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    Vision transformer neural quantum states for impurity models

    Xiaodong Cao1,2, Zhicheng Zhong1,2,*, and Yi Lu3,4,†

    • *Contact author: zczhong@ustc.edu.cn
    • †Contact author: yilu@nju.edu.cn

    Phys. Rev. B 112, 235155 – Published 19 December, 2025

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/8n2h-p7w5

    Abstract

    Transformer neural networks, known for their ability to recognize complex patterns in high-dimensional data, offer a promising framework for capturing many-body correlations in quantum systems. We employ an adapted vision transformer (ViT) architecture to model quantum impurity models, optimizing it with a subspace expansion scheme that surpasses conventional variational Monte Carlo in both accuracy and efficiency. Benchmarks against matrix product states in single- and three-orbital Anderson impurity models show that these ViT-based neural quantum states achieve comparable or superior accuracy with significantly fewer variational parameters. We further extend our approach to compute dynamical quantities by constructing a restricted excitation space that effectively captures relevant physical processes, yielding accurate core-level x-ray absorption spectra. These findings highlight the potential of ViT-based neural quantum states for accurate and efficient modeling of quantum impurity models.

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