Kick-off event: AI and the future of mathematics and physics - 21.10.2026
In light of recent developments, the incoming kick-off event at the Institut Henri Poincaré will take the form of a debate gathering mathematicians and theoretical physicists around the role of AI in the practice of research. Registration: indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/17376/.
Theoretical Physics
Thermalization and ergodicity breaking in quantum many-body systems
byAlessio Lerose
Abstract:Non-equilibrium dynamics of isolated quantum many-body systems plays an important role in contemporary theoretical physics research, from foundational questions on quantum statistical mechanics to the development of quantum technologies.
I will provide a guided tour of a selection of results on thermalization and ergodicity breaking in quantum many-body dynamics, with an eye on mathematically rigorous studies, including (many) conjectures and (few) proven statements.