Quantum many-body systems out of equilibrium

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-130

  Eisert, J ^a   Friesdorf, M ^a   Gogolin, C ^a,b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); QUANTUM THEORY; TRAPPED IONS;

EIGEN STATE; FUTURE PROSPECTS; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; QUANTUM MANY-BODY SYSTEMS; QUANTUM SIMULATIONS; SYSTEMS-DRIVEN; THERMALIZATION; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84924415508     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3215     Document Type: Review

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