Superconductivity in the $t$-$t'$ Hubbard Model from Symmetry-Preserving Neural-Network Quantum States

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12465v1
• Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:00:02 GMT
• Title: Superconductivity in the $t$-$t'$ Hubbard Model from Symmetry-Preserving Neural-Network Quantum States
• Abstract summary: We introduce the Symmetry-Preserving Backflow Pairing (SBP) ansatz.<n>SBP ansatz reaches state-of-the-art variational energies for the $t$-$t'$ Hubbard model.<n>Built on general principles of symmetry and locality, the SBP wave function provides a broadly applicable variational representation for challenging interacting fermionic systems.
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• Abstract: Despite its fundamental importance in the theory of strongly correlated electrons, the nature of the ground state of the two-dimensional doped Hubbard model remains intensely debated. Variational approaches provide a powerful route to this problem, but their conclusions can depend sensitively on the chosen wave-function parameterization, the mean-field initialization, or the pinning fields used to guide the optimization, as well as on boundary conditions. This can favor one type of symmetry breaking over another, making it difficult to distinguish the genuine interplay of intertwined or competing orders from biases induced by the variational parameterization. Here, we introduce the Symmetry-Preserving Backflow Pairing (SBP) ansatz, a neural-network wave function that respects translational symmetry by construction and thereby avoids these broken-symmetry minima. The SBP ansatz reaches state-of-the-art variational energies for the $t$-$t'$ Hubbard model on lattices up to $24\times24$ with $504$ electrons, below those of competing pure stripe solutions. By extrapolating to the thermodynamic limit, we find robust evidence for $d$-wave superconducting order, resolving a long-standing question about the $1/8$-doped model at $t'/t=-0.2$ and $U/t=8.0$. Built on general principles of symmetry and locality, the SBP wave function provides a broadly applicable variational representation for challenging interacting fermionic systems.

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