• Condensed Matter Theory

Many body physics, numerical techniques, field theory, and dynamics in the context of magnetic systems and other systems within a statistical physics framework.

• Protecting Hilbert space fragmentation through quantum Zeno dynamics.Pranay Patil, Ayushi Singhania, and Jad C. Halimeh, Phys. Rev. B 108, 195109 (2023)
• Anomalous relaxation of density waves in a ring-exchange system. Pranay Patil, Markus Heyl and Fabien Alet, Phys. Rev. E 107, 034119 (2023)
• Weakly first-order quantum phase transition between spin-nematic and valence-bond crystal order in a square-lattice SU(4) fermionic model. Pranay Patil, Fabien Alet, Sylvain Capponi, and Matthieu Mambrini, Phys. Rev. B 105, L140403 (2022)
• Unconventional U(1) to \uD835\uDC4D\uD835\uDC5E crossover in quantum and classical \uD835\uDC5E-state clock models Pranay Patil, Hui Shao, and Anders W. Sandvik, Phys. Rev. B 103, 054418 (2021)
• Quantum half-orphans in kagome antiferromagnets Pranay Patil, Fabien Alet, Sylvain Capponi, and Kedar Damle, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043425 (2020)