Topological data analysis and machine learning

D Leykam, DG Angelakis - Advances in Physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Topological data analysis refers to approaches for systematically and reliably computing
abstract 'shapes' of complex data sets. There are various applications of topological data …

Quantitative analysis of phase transitions in two-dimensional models using persistent homology

N Sale, J Giansiracusa, B Lucini - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
We use persistent homology and persistence images as an observable of three variants of
the two-dimensional XY model to identify and study their phase transitions. We examine …

Quantitative and interpretable order parameters for phase transitions from persistent homology

A Cole, GJ Loges, G Shiu - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We apply modern methods in computational topology to the task of discovering and
characterizing phase transitions. As illustrations, we apply our method to four two …

Unsupervised learning universal critical behavior via the intrinsic dimension

T Mendes-Santos, X Turkeshi, M Dalmonte… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The identification of universal properties from minimally processed data sets is one goal of
machine learning techniques applied to statistical physics. Here, we study how the minimum …

Machine-learning detection of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition and the second-order phase transition in XXZ models

Y Miyajima, M Mochizuki - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We propose two machine-learning methods based on neural networks, which we
respectively call the phase-classification method and the temperature-identification method …

Finding hidden order in spin models with persistent homology

B Olsthoorn, J Hellsvik, AV Balatsky - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Persistent homology (PH) is a relatively new field in applied mathematics that studies the
components and shapes of discrete data. In this paper, we demonstrate that PH can be used …

Probing center vortices and deconfinement in SU (2) lattice gauge theory with persistent homology

N Sale, B Lucini, J Giansiracusa - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We investigate the use of persistent homology, a tool from topological data analysis, as a
means to detect and quantitatively describe center vortices in SU (2) lattice gauge theory in …

Learning quantum phase transitions through topological data analysis

A Tirelli, NC Costa - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We implement a computational pipeline based on a recent machine learning technique,
namely, topological data analysis (TDA), that has the capability of extracting powerful …

Network science: Ising states of matter

H Sun, RK Panda, R Verdel, A Rodriguez, M Dalmonte… - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
Network science provides very powerful tools for extracting information from interacting data.
Although recently the unsupervised detection of phases of matter using machine learning …

Confinement in non-Abelian lattice gauge theory via persistent homology

D Spitz, JM Urban, JM Pawlowski - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We investigate the structure of confining and deconfining phases in SU (2) lattice gauge
theory via persistent homology, which gives us access to the topology of a hierarchy of …