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SUMMARY:Minimal models for chaotic quantum dynamics in spatially extended 
 many-body systems  - Prof. John Chalker\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20190207T141500Z
DTEND:20190207T151500Z
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CONTACT:Bartomeu Monserrat
DESCRIPTION:The detailed study of generic quantum systems -- ones without 
 exact or approximate conservation laws -- goes back at least as far as inv
 estigations of highly-excited states in nuclei in the 1950s. It saw reviva
 ls in the 1980s with work on systems such as quantum billiards\, that have
  only a few degrees of freedom\, and also in the context of mesoscopic con
 ductors. It is attracting renewed current interest with a focus on many-bo
 dy systems that are spatially extended. Part of the motivation for this co
 mes from experiments on cold atom systems\, and part comes from developmen
 t on the theoretical understanding of eigenstates of many-body systems. I 
 will give an overview of recent work on minimal models for quantum chaos i
 n spatially extended many-body quantum systems\, describing simple models 
 in which one can calculate spectral properties and study the dynamics of q
 uantum information.\n\nA. Chan\, A. De Luca\, and J. T. Chalker\, Phys. Re
 v. Lett. 121\, 060601 (2018) and Phys. Rev. X 8\, 041019 (2018)
LOCATION:TCM Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory
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