Dartmouth Events

Physics & Astronomy Virtual Colloquium - Norman Yao, UC Berkeley

Title: "Emergent hydrodynamics in a strongly interacting dipolar spin ensemble"

Friday, May 7, 2021
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Zoom: Email for link and password
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars

Abstract: Even in the absence of a precise microscopic description, classical hydrodynamics provides a powerful framework for characterizing the macroscopic behavior of conserved densities, such as energy. Understanding whether and how it emerges in the late-time dynamics of many-body quantum systems has remained an enduringly hard question. In this talk, I will describe on-going experiments on a hybrid solid-state spin platform, where the underlying disordered, dipolar quantum Hamiltonian gives rise to the emergence of unconventional spin diffusion at nanometer length scales; in particular, the combination of positional disorder and on-site random fields leads to diffusive dynamics that are Fickian yet non-Gaussian. Time permitting, I will end by describing our recent efforts to realize a quantum simulation platform based upon spin defects in 2D. 

For more information, contact:
Tressena Manning
603-646-2854

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.