Quantum phase transitions go dynamical SoSe 2018

Quantum phase transitions go dynamical: collective phenomena and universality far from equilibrium

Location and time

University of Regensburg in the context of the “Dozentur Professor Bernhard Heß”

10:00-12:00

  • June 22
  • June 29
  • July 6
  • July 13

Outline of the lecture

Lecture I: Introduction
  • Thermodynamics, Thermalization and the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis
  • Coherent quantum dynamics: novel quantum states in quantum real-time evolution beyond
    thermodynamic equilibrium
Lecture 2: Eigenstate phases
  • Localization
  • Discrete time crystals
Lecture 3: Dynamical quantum phase transitions I
  • Definition + general picture
  • Scaling & universality + robustness
Lecture 4: Dynamical quantum phase transitions II
  • Connection to observables
  • Experiments