- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Technische Universität Wien, Austria
- Provides a clear introduction to the experimental and theoretical state-of-the-art in a rapidly growing research field
- Presents a remarkable collection of high-profile results addressing one of the oldest unresolved questions in quantum many-body physics
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- About this book
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This work presents a series of experiments with ultracold one-dimensional Bose gases, which establish said gases as an ideal model system for exploring a wide range of non-equilibrium phenomena. With the help of newly developed tools, like full distributions functions and phase correlation functions, the book reveals the emergence of thermal-like transient states, the light-cone-like emergence of thermal correlations and the observation of generalized thermodynamic ensembles. This points to a natural emergence of classical statistical properties from the microscopic unitary quantum evolution, and lays the groundwork for a universal framework of non-equilibrium physics. The thesis investigates a central question that is highly contested in quantum physics: how and to which extent does an isolated quantum many-body system relax? This question arises in many diverse areas of physics, and many of the open problems appear at vastly different energy, time and length scales, ranging from high-energy physics and cosmology to condensed matter and quantum information. A key challenge in attempting to answer this question is the scarcity of quantum many-body systems that are both well isolated from the environment and accessible for experimental study.
- About the authors
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Dr. Tim Langen studied physics in Mainz, Marseille, Paris and Vienna. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at JILA, Boulder. His research interests include atomic and molecular physics, quantum optics and quantum many-body systems.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction to One-Dimensional Bose Gases
Pages 1-37
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Experimental Realization of One-Dimensional Bose Gases
Pages 39-65
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Isolated Quantum Systems Out of Equilibrium
Pages 67-74
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Relaxation and Prethermalization in One-Dimensional Bose Gases
Pages 75-95
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Local Emergence of Thermal Correlations
Pages 97-109
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Non-equilibrium Dynamics of One-Dimensional Bose Gases
- Authors
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- Tim Langen
- Series Title
- Springer Theses
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-18564-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-18564-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-18563-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-38700-0
- Series ISSN
- 2190-5053
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 146
- Number of Illustrations
- 37 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
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