Karl Franzens University Graz | Graz University of Technology | |
Anomalous Transport in Correlated Quantum Matter Universality in equilibrium asserts that microscopic details are irrelevant for the emergent quantum phases of matter and their transitions. Rather, symmetries and topology determine the essential macroscopic properties. By contrast, all scales, from low to high energies, are relevant for quantum systems which are driven far from their thermal equilibrium. Recent experimental progress in engineering coherent and interacting quantum simulators made it possible to create and explore exotic non-equilibrium states, which can exhibit a wealth of dynamical phenomena. Despite this apparent complexity, a common anticipation is that diffusive transport of globally conserved quantities emerges universally for any complex quantum systems, since strong interactions entangle and effectively mix local degrees of freedom. |