Non-equilibrium dynamics in isolated quantum systems

by Masud Hague

Tuesday 10 Feb 2015, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Berlin

Seminarraum 4 (Jungiusstr. 9)

Quantum many-body physics has traditionally been dominated by detailed investigations of equilibrium properties and low-energy excitations. However, in recent years, motivated by novel experimental possibilities such as with cold atoms and pump-probe spectroscopy, the study of quantum matter far from equilibrium has emerged as an important and exciting new field. I will present a selection of new questions and phenomena that have appeared in the context of non-equilibrium evolution in isolated systems. I will detail two examples, namely: (1) the dynamics of composite objects in lattice systems, and (2) Bloch oscillations of many-body systems in a tilted lattice.