List of publications

My publication list can be found on the usual venues like Google Scholar or ArXiv but I try here to provide more context by linking to possibly relevant blog entries.

Popular science :

“Réseaux de tenseurs : les ordinateurs classiques contre-attaquent” Pour la Science 563, 2024, blogpost

“L’ordinateur quantique ne se résume pas à une course aux qubits” Pour la Science 536, 2022, with Sean Bailly

“Et si la gravité n’était pas quantique ?” Pour la Science 495, 2019
translated in German in Spektrum “Für immer unvereinbar?” (but no English so far)

Theses :

Some progress on the use of the variational method in quantum field theory
Habilitation thesis (2026), arxiv, blogpost

Mesures continues en mécanique quantique : quelques résultats et applications
PhD thesis (2016), PSL Research University, HAL

2026

[preprint] Well-conditioned iterative methods for large open quantum systems
Gaspard Beugnot, Paul Gregory, Rémi Robin, AT, arxiv

[preprint] Calculus of Robinet: completely positive reconstruction of time-averaged diffusive quantum trajectories
Hector Hutin, AT, arxiv

[preprint] Wavelet matrix product states for quantum fields
Molly Kaplan, AT, arxiv

[preprint] Certified spectral functions from lattice Monte Carlo data
Sophie Mutzel, AT, arxiv

[34] Bootstrapping the stationary state of bosonic open quantum systems
Gustave Robichon, AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. A

[33] Multifield relativistic continuous matrix product states
Karan Tiwana, AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. D (Letter)

2025

[preprint] Extracting quantum field theory dynamics from an approximate ground state
Sophie Mutzel, AT, arxiv

[preprint] Probing the quantum motion of a macroscopic mechanical oscillator with a radio-frequency superconducting qubit
Kyrylo Gerashchenko, Rémi Rousseau, Léo Balembois, Himanshu Patange, Paul Manset, Tristan Briant, Pierre-François Cohadon, Antoine Heidmann, W. Clarke Smith, AT, Zaki Leghtas, Emmanuel Flurin, Thibaut Jacqmin, Samuel Deléglise, arxiv

[preprint] Time-averaged continuous quantum measurement
Pierre Guilmin, Pierre Rouchon, AT, arxiv

[32] A relativistic continuous matrix product state study of field theories with defects
Karan Tiwana, Edoardo Lauria, AT, arxiv, JHEP

2024

[preprint] Parameters estimation by fitting correlation functions of continuous quantum measurement
Pierre Guilmin, Pierre Rouchon, AT, arxiv

[31] General quantum-classical dynamics as measurement based feedback
AT, arxiv, SciPost Phys.

2023

[30] Correlation functions for realistic continuous quantum measurement
Pierre Guilmin, Pierre Rouchon, AT, arxiv, IFAC-PapersOnLine

[29] Symmetries and field tensor network states
Albert Gasull, AT, J. Ignacio Cirac, Germán Sierra, arxiv, Phys. Rev. B

2022

[preprint] A study of the quantum Sinh-Gordon model with relativistic continuous matrix product states
AT, arxiv, blogpost

2021

[lecture notes] Notes on continuous tensor network states
AT, pdf, blogpost

[28] Non-Markovian wave-function collapse models are Bohmian-like theories in disguise
AT, Howard M. Wiseman, arxiv, Quantum, blogpost

[27] Variational method in relativistic quantum field theory without cutoff
AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. D (Letter), blogpost

[26] Relativistic continuous matrix product states for quantum fields without cutoff
AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. D, blogpost

[25] Arbitrarily large neutron amplification in subcritical nuclear reactors
AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. Applied, blogpost

[24] Gaussian continuous tensor network states for simple bosonic field theories
Teresa D. Karanikolaou, Patrick Emonts, AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. Research

2020

[preprint] The subtle sound of quantum jumps
AT, arxiv, blogpost

[23] Continuous collapse models on finite dimensional Hilbert spaces
AT, arxiv, book chapter in “Do wave functions jump? Perspectives on the work of GC Ghirardi”

[22] Computing the renormalization group flow of two-dimensional $\phi^4$ theory with tensor networks
Clément Delcamp, AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. Research, blogpost

2019

[21] Does gravity have to be quantized? Lessons from non-relativistic toy models
AT, arxiv, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., written for the proceedings of the DICE2018 conference, an expanded version of [17]

[20] Entanglement and transport in a fermion chain under continuous monitoring
Xiangyu Cao, AT, Andrea De Luca, arxiv, Scipost

[19] Neutron star heating constraints on wave-function collapse models
AT, Tom Stace, arxiv, Phys. Rev. Lett.
[careful that the v1 makes an excessive claim corrected in v2]

[18] Continuous tensor network states for quantum fields
AT, J. Ignacio Cirac, arxiv, Phys. Rev. X see also the Viewpoint in Physics by Anastasiia A. Pervishko and Jacob Biamonte

2018

[17] Binding space-time and quantum matter, without romanticism
AT, arxiv, Found. Phys.

[16] Exact signal correlators in continuous quantum measurements
AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. A (Rapid)

[15] Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber model with massive flashes
AT, arxiv, Phys. Rev. D (Rapid), blogpost, newscientist article

2017

[preprint] Interacting quantum field theories as relativistic statistical field theories of local beables
AT, arxiv, blogpost

[14] On GKLS dynamics for local operations and classical communication
Lajos Diosi, AT, arxiv, Open Syst. Inf. Dyn.

[13] Principle of least decoherence in Newtonian semi-classical gravity
AT, Lajos Diosi, Phys. Rev. D (2017), arxiv (see also poster)

[12] Comment on “Spontaneous collapse: A solution to the measurement problem and a source of the decay in mesonic systems”
AT, Phys. Rev. A (2017), arxiv

[11] Time-local unraveling of non-Markovian stochastic Schrödinger equations
AT, Quantum (2017), arxiv, blogpost 1, blogpost 2
(in the arxiv v1, “Time-local” was “Markovian”, which was slightly misleading)

2016

[10] Zooming in on quantum trajectories
Michel Bauer, Denis Bernard, AT, J. Phys. A Letters (2016) arxiv

[9] Efficient readout of a register of (qu)bits
AT, Phys. Rev. A (2016), arxiv

[8] Sourcing semiclassical gravity from spontaneously localized quantum matter
AT, Lajos Diosi, Phys. Rev. D (2016) arxiv

2015

[7] Spikes in quantum trajectories
AT, Michel Bauer, Denis Bernard, Phys. Rev. A (2015) arxiv

[6] Computing the rates of measurement-induced quantum jumps
Michel Bauer, Denis Bernard, AT, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. -Fast Track- (2015) arxiv

2014

[5] Controlling quantum flux through measurement, an idealised example
AT, Michel Bauer, Denis Bernard, EPL (Europhysics Letters) (2014) arxiv

[4] The Open Quantum Brownian Motion
Michel Bauer, Denis Bernard, AT, JSTAT (2014) arxiv

2013

[3] Open quantum random walks: Bistability on pure states and ballistically induced diffusion
Michel Bauer, Denis Bernard, AT, Phys. Rev. A (2013) arxiv

Below are two articles from an internship anterior to my thesis and are a bit less related to my interests now.

[2] Simplified biased random walk model for RecA-protein-mediated homology recognition offers rapid and accurate self-assembly of long linear arrays of binding sites
Julian Kates-Harbeck, AT, Mara Prentiss, Phys. Rev. E (2013)

[1] Tension on dsDNA bound to ssDNA-RecA filaments may play an important role in driving efficient and accurate homology recognition and strand exchange
Julea Vlassakis, Efraim Feinstein, Darren Yang, AT, Dominic Weiller, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Vincent Coljee, Mara Prentiss, Phys. Rev. E (2013) arxiv