Publications

Publications

Research articles and preprints

Links below point to the journal version when available and to an open preprint. See also Google Scholar, arXiv, and ORCID.

2026

01

Phase space anatomy of dynamical quantum phase transitions

Z. Mzaouali.

Preprint, 2026.

arXiv

02

Quantum annealers as programmable thermal machines

J. Pawłowski, T. Śmierzchalski, F. Jin, B. Gardas, S. Deffner, and Z. Mzaouali.

Preprint, 2026.

arXiv

03

Chirality routing non-polaritonic vacuum correlations in Landau polaritons

A. EL-Amrani, Z. Mzaouali, H. Sabri, H. Rabitz, A. El Fatimy, and D. Lee.

Preprint, 2026.

arXiv

04

Thermodynamic significance of QUBO encoding on quantum annealers

E. Doucet, Z. Mzaouali, R. Robertson, B. Gardas, S. Deffner, and K. Domino.

New Journal of Physics 28, 054512 (2026).

Journal arXiv

05

Quantum-inspired dynamical models on quantum and classical annealers

P. Hanussek, J. Pawłowski, Z. Mzaouali, and B. Gardas.

Physical Review Applied 25, 044055 (2026).

Journal arXiv Code

2025

06

EMU circulation planning for Silesian Railways: case study and a quantum approach

E. Kędziera, W. Gamon, M. Koniorczyk, Z. Mzaouali, A. Galadíková, and K. Domino.

Preprint, 2025.

arXiv

07

Simon’s period finding on a quantum annealer

R. Robertson, E. Doucet, Z. Mzaouali, K. Domino, B. Gardas, and S. Deffner.

2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) 1, 190 (2025).

Proceedings arXiv Press coverage

08

SpinGlassPEPS.jl: Tensor-network package for Ising-like optimization on quasi-two-dimensional graphs

T. Śmierzchalski, A. M. Dziubyna, K. Jałowiecki, Z. Mzaouali, Ł. Pawela, B. Gardas, and M. M. Rams.

SoftwareX 31, 102257 (2025).

Journal arXiv Code

2024

09

Navigating the phase diagram of quantum many-body systems in phase space

K. El Hawary, M. Azzouz, M. El Baz, S. Deffner, B. Gardas, and Z. Mzaouali.

Physical Review E 110, 014120 (2024).

Journal arXiv

10

Efficiency optimization in quantum computing: balancing thermodynamics and computational performance

T. Śmierzchalski, Z. Mzaouali, S. Deffner, and B. Gardas.

Scientific Reports 14, 4555 (2024).

Journal arXiv

2023

11

Long-distance entanglement and high-dimensional quantum teleportation in the Fermi–Hubbard model

S. Abaach, Z. Mzaouali, and M. El Baz.

Scientific Reports 13, 964 (2023).

Journal arXiv

2021

12

Work statistics and symmetry breaking in an excited-state quantum phase transition

Z. Mzaouali, R. Puebla, J. Goold, M. El Baz, and S. Campbell.

Physical Review E 103, 032145 (2021).

Journal arXiv

2019

13

Discrete and generalized phase-space techniques in critical quantum spin chains

Z. Mzaouali, S. Campbell, and M. El Baz.

Physics Letters A 383, 125932 (2019).

Journal arXiv

14

Long-range quantum coherence, quantum and classical correlations in the Heisenberg XX chain

Z. Mzaouali and M. El Baz.

Physica A 518, 119–130 (2019).

Journal arXiv