The appearance of the Planckian time τ Pl= ℏ/k BT is reviewed in both conventional and
unconventional metals. A pedagogical discussion of the various different timescales …

The approach to thermal equilibrium, or thermalization, in isolated quantum systems is
among the most fundamental problems in statistical physics. Recent theoretical studies have …

Statistical mechanics relies on the maximization of entropy in a system at thermal
equilibrium. However, an isolated quantum many-body system initialized in a pure state …

The original Kerker effect was introduced for a hypothetical magnetic sphere, and initially it
did not attract much attention due to a lack of magnetic materials required. Rejuvenated by …

Scrambling is the process by which information stored in local degrees of freedom spreads
over the many-body degrees of freedom of a quantum system, becoming inaccessible to …

Isolated quantum many-body systems with integrable dynamics generically do not
thermalize when taken far from equilibrium. As one perturbs such systems away from the …

The statistical mechanical description of small systems staying in thermal equilibrium with an
environment can be achieved by means of the Hamiltonian of mean force. In contrast to the …

Quantum emulators, owing to their large degree of tunability and control, allow the
observation of fine aspects of closed quantum many-body systems, as either the regime …

Thermodynamic systems typically conserve quantities (known as charges) such as energy
and particle number. The charges are often assumed implicitly to commute with each other …

Electron transfer is at the heart of many fundamental physical, chemical, and biochemical
processes essential for life. The exact simulation of these reactions is often hindered by the …