Larkin Award Colloquium - Dr. Rahul Nandkishore

Abstract: When can isolated many body quantum systems fail to go to equilibrium under their own dynamics, and how robust can this `ergodicity breaking’ be? This question has been a central theme of research in quantum dynamics and statistical mechanics over the past decade, and I will share with you some highlights, focusing on three key developments: many body localization, dynamics with multipolar symmetries, and dynamics with constraints. I will present the rich and exotic phenomena that arise in these three regimes, and how they may be realized experimentally. I will then discuss some key open directions for the field.

 

This year's Larkin Junior Researcher Award will go to Dr. Rahul Nandkishore from the University of Colorado, Boulder for groundbreaking contributions to the physics of quantum non-equilibrium dynamics, disordered systems, and fracton matter.