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DTSTAMP:20260921T202432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121116T203436Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/572
SUMMARY:Quantum dynamics in closed Hamiltonian systems 
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Anatoli Polkovnikov\, Boston University\n\nPart of th
	e Biophysics/Condensed Matter Seminar Series.\n\nAbstract:\nIn this talk I 
	will overview several aspects of quantum dynamics in closed systems. In par
	ticular\, I will discuss connections between quantum and thermodynamic adia
	batic theorems in closed systems. Based on this connection I will introduce
	 micsroscopic expressions for the heat and (diagonal) entropy and argue tha
	t their behavior is fully consistent with thermodynamic expectations. Next\
	, using a particular example of an XY-model\, I will argue that time evolut
	ion in interacting systems can be understood as a renormalization group pro
	cess in real time. And finally in the last part of the talk I will briefly 
	discuss phase space representation of quantum mechanics and connections bet
	ween quantum and classical dynamics.
LOCATION:SCI 352\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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