HAO ZOU | Research

Research interests

My main research interests are supersymmetric quantum field theories, mirror symmetry, string theory, integrable systems as well as related mathematical topics. I am also interested in machine learning in theoretical studies.

Selected papers

An up-to-date publication list can be found at INSPIRE-HEP.

  1. W. Gu, L. Mihalcea, E. Sharpe, W. Xu, H. Zhang and H. Zou, ``Quantum K theory rings of partial flag manifolds,'' arXiv:2306.11094 [hep-th].
  2. H.F. Shu, P. Zhao, R.D. Zhu and H. Zou, "Bethe-State Counting and the Witten Index," arXiv:2210.07116[hep-th].
  3. C.M. Chang, W. Cui, W.J. Ma, H.F. Shu and H. Zou, "Shadow Celestial Amplitudes," arXiv:2210.04725[hep-th].
  4. W. Gu, L. Mihalcea, E. Sharpe and H. Zou, "Quantum K theory of Grassmannians, Wilson line operators, and Schur bundles," arXiv:2208.01091[math.AG].
  5. P. Zhao and H. Zou, "Remarks on 2d Unframed Quiver Gauge Theories," arXiv:2206.14793 [hep-th].
  6. X. Gao and H. Zou, "Applying machine learning to the Calabi-Yau orientifold with string vacua," Phys. Rev. D 105, no.4, 4 (2022), arXiv:2112.04950 [hep-th].
  7. J. Guo and H. Zou, "Quantum cohomology of symplectic flag manifolds," J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 55, 275401 (2022) arXiv:2107.09880 [hep-th].
  8. W. Gu, L. Mihalcea, E. Sharpe and H. Zou, "Quantum K theory of symplectic Grassmannians," J. Geom. Phys. 177, 104548 (2022), arXiv:2008.04909 [hep-th].
  9. W. Gu, E. Sharpe and H. Zou, "GLSMs for exotic Grassmannians," JHEP 10, 200 (2020), arXiv:2008.02281 [hep-th].
  10. W. Gu, E. Sharpe and H. Zou, "Notes on two-dimensional pure supersymmetric gauge theories," JHEP 04, 261 (2021), arXiv:2005.10845 [hep-th] .
  11. W. Gu and H. Zou, "Supersymmetric localization in GLSMs for supermanifolds," JHEP 05, 019 (2019), arXiv:1807.05455 [hep-th].
  12. H. Parsian, E.Sharpe and H. Zou, "(0,2) versions of exotic (2,2) GLSMs," Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 33, no.18n19, 1850113 (2018), arXiv:1803.00286 [hep-th].

Selected talks

  1. "2d TQFT 101 - Part II,"
    BIMSA-Tsinghua Quantum Symmetry Seminar, BIMSA, Jan 6, 2022.
  2. "2d TQFT 101 - Part I,"
    BIMSA-Tsinghua Quantum Symmetry Seminar, BIMSA, Dec 30, 2021.
  3. "GLSMs for Symplectic Grassmannians and Symplectic Flag Manifolds,"
    Postdoc Workshop, Beijing Kuangou Conference Center, Sep 10, 2021.
  4. "Quantum cohomology and quantum K-theory from supersymmetric gauge theories,"
    VT Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Sep 11, 2020.
  5. "Gauged linear sigma model for symplectic Grassmannians,"
    GLSMs 2020, Zoom, Aug 18, 2020.
  6. "WDVV equation in 2d topological conformal field theory,"
    Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, May 15, 2019.
  7. "Tangent bundles of branched double covers,"
    JMU/VT meeting, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Feb 8, 2018.