Publications

A selection of our key publications organized by research area. For a complete list, please visit the arXiv author page.

Full Publication List on arXiv

Quantum Gravity

  • Approximate CFTs and Random Tensor Models

    A. Belin, J. de Boer, D. L. Jafferis, P. Nayak, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2308.03829 JHEP 09 (2024) 163 (2024)

  • JT gravity with matter, generalized ETH, and Random Matrices

    D. L. Jafferis, D. K. Kolchmeyer, B. Mukhametzhanov, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2209.02131 Phys. Rev. D 108, 066015 (2023)

  • Late time physics of holographic quantum chaos

    A. Altland, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2008.02271 SciPost Phys. 11, 034 (2021)

  • Black Hole Collapse in the 1/c Expansion

    T. Anous, T. Hartman, A. Rovai, J. Sonner

    arXiv:1603.04856 JHEP 07 (2016) 123 (2016)

Quantum Chaos

  • Gravity as a mesoscopic system

    P. Pelliconi, J. Sonner, H. Verlinde

    arXiv:2409.13808 JHEP 04 (2025) 097 (2025)

  • Matrix models for eigenstate thermalization

    D. L. Jafferis, D. K. Kolchmeyer, B. Mukhametzhanov, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2209.02130 Phys. Rev. X 13, 031033 (2023)

  • Quantum chaos in 2D gravity

    A. Altland, B. Post, J. Sonner, J. van der Heijden, E. Verlinde

    arXiv:2204.07583 SciPost Phys. 15, 064 (2023)

  • Eigenstate thermalization in the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model

    J. Sonner, M. Vielma

    arXiv:1707.08013 JHEP 11 (2017) 149 (2017)

Quantum Simulation

  • Realizing Unitary k-designs with a Single Quench

    Y.-N. Zhou, R. Löwenberg, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2511.13829 Preprint (2025)

  • Quantum simulation of the SYK model using time-dependent disorder in optical cavities

    R. Baumgartner, P. Pelliconi, S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Orsi, N. Sauerwein, P. Hauke, J.-P. Brantut, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2411.17802 Preprint (2024)

  • A cavity QED implementation of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model

    P. Uhrich, S. Bandyopadhyay, N. Sauerwein, J. Sonner, J.-P. Brantut, P. Hauke

    arXiv:2303.11343 Preprint (2023)

  • Digital Quantum Simulation of Minimal AdS/CFT

    L. García-Álvarez, I. L. Egusquiza, L. Lamata, A. del Campo, J. Sonner, E. Solano

    arXiv:1607.08560 Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 040501 (2017)

Krylov Complexity

  • Krylov Complexity

    E. Rabinovici, A. Sánchez-Garrido, R. Shir, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2507.06286 Preprint (2025)

  • Krylov Localization and suppression of complexity

    E. Rabinovici, A. Sánchez-Garrido, R. Shir, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2112.12128 JHEP 03 (2022) 211 (2022)

  • A bulk manifestation of Krylov complexity

    E. Rabinovici, A. Sánchez-Garrido, R. Shir, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2305.04355 JHEP 08 (2023) 213 (2023)

  • Operator K-complexity in DSSYK: Krylov complexity equals bulk length

    M. Ambrosini, E. Rabinovici, A. Sánchez-Garrido, R. Shir, J. Sonner

    arXiv:2412.15318 Preprint (2024)