Since April 2023, I am head of the junior research group 'Mathematical Physics of Complex Quantum Systems' at Paderborn University. See here for our group homepage. In 2022, I received my PhD in mathematics under the supervision of David Hasler at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, where I also obtained my bachelors and masters degree in physics.
I am interested in the mathematics behind problems from quantum physics, applying methods from functional analysis (especially spectral theory and operator theory) and stochastic analysis. Problems I have worked on recently include
spectral analysis of quantum field theories,
effective and critical limits of quantum theories,
functional integration methods (Feynman-Kac formulas and applications).
Contact Information.
Mail: benjamin.hinrichs@math.upb.de
Phone: +49 5251 60 2648
Google Scholar • arXiv • MathSciNet
Wave Function Renormalization for Particle-Field Interactions
with Marco Falconi and Javier Valentín Martín
arXiv:2603.07045
On the Optimal Rate of Convergence for Translation-Invariant 1D Quantum Walks
with Pascal Mittenbühler
arXiv:2511.13409
Wiener-Type Theorems for the Laplace Transform. With Applications to Ground State Problems
with Steffen Polzer
arXiv:2511.02867
Ultraviolet Renormalization of the van Hove-Miyatake Model: an Algebraic and Hamiltonian Approach
In celebration of Hiroshima-sensei sixtieth birthday.
with Marco Falconi
arXiv:2505.19977
Ultraviolet Renormalization of Spin Boson Models I. Normal and 2-Nilpotent Interactions
with Jonas Lampart and Javier Valentín Martín
arXiv:2502.04876
On the Ising Phase Transition in the Infrared-Divergent Spin Boson Model
with Volker Betz, Mino Nicola Kraft and Steffen Polzer
arXiv:2501.19362
On the Ergodicity of Renormalized Translation-Invariant Nelson-Type Semigroups
with Fumio Hiroshima
arXiv:2412.09708
Feynman-Kac formulas for semigroups generated by multi-polaron Hamiltonians in magnetic fields and on general domains
with Oliver Matte
arXiv:2403.12147
Restricted Monte Carlo wave function method and Lindblad equation for identifying entangling open-quantum-system dynamics
with Laura Ares, Julien Pinske, Martin Kolb and Jan Sperling
Phys. Rev. A 113, 012220, 2026
doi:10.1103/hcj7-8zlg arXiv:2412.08735
Separability Lindblad equation for dynamical open-system entanglement
with Julien Pinske, Laura Ares, Martin Kolb and Jan Sperling
Phys. Rev. A 113, L010403, 2026
doi:10.1103/kd3b-bfxq arXiv:2412.08724
On Lieb-Robinson bounds for a class of continuum fermions
with Marius Lemm and Oliver Siebert
Ann. Henri Poincaré 26(1):41-80, 2025
doi:10.1007/s00023-024-01453-y arXiv:2310.17736
A Lower Bound on the Critical Momentum of an Impurity in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
with Jonas Lampart
C. R. Math. 362:1319-1411, 2024
doi:10.5802/crmath.652 arXiv:2311.05361
Non-Fock Ground States in the Translation-Invariant Nelson Model Revisited Non-Perturbatively
with David Hasler and Oliver Siebert
J. Funct. Anal. 286(7):110319, 2024
doi:10.1016/j.jfa.2024.110319 arXiv:2302.06998
Feynman-Kac formula and asymptotic behavior of the minimal energy for the relativistic Nelson model in two spatial dimensions
with Oliver Matte
Ann. Henri Poincaré 25(6):2877-2940, 2024
doi:10.1007/s00023-023-01369-z arXiv:2211.14046
Super-Gaussian Decay of Exponentials: A Sufficient Condition
with Daan Willem Janssen and Jobst Ziebell
J. Math. Anal. Appl. 528(1):127558, 2023
doi:10.1016/j.jmaa.2023.127558 arXiv:2205.09189
Absence of Ground States in the Renormalized Massless Translation-Invariant Nelson Model
with Thomas Norman Dam
Rev. Math. Phys. 34(10):2250033, 2022
doi:10.1142/S0129055X22500337 arXiv:1909.07661
FKN Formula and Ground State Energy for the Spin Boson Model with External Magnetic Field
with David Hasler and Oliver Siebert
Ann. Henri Poincaré 23(8):2819-2853, 2022
doi:10.1007/s00023-022-01160-6 arXiv:2106.08659
Correlation Bound for a One-Dimensional Continuous Long-Range Ising Model
with David Hasler and Oliver Siebert
Stoch. Process. Appl. 146:60-79, 2022
doi:10.1016/j.spa.2021.12.010 arXiv:2104.03013
On Existence of Ground States in the Spin Boson Model
with David Hasler and Oliver Siebert
Commun. Math. Phys. 388(1):419-433, 2021
doi:10.1007/s00220-021-04185-w arXiv:2102.13373
Feynman-Kac formula for fiber Hamiltonians in the relativistic Nelson model in two spatial dimensions
with Oliver Matte
RIMS Kôkyûroku 2310(3), 2025
