DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Pranay Patil

Assistant Professor

HSB 253C
Ph.D. Boston University

📞 044-2257-4837
✉️ pranay@iitm.ac.in

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Areas of Interest

✔ Condensed Matter Theory

Current Research

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

Students

Current PhD Students

Recent Publications

  • ✔ 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) Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. PIN-Code : 600036 Phone: +91 44 2257 4850/4851 Email: phoffice[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in © 2023-All rights reserved. Department of Physics || Website Credits 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.

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