Eugene Demler

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I will discuss several cases where far out of equilibrium dynamics of
many-body systems gives rise to emergent quasistationary states, that
can be loosely termed as prethermalized. Examples include dynamics of
spin models with either short or long range interactions, quench
dynamics of Fermi systems starting from a non-interacting state, systems
with strong disorder, and systems close to integrability, such as low
dimensional condensates. This suggests that emergent slow dynamics is a
universal phenomenon of quantum systems. I will review possible
realizations of these scenarios in experiments with ultracold atoms.

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Harvard University
Seminar Room of the Institute of Physics II
Contact: Achim Rosch