Non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum gases in optical lattices

Date

Feb 12, 2015

Time

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker

Ulrich Schneider

Affiliation

LMU

Language

en

Main Topic

Physik

Other Topics

Physik

Host

CMT seminars

Description

The out-of-equilibrium dynamics of interacting many-body systems presents one of the most challenging problems in modern many-body physics with implications ranging from thermalization dynamics over transport properties to novel transient effects and the formation of order. During the last years, ultracold atoms in optical lattices have emerged as a very versatile platform to study quantum many-body physics in a clean and well-controlled environment. Due to the much slower timescales compared to electrons in a solid, atoms in optical lattices are especially suited to study out-of-equilibrium dynamics. In this talk, I will show how the unique control possibilities available for ultracold atoms have allowed us to study the real-time dynamics of a Quantum Phase Transition by observing the associated emergence of coherence. As a second example, I will present the observation of Many-Body Localization of interacting Fermions in a 1D disordered potential.

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