Attention-Based Foundation Model for Quantum States

arXiv:2512.11962 · cond-mat.str-el · Submitted 2025-12-12 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.str-el

Submitted: 2025-12-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Comments: 8 plus 7 pages. 6 plus 4 figures

Journal ref: SciPost Phys. 21, 084 (2026)

DOI: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.21.4.084

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: We present an attention-based foundation model architecture for learning and predicting quantum states across Hamiltonian parameters, system sizes, and physical systems.

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We present an attention-based foundation model architecture for learning and predicting quantum states across Hamiltonian parameters, system sizes, and physical systems. Using only basis configurations and physical parameters as inputs, our trained neural network is able to produce highly accurate ground state wavefunctions. For example, we build the phase diagram for the 2D square-lattice t-V model with N particles, from only 18 parameters (V/t,N). Thus, our architecture provides a basis for building a universal foundation model for quantum matter.

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