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SUMMARY:Shortcuts to adiabaticity across a phase transition
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Prof. Aldofo del Campo\, University of Massachusetts\
	, Boston\nHosted by: Michael Kolodrubetz\n\nPart of the Condensed Matter Th
	eory Seminar Series.\n\nAbstract:\nIn the course of a non-equilibrium conti
	nuous phase transition\, the dynamics ceases to be adiabatic in the vicinit
	y of the critical point as a result of the critical slowing down (the diver
	gence of the relaxation time in the neighborhood of the critical point). Th
	is enforces a local choice of the broken symmetry and can lead to the forma
	tion of excitations\, including topological defects. Recently\, a variety o
	f techniques known as shortcuts to adiabaticity has been introduced to desi
	gn driving protocols that mimic adiabatic dynamics\, e.g.\, in the preparat
	ion of a target state. We shall explore the use of shortcuts to adiabaticit
	y to tailor the dynamics across a critical point and suppress defect format
	ion.
LOCATION:SCI 328\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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