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SUMMARY:Scott Lecture III : Beyond Statistical Mechanics - Probing Quantum
  Matter out of Equilibrium - Professor Immanuel Bloch\, Max Planck Institu
 te of Quantum Optics\, Garching
DTSTART:20181026T150000Z
DTEND:20181026T160000Z
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:A fundamental assumption in statistical physics is that generi
 c closed quantum many-body systems thermalise under their own dynamics. Re
 cently\, the emergence of many-body localised (MBL) systems has questioned
  this concept\, challenging our understanding of the connection between st
 atistical physics and quantum mechanics. In my final lecture\, I will repo
 rt on several recent experiments carried out in our group on the observati
 on of Many-Body Localisation in different scenarios\, ranging from 1D ferm
 ionic quantum gas mixtures in driven and undriven Aubry-André type disord
 er potentials and 2D systems of interacting bosons in 2D random potentials
 . It is shown that the memory of the system on its initial non-equilibrium
  state can serve as a useful indicator for a non-ergodic\, MBL phase. Furt
 hermore\, I will present new results on the slow relaxation dynamics in th
 e ergodic phase below the MBL transition and experiments that explore the 
 resilience of a 2D MBL phase when coupled to a finite thermal bath.\nOur e
 xperiments represent a demonstration and in-depth characterisation of many
 -body localisation\, often in regimes not accessible with state-of-the-art
  simulations on classical computers underlining the quantum advantage of a
 tomic quantum simulations.\n
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department of Ph
 ysics
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