Speaker
Dr
Maksym Serbyn
(IST Austria)
Description
The route of a physical system toward equilibrium and thermalization has been the subject of discussion since the time of Boltzmann. In this talk I review the recent progress in understanding many-body localization (MBL), a phase of matter in which quantum mechanics and disorder conspire to prohibit thermalization altogether. I discuss the current understanding of the novel quantum-to-classical transition between MBL and ergodic phases, for which the analytically solvable renormalization group suggests a Kosterlitz-Thouless universality class. I conclude by discussing experimental challenges and open questions related to the thermalization breakdown in quantum systems.
Author
Dr
Maksym Serbyn
(IST Austria)
