Publications

Peer-reviewed Paper

1. Thermodynamic efficiency of atmospheric motion governed by the Lorenz system
   Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida
   Phys. Rev. E 108, 044201 / arXiv: 2302.03887 (2023)
2. Decomposition of metric tensor in thermodynamic geometry in terms of relaxation timescales
   Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida
   Phys. Rev. E 111, 034113 / arXiv: 2409.08546 (2025)
3. Posterior collapse as a phase transition in variational autoencoders
   Zhen Li, Fan Zhang, Zheng Zhang and Yu Chen
   Physica A 683, 131228 / arXiv: 2510.01621 (2026)
4. Mean-field theory for Heider balance under heterogeneous social temperatures
   Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida
   Phys. Rev. E 113, 054307 / arXiv:2602.06342 (2026)

Preprint

1. When alpha disappears: a one-switch benchmark for decision-time leakage in financial backtests
   Fan Zhang, Zhen Li, Sijia Peng, Yu Chen
   arXiv:2605.23959 (2026)

Presentation

1. The thermodynamic efficiency and entropy generation rate of the Lorenz system
   Zhen Li
   YITP-YSF Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, 2023.08 (Poster)
2. Thermodynamic efficiency of Lorenz system: towards understanding of atmospheric motion
   Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida
   StatPhys28, Tokyo, Japan, 2023.08 (Poster)
3. Decomposition of the metric tensor in thermodynamic geometry
   Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida
   JPS 2024 (79th) Annual Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, 2024.09
4. Decomposition of metric tensor in thermodynamic geometry in terms of relaxation timescales
   Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida
   Statphys29, Firenze, Italy, 2025.07 (Poster)
5. Con-FinGAN: Authentic and Diverse Financial Time Series Generation
   Fan Zhang, Zhen Li and Yu Chen
   Statphys29, Firenze, Italy, 2025.07 (Poster)
6. Phase transitions in Heider balance with heterogeneous social temperatures
   Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida
   NetSci2026, Boston, US, 2026.06 (Poster)