Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Self-Learning Monte Carlo Method: Continuous-Time Algorithm
Authors: Yuki Nagai, Huitao Shen, Yang Qi, Junwei Liu, and Liang Fu
arXiv:1705.06724

2. Can Boltzmann Machines Discover Cluster Updates?
Authors: Lei Wang
arXiv:1702.08586

Recommended with a commentary by Anton Akhmerov, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft.
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1. Robust fractional quantum Hall states and continuous quantum phase transitions in a half-filled bilayer graphene Landau level
Authors: Alexander A. Zibrov, Carlos. R. Kometter, Haoxin Zhou, Eric M. Spanton,
Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Michael P. Zaletel, and Andrea F. Young
arXiv:1611.07113

2. Even denominator fractional quantum Hall state in bilayer graphene
Authors: J. I. A. Li, C. Tan, S. Chen, Y. Zeng, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Hone, and C.R.
Dean
arXiv:1705.07846

Recommended with a commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT.
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Squirmers in nematic liquid crystals: Guiding microswimmers by an
anisotropic medium
Authors: Juho S. Lintuvuori, Alois Würger, and Kevin Stratford
arXiv:1705.02147

Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University.
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