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Information Content of locAlisation: fRom classical to qUantum Systems

Project description

Disorder and localisation in quantum systems

Localisation means being located or fixed in a specific place or state. It applies to quantum systems as much as it does to the confinement of a fire. When it comes to isolated many-body systems, it refers to being ‘trapped’ far from equilibrium in a long-lived metastable state in which transport and thermal equilibrium are absent. Another example of a disordered state is Anderson localisation, a phenomenon by which an insulator can be produced from a solid that would normally be metallic simply by introducing disorder. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ICARUS project is investigating these two examples of quantum dynamics in the presence of disorder to enhance our understanding.

Objective

The aim of this proposal is to study quantum dynamics in the presence of disorder, and specifically the Anderson and many-body localization transition to a phase where transport and thermalization are absent. Localization in quantum systems has both deep fundamental implications in many different fields and exciting practical applications in quantum technology.

In this action the researcher, who is experienced in the statistical physics of quantum disordered systems, will address in a novel and timely way this topic. She aims to improve understanding of it with a three-fold approach: a quantum information experimental effort; new theoretical tools coming from the study of random matrices and the physics of glassy systems; and a joint work with a non-academic entity on numerical methods that use artificial neural networks for the classification of the localized phase.

She will perform this work in the perfectly suited environment of the Thermodynamics and Energetics of Quantum Systems research group at Trinity College Dublin.

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Coordinator

THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
Net EU contribution
€ 184 590,72
Address
COLLEGE GREEN TRINITY COLLEGE
D02 CX56 Dublin
Ireland
Region
Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Total cost
€ 184 590,72