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Sumner Hearth

CNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate
T-4

Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Computing

Office: TA-3, Bldg 1690, Room 132
Mail Stop: B258
Email: snh@lanl.gov

Research highlight

I study condensed matter theory and quantum information with an emphasis on computation and algorithm design. I am particularly interested in emergent theories and complexity from seemingly simple systems.

Talks at CNLS:

Jul 16th, 2025 - Seminar: Classical Shadow Tomography with Conservation Laws
Jan 29th, 2026 - Postdoc Seminar: Random Circuits Tutorial

Educational Background/Employment:

B.A. (2017) Physics and Computer Science, Cornell University
Ph.D. (2025) Physics, Boston University

Research Interests:

Frustrated Magnetism and Emergent Gauge Theories
Monte Carlo techniques, Classical, Quantum SSE, and HMC
Quantum Randomized Benchmarking

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Selected Recent Publications:

Sumner N. Hearth; Michael O. Flynn; Anushya Chandran; Chris R. Laumann. Unitary κ-Designs from Random Number-Conserving Quantum Circuits (2023) 10.48550/arXiv.2306.01035
Sumner N. Hearth; Michael O. Flynn; Anushya Chandran; Chris R. Laumann. Efficient Local Classical Shadow Tomography with Number Conservation (2023) 10.48550/arXiv.2311.09291
Sumner N. Hearth; Siddhardh C. Morampudi; Chris R. Laumann. Quantum orders in the frustrated Ising model on the bathroom tile lattice (2022) 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.195101