetries in all dimensions
Journal of High Energy Physics 2020cited by 62position: middledoi
Lattice models that realize <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>-1 symmetry-protected topological states for even <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:math>
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2020cited by 54position: lastdoi
Systematic construction of gapped nonliquid states
Physical Review Research 2020cited by 47position: firstdoi
Metallic states beyond the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid in one dimension
Physical Review B 2020cited by 7position: contributordoi
Quantum Information Meets Quantum Matter
Quantum science and technology 2019cited by 421position: lastdoi
Choreographed entanglement dances: Topological states of quantum matter
Science 2019cited by 179position: firstdoi
Emergent anomalous higher symmetries from topological order and from dynamical electromagnetic field in condensed matter systems
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2019cited by 133position: firstdoi

Grants

Entanglement and emergence in quantum states of matter
NSF2022428$720,0002020–2025PIRePORTER
FRG: cQIS: Collaborative Research: Mathematical Foundations of Topological Quantum Computation and Its Applications
NSF1664412$330,0002017–2020PIRePORTER
Entanglement and emergence in new quantum states of matter
NSF1506475$511,8502015–2018PIRePORTER
Physical Properties of Strongly Correlated Quantum Liquids
NSF1005541$465,0002010–2015PIRePORTER
Physical Properties of Strongly Correlated Quantum Liquids
NSF0706078$390,0002007–2010PIRePORTER
Physical Properties of Strongly Correlated Quantum Liquids
NSF0433632$390,0002004–2007PIRePORTER
Physical Properties of Strongly Correlated Quantum Liquids
NSF0123156$213,0002001–2004PIRePORTER
Physical Properties of Strongly Correlated Quantum Liquids
NSF9714198$195,0001997–2001PIRePORTER
Physical Properties of Strongly Correlated Quantum Liquids
NSF9411574$162,0001994–1997PIRePORTER
Physical Properties of Strongly Correlated Quantum Liquid
NSF9114553$141,0001991–1995PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 16 papers (2019–2025)Zheng‐Cheng Gu · Chinese University of Hong Kong13 papers (2012–2017)Juven Wang · Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 papers (2015–2023)Tian Lan · University of Waterloo7 papers (2014–2020)Liang Kong · Tsinghua University5 papers (2016–2020)Sal Pace · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2022–2024)Zheng-Xin Liu · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2012–2014)Arkya Chatterjee · Indian Institute of Technology Bombay3 papers (2023–2025)Arkya Chatterjee · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2023–2024)Ling Wang · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2013–2016)Salvatore D. Pace · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2022–2023) · 2 papers (2014–2015)Jia‐Wei Mei · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China2 papers (2012–2017)Zhenghan Wang · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2014–2015)Bei Zeng · Tsinghua University2 papers (2015–2019) · 2 papers (2013–2016)Hao Zheng · University of Kentucky2 papers (2017–2020)Xie Chen · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2013)Yi‐Zhuang You · University of California San Diego2 papers (2012–2013)Wenjie Ji · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2018–2019)