Tensor-network methodology for super-moir\'e excitons beyond one billion sites
Abstract
Computing excitonic spectra in quasicrystal and super-moir\'e systems constitutes a formidable challenge due to the exceptional size of the excitonic Hilbert space. Here, we demonstrate a tensor-network method for the real-space Bethe-Salpeter Hamiltonian, allowing us to access the spectra of an excitonic -dimensional Hamiltonian, and enabling the direct computation of bound-exciton spectral functions for systems exceeding one billion lattice sites, several orders of magnitude beyond the capabilities of conventional approaches. Our method combines a tensor-network encoding of the real-space Bethe-Salpeter Hamiltonian with a Chebyshev tensor network algorithm. This strategy bypasses explicit storage of the Hamiltonian while preserving full real-space resolution across widely different length scales. We demonstrate our methodology for one- and two-dimensional super-moir\'e systems, achieving the simultaneous resolution of atomistic and mesoscopic structures in the excitonic spectra in billion-size systems, showing exciton miniband formation and moir\'e-induced spatial confinement. Our results establish a real-space methodology enabling the simulation of excitonic physics in large-scale quasicrystal and super-moir\'e quantum matter.
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@article{arxiv.2603.02011,
title = {Tensor-network methodology for super-moir\'e excitons beyond one billion sites},
author = {Anouar Moustaj and Yitao Sun and Tiago V. C. Antão and Lumen Eek and Jose L. Lado},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.02011},
year = {2026}
}
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14 pages (8 main text, 6 supplementary material), 5 figures (3 main text and 2 supplementary material). Article submitted to PRL