Physics

 

Research Interests:

I am interested in understanding various properties of interacting many-particle systems, especially driven away from equilibrium. Particular topics include representation of quantum dynamics through classical trajectories: theory and applications, understanding non-equilibrium thermodynamics from microscopics, universal aspects of dissipation for nearly adiabatic evolution, dynamics near phase transitions. My research is closely tied to experiments in cold atom systems.

Selected papers:

• 10/17/05 Universal adiabatic dynamics across a quantum critical point

Education:

Ph. D. (2003) Yale University, academic advisor: Subir Sachdev M.S. (1998) St. Petesburg State Polytechnical University

 

In the news:

• Polkovnikov awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
• Professor Polkovnikov Published in Nature Physics

 

Research Descriptions:

Research by Anatoli Polkovnikov

I am interested in understanding various properties of interacting many-particle systems, especially driven away from equilibrium. Particular topics include representation of quantum dynamics through classical trajectories: theory and applications, understanding non-equilibrium thermodynamics from microscopics, universal aspects of dissipation for nearly adiabatic evolution, dynamics near phase transitions. My research is closely tied to experiments in cold atom systems.