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Many-body Quantum Dynamics

Cavendish Laboratory
 
Read more at: MBL in an Open Quantum System
MBL in an Open Quantum System

MBL in an Open Quantum System

22 March 2017

Our paper on Signatures of Many-Body Localization in a Controlled Open Quantum System has been published in PRX.


Read more at: EPSRC Programme Grant on out-of-equilibrium quantum systems started
EPSRC Programme Grant on out-of-equilibrium quantum systems started

EPSRC Programme Grant on out-of-equilibrium quantum systems started

22 March 2017

New programme grant on Designing out-of-equilibrium many-body quantum systems has started


Read more at: Royal Society meeting on Non-Ergodic Dynamics
Royal Society meeting on Non-Ergodic Dynamics

Royal Society meeting on Non-Ergodic Dynamics

5 February 2017

We are organising a Royal Society meeting on "Breakdown of ergodicity in quantum systems: from solids to synthetic matter"


Read more at: Postdoc positions available

Postdoc positions available

4 February 2017

We are currently advertising two PostDoc positions.


Read more at: ERC project Quasicrystal started
ERC project Quasicrystal started

ERC project Quasicrystal started

4 February 2017

Our new ERC project on creating an optical Quasicrystal has started.


Read more at: Bloch state tomography using Wilson lines
Bloch state tomography using Wilson lines

Bloch state tomography using Wilson lines

30 May 2016

Our paper on exploring the geometric structure of energy bands using a strong force dynamics has been published in Science.


Read more at: Dimensional crossover of MBL published in PRL
Dimensional crossover of MBL published in PRL

Dimensional crossover of MBL published in PRL

18 April 2016

Our paper on the dimensional crossover of Many-body localization was published as an Editor's suggestion in PRL. In this work we could show that individual localized systems can-when coupled together-start to act as a bath for themselves and restore ergodic behavior.


Read more at: Many-body group featured in CavMag

Many-body group featured in CavMag

15 March 2016

Cavmag: News from the Cavendish Laboratory.


Read more at: Dynamical Quasicondensation of Hard-Core Bosons at Finite Momenta
Dynamical Quasicondensation of Hard-Core Bosons at Finite Momenta

Dynamical Quasicondensation of Hard-Core Bosons at Finite Momenta

22 October 2015

Our paper on the emergence of coherence far from equilibrium was published in PRL (PRL 115, 175301) and has an accompanying viewpoint in Physics.


Read more at: Quantum Matter Stuck in Unrest
Quantum Matter Stuck in Unrest

Quantum Matter Stuck in Unrest

14 August 2015

We have observed a novel state of matter that, despite being interacting, never thermalizes. In this Many-Body Localized State, the Quantum Matter is literally stuck in unrest: Science 349, 842 (2015)


Latest news

IOP Joseph Thomson Medal

22 December 2023

Professor Ulrich Schneider received the IOP 2023 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize for groundbreaking experiments on the collective dynamics of quantum gases in optical lattices, including fundamental studies of localization effects in both disordered and quasicrystalline systems. More information at: https://www.iop.org/...

Postdoc Positions available

1 July 2023

We have two experimental postdoc opportunities on many-body physics in Optical Quasicrystals and on being part of the UK Quantum Technology Hub and developing optical optical-lattice and tweezer-based Quantum Simulators . More information at: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41624/ Applications close on 15/8/23.

Observing the two-dimensional Bose glass in an optical quasicrystal

2 March 2023

Our latest work on observing the two-dimensional Bose glass in our optical quasicrystal is now on the Arxiv: Arxiv:2303.00737 . We could not only observe the Bose glass and the phase transition between Bose glass and superfluid, but could furthermore experimentally establish the non-ergodic character of the Bose glass...

Hubbard Models for Quasicrystalline Potentials

13 October 2022

Our latest work on creating Hubbard Models for Quasicrystalline Potentials is now on the Arxiv (2210.05691). In it, we present a numerical method for constructing the Hubbard Hamiltonian of non-periodic potentials without making use of Bloch's theorem, and then apply it to the eightfold rotationally symmetric 2D optical...

AION Vacuum system arrived

4 July 2022

The AION experiment reached an important first milestone with the UHV vacuum chamber having been delivered. Next stop: laser cooled Strontium. aion_uhv_chamber.jpg