Physics Colloquium: "Ergodicity breaking in quantum dynamics"
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Department of Physics
- Location
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Oct 9, 2024 4:00 pm
- Speaker
- Rahul Mahajan Nandkishore (University of Colorado)
- Contact
- Kelly Darr
- khdarr@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-300-7821
- Views
- 240
When can isolated many body quantum systems fail to go to equilibrium under their own dynamics, and how robust can this `ergodicity breaking’ be? This question has been a central theme of research in quantum dynamics and statistical mechanics over the past decade, and I will share with you some highlights, focusing on three key developments: many body localization, dynamics with multipolar symmetries, and dynamics with higher form symmetries. I will present the rich and exotic phenomena that arise in these three regimes, and how they may be realized experimentally. I will then discuss some key open directions for the field.