Topological insulators are new states of quantum matter which cannot be adiabatically
connected to conventional insulators and semiconductors. They are characterized by a full …

This Colloquium gives an overview of recent theoretical and experimental progress in the
area of nonequilibrium dynamics of isolated quantum systems. There is particularly a focus …

We review recent theoretical work on two closely related issues: excitation of an isolated
quantum condensed matter system driven adiabatically across a continuous quantum phase …

Topological superconductors are novel classes of quantum condensed phases,
characterized by topologically nontrivial structures of Cooper pairing states. On the surfaces …

After a recent series of rapid and exciting developments, the long search for the Majorana
fermion—the elusive quantum entity at the border between particles and antiparticles—has …

In the course of a nonequilibrium continuous phase transition, the dynamics ceases to be
adiabatic in the vicinity of the critical point as a result of the critical slowing down (the …

The dynamics of a quantum phase transition are explored using slow quenches from the
polar to the broken-axisymmetry phases in a small spin-1 ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein …

Understanding the robustness of topological phases of matter in the presence of strong
interactions and synthesizing novel strongly correlated topological materials lie among the …

Orbital angular momentum of light is a fundamental optical degree of freedom characterized
by unlimited number of available angular momentum states. Although this unique property …

In closed quantum systems, dynamical phase transitions are identified by the nonanalytic
behavior of the return probability as a function of time. In this work, we study the nonunitary …