From quantum chaos and eigenstate thermalization to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics

L D'Alessio, Y Kafri, A Polkovnikov, M Rigol - Advances in Physics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This review gives a pedagogical introduction to the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis
(ETH), its basis, and its implications to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. In the first …

Conformal field theory out of equilibrium: a review

D Bernard, B Doyon - Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We provide a pedagogical review of the main ideas and results in non-equilibrium conformal
field theory and connected subjects. These concern the understanding of quantum transport …

Observing the quantum Mpemba effect in quantum simulations

LK Joshi, J Franke, A Rath, F Ares, S Murciano… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The nonequilibrium physics of many-body quantum systems harbors various unconventional
phenomena. In this Letter, we experimentally investigate one of the most puzzling of these …

Entanglement asymmetry and quantum Mpemba effect in two-dimensional free-fermion systems

S Yamashika, F Ares, P Calabrese - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The quantum Mpemba effect is the counterintuitive nonequilibrium phenomenon wherein
the dynamic restoration of a broken symmetry occurs more rapidly when the initial state …

Transport in Out-of-Equilibrium Chains: Exact Profiles of Charges and Currents

B Bertini, M Collura, J De Nardis, M Fagotti - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We consider the nonequilibrium time evolution of piecewise homogeneous states in the XXZ
spin-1/2 chain, a paradigmatic example of an interacting integrable model. The initial state …

Generalized Gibbs ensemble in integrable lattice models

L Vidmar, M Rigol - Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The generalized Gibbs ensemble (GGE) was introduced ten years ago to describe
observables in isolated integrable quantum systems after equilibration. Since then, the GGE …

Quench dynamics and relaxation in isolated integrable quantum spin chains

FHL Essler, M Fagotti - Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the dynamics after quantum quenches in integrable quantum spin chains. We
give a pedagogical introduction to relaxation in isolated quantum systems, and discuss the …

Generalized-hydrodynamic approach to inhomogeneous quenches: correlations, entanglement and quantum effects

V Alba, B Bertini, M Fagotti, L Piroli… - Journal of Statistical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We give a pedagogical introduction to the generalized hydrodynamic approach to
inhomogeneous quenches in integrable many-body quantum systems. We review recent …

Complete generalized Gibbs ensembles in an interacting theory

E Ilievski, J De Nardis, B Wouters, JS Caux… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
In integrable many-particle systems, it is widely believed that the stationary state reached at
late times after a quantum quench can be described by a generalized Gibbs ensemble …

Quantum quenches in 1+ 1 dimensional conformal field theories

P Calabrese, J Cardy - Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the imaginary time path integral approach to the quench dynamics of conformal
field theories. We show how this technique can be applied to the determination of the time …