Equilibration, thermalisation, and the emergence of statistical mechanics in closed quantum systems

C Gogolin, J Eisert - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We review selected advances in the theoretical understanding of complex quantum many-
body systems with regard to emergent notions of quantum statistical mechanics. We cover …

Dynamics and transport at the threshold of many-body localization

S Gopalakrishnan, SA Parameswaran - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Many-body localization (MBL) describes a class of systems that do not approach thermal
equilibrium under their intrinsic dynamics; MBL and conventional thermalizing systems form …

Optimal control of complex atomic quantum systems

S van Frank, M Bonneau, J Schmiedmayer, S Hild… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Quantum technologies will ultimately require manipulating many-body quantum systems
with high precision. Cold atom experiments represent a step** stone in that direction: a …

Relaxation and thermalization in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model: A case study for the interaction quantum quench from the atomic limit

S Sorg, L Vidmar, L Pollet, F Heidrich-Meisner - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
Motivated by recent experiments, we study the relaxation dynamics and thermalization in the
one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model induced by a global interaction quench. Specifically …

Nonequilibrium quantum criticality in open systems: The dissipation rate as an additional indispensable scaling variable

S Yin, P Mai, F Zhong - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We propose that nonequilibrium quantum criticality in open systems under the Born-Markov
approximation can be described by a master equation of the Lindblad form. This master …

Equilibration and prethermalization in the Bose-Hubbard and Fermi-Hubbard models

F Queisser, KV Krutitsky, P Navez, R Schützhold - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
We study the Bose-Hubbard and Fermi-Hubbard models in the (formal) limit of large
coordination numbers Z≫ 1. Via an expansion into powers of 1/Z, we establish a hierarchy …

Slow quench dynamics of periodically driven quantum gases

D Poletti, C Kollath - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2011 - APS
We study the evolution of bosons in a periodically driven optical lattice during a slow change
of the driving amplitude. Both the regime of high-frequency and low-frequency driving are …

Kibble–Zurek mechanism in the Ising Field Theory

K Hódsági, M Kormos - SciPost Physics, 2020 - scipost.org
Abstract The Kibble-Zurek mechanism captures universality when a system is driven through
a continuous phase transition. Here we study the dynamical aspect of quantum phase …

Slow quench dynamics of Mott-insulating regions in a trapped Bose gas

JS Bernier, D Poletti, P Barmettler, G Roux… - Physical Review A …, 2012 - APS
We investigate the dynamics of Mott-insulating regions of a trapped bosonic gas as the
interaction strength is changed linearly with time. The bosonic gas considered is loaded into …

Nonequilibrium dynamics of bosonic Mott insulators in an electric field

M Kolodrubetz, D Pekker, BK Clark, K Sengupta - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
We study the nonequilibrium dynamics of one-dimensional Mott-insulating bosons in the
presence of a tunable effective electric field E which takes the system across a quantum …