Fumio Hiroshima: Proceedings of the 2023 RIMS Workshop 'Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Fields and Related Topics'
Link arXiv:2309.09005
Existence of Ground States in the Infrared-Critial Spin Boson Model
RIMS Kôkyûroku 2235(5):60-72, 2022,
Fumio Hiroshima: Proceedings of the 2021 RIMS Workshop 'Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Fields and Related Topics'
Link arXiv:2204.00287
Comment for the Newsletter Lehre of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Newsletter Lehre 03/2021
02/2025 Lieb–Robinson Bounds for Continuum Fermions from Maximal Velocity Bounds
Oberseminar Mathematische Physik, Bonn
01/2025 Ground States of Spin Boson Models and Long Range Order in 1D Ising Models
Gauss Mini Workshop on Analysis, PDE, and Mathematical Physics, Braunschweig
01/2025 An Invitation to Path Measure Methods for Polaron Models
PhD-Lecture at the Online-Seminar Mathematical Challenges in Quantum Mechanics
12/2024 Ground States of Spin Boson Models and Long Range Order in 1D Ising Models
Special Session Recent Advances in Mathematical Physics: A focus on (many-body) quantum systems and spectral theory at 14th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Abu Dhabi
11/2024 The Ising Phase Transition in the Spin Boson Model (online)
RIMS Symposium Mathematical aspects of quantum fields and related topics, Kyoto
08/2024 Feynman–Kac Formulas for Polaron Models and the Ultraviolet Problem
Stochastic processes under constraints, Bielefeld
07/2024 Non-Perturbative Results on the Mass Shell in Polaron Models
XXI International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Strasbourg
06/2024 Non-Perturbative Results on the Mass Shell in Polaron Models
Oberseminar Calculus of Variations, LMU München
06/2024 Ergodicity of Feynman–Kac Semigroups on Fock Spaces
12th miniworkshop Operator Theoretic Aspects of Ergodic Theory, Leipzig
12/2023 Feynman-Kac Formulas for Polaron-Type Semigroups & the Ultraviolet Problem
Mathematical Physics in the Heart of Germany II, Braunschweig
09/2023 A Ballistic Lieb-Robinson Bound for Many-Body Fermions
Minisymposium Mathematical Analysis of Complex Quantum Systems at the DMV Annual Meeting 2023, Ilmenau
05/2023 Non-Perturbative Results on the Mass Shell in Nelson-Type Models
Oberseminar 'Mathematical Physics, Tübingen
01/2023 Investigating the Spin Boson Model by 1D Ising Models
Minisymposium Rabi and Spin Boson Models, Kyushu University
01/2023 Non-Perturbative Results on the Mass Shell in Nelson-Type Models
2023 RIMS conference Mathematical aspects of quantum fields and related topics
09/2022 The Qubit and the Infrared Catastrophe
Minisymposium Mathematical Analysis of Complex Quantum Systems at the DMV Annual Meeting 2022, Berlin
06/2022 Existence of Ground States in the Massless Spin Boson Model
Mathematics Seminar, Aarhus University
04/2022 Infrared-Criticality and the Qubit
Research Seminar Complex Quantum Systems, Paderborn University
12/2021 Existence of Ground States in the Spin Boson Model (online)
2021 RIMS conference Mathematical aspects of quantum fields and related topics
06/2021 Domain and Ground State Energy of the Renormalized Translation-Invariant Nelson Hamiltonian (online)
IMB Seminaire Mathématique-Physique, Dijon
Simone Rademacher and myself initiated the DFG-funded scientific network 'A(E)MP - Appearance of the Effective Mass in Polaron Models', which started with a kickoff meeting in March 2026. A network website will appear online soon.
Together with Volker Bach (Braunschweig), David Hasler (Jena) and Sören Petrat (Bremen), we organize the Workshop Series 'Mathematical Physics in the Heart of Germany'. The one day workshops take place once per semester at one of the participating universities.
Joint with Martin Kolb and Tobias Weich, we organize the research seminar 'Complex Quantum Systems' at Paderborn University. Since summer 2025, Martin Kolb and I also organize the 'Distinguished Lectures on Complex Quantum Systems'.
In summer term 2026, joint with Janik Kruse, I teach the course 'Mathematical Methods of Quantum Mechanics'. Before, I have taught (in inverse order) the lectures 'Einführung in mathematisches Denken und Arbeiten (EmDA)', 'Mathematical Quantum Mechanics', 'Functional Analysis' and 'Analysis for Teachers'. From winter 2023/24 to summer 2025, I also organized the master's program 'Mathematical Physics' at Paderborn University, joint with Martin Kolb.