Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems out of Equilