About me

I am a Sustaining Engineer at Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu. Previously, I was a condensed matter theorist with over 15 years in physics. As well as my current role, I maintain an active interest in physics and mathematica. Feel free to email me about any of my previous work.

Physics Interests

  • Condensed matter theory
  • Superconductivity
  • Non-equilibrium systems
  • Light-matter hybridization
  • Weyl semimetals
  • Collective phenomena
  • Quantum geometry

Education

B.A. in Physics
Boston University, 2011
Ph.D. in Physics
University of Maryland, 2019

Publications

A list of selected publications

Cavity Quantum Eliashberg Enhancement of Superconductivity
Phys. Rev. Lett. (2019)

J.B. Curtis, Z.M. Raines, A.A. Allocca, M. Hafezi, V.M. Galitski

@article{Curtis2019,
  title = {Cavity {{Quantum Eliashberg Enhancement}} of {{Superconductivity}}},
  author = {Curtis, Jonathan B. and Raines, Zachary M. and Allocca, Andrew A. and Hafezi, Mohammad and Galitski, Victor M.},
  year = {2019},
  month = apr,
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
  volume = {122},
  number = {16},
  eprint = {1805.01482},
  primaryclass = {cond-mat.supr-con},
  pages = {167002},
  doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.122.167002},
}

Cavity Higgs polaritons
Phys. Rev. Research (2020)

Z.M. Raines, A.A. Allocca, M. Hafezi, V.M. Galitski

@article{Raines2020,
  title = {Cavity {{Higgs}} Polaritons},
  author = {Raines, Zachary M. and Allocca, Andrew A. and Hafezi, Mohammad and Galitski, Victor M.},
  year = {2020},
  month = feb,
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Research},
  volume = {2},
  number = {1},
  eprint = {1905.03377},
  primaryclass = {cond-mat.supr-con},
  pages = {013143},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013143},
}

Superfluid stiffness within Eliashberg theory: The role of vertex corrections
Phys. Rev. B (2024)

Z.M. Raines, S. Zhang, A.V. Chubukov

@article{Raines2024,
  title = {Superfluid Stiffness within {{Eliashberg}} Theory: {{The}} Role of Vertex Corrections},
  author = {Raines, Zachary M. and Zhang, Shang-Shun and Chubukov, Andrey V.},
  year = {2024},
  month = apr,
  journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
  volume = {109},
  number = {14},
  eprint = {2312.13392},
  primaryclass = {cond-mat.supr-con},
  pages = {144505},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.109.144505},
}

Unconventional Discontinuous Transitions in Isospin Systems
Phys. Rev. Lett. (2024)

Z.M. Raines, L.I. Glazman, A.V. Chubukov

@article{Raines2024b,
  title = {Unconventional {{Discontinuous Transitions}} in {{Isospin Systems}}},
  author = {Raines, Zachary M. and Glazman, Leonid I. and Chubukov, Andrey V.},
  year = {2024},
  month = oct,
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
  volume = {133},
  number = {14},
  eprint = {2406.04415},
  primaryclass = {cond-mat},
  pages = {146501},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.146501},
}
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Presentations

A list of selected presentations

Hybridization of Higgs modes in a bond-density-wave state in cuprates
APS March Meeting 2016

on 2016-03-18 @ Baltimore, MD

Cavity superconductor Higgs-polaritons
APS March Meeting 2019

on 2019-03-05 @ Boston, MA

Spin-valley collective modes of the electron liquid in graphene
Condensed Matter Seminar

on 2022-02-09 @ University of Minnesota

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