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Physics Colloquium: "Ergodicity breaking in quantum dynamics"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Department of Physics
Location
Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Oct 9, 2024   4:00 pm  
Speaker
Rahul Mahajan Nandkishore (University of Colorado)
Contact
Kelly Darr
E-Mail
khdarr@illinois.edu
Phone
217-300-7821
Views
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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.

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