Generalized hydrodynamics and hydrodynamization in ultracold 1D gases
Marcos Rigol | The Pennsylvania State University
Experiments with nearly-integrable ultracold one-dimensional quantum gases have probed integrability preserving dynamics involving large distances and long times, testing the recently proposed theory of generalized hydrodynamics. Using "high-energy" quenches implemented via a Bragg scattering pulse, the experiments have also unveiled fast local equilibration at the shortest available time scales, a process known as hydrodynamization in the context of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. I will introduce the concept of nearlyintegrable quantum systems and review their equilibrium and far-fromequilibrium theoretical descriptions. I will then discuss the recent experimental results and their theoretical understanding, as well as their connection to experiments with relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
IQC faculty host: Alan Jamison
About the speaker
Marcos Rigol is a distinguished professor of physics at Penn State. Before joining Penn State, he was an associate professor of physics at Georgetown University. Rigol’s research focuses on quantum systems with many particles, in which he looks for emergent phenomena in equilibrium, e.g., exotic quantum phases, and out of equilibrium, e.g., thermalization. Rigol’s research is at the interface between atomic, molecular, optical, and condensed matter physics. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Kavli fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. Marcos received his Ph.D. in Physics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He completed his undergraduate (Summa Cum Laude) and M.Sc. studies at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technology in Havana, Cuba.
Location
QNC 0101