David Huse Abstract

David Huse
Princeton University

"Thermalization and localization in closed quantum many-body systems"

ABSTRACT:

First I will disucss the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis, which appears to be true for a broad class of many-body quantum systems. The one generic exception that is known is many-body Anderson localization. We have studied a model spin chain that shows both thermalizing and localized phases , with a dynamic quantum phase transition between them. I will highlight the many important differences between the phases and describe our results tha (roughly) locate the phase transition and constrain some of its properties.

Work in collaboration with Arijeet Pal and Vadim Oganesyan