2014/08/12 by Ehud Altman, Ronen Vosk · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031214-014701
published as Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics Vol. 6: 383-409 (2015) · Invited Review for Annual Reviews of Condensed Matter Physics
arxiv created 2014/08/12 · arxiv updated 2015/09/21
We survey the recent progress made in understanding non equilibrium dynamics in closed random systems. The emphasis is on the important role played by concepts from quantum information theory and on the application of systematic renormalization group methods to capture universal aspects of the dynamics. Finally we outline some outstanding open questions, which includee the description of the many-body localization phase transition and identifying physical systems that will allow systematic experimental study of these phenomena.