Dmitry Abanin
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva
Dmitry Abanin (right) with Atac Imamoglu
Date
11 November 2015
Host
Atac Imamoglu
Title
Ergodicity, Entanglement, and Many-Body Localization
Abstract
We are used to describing many-particle systems by statistical mechanics. However, the basic postulate of statistical mechanics - ergodicity - breaks down in many-body localized (MBL) systems, where disorder prevents particle transport and thermalization. I will give an overview of the recent rapid progress in understanding ergodicity breaking, and will show that MBL systems are integrable and have simple and universal dynamical properties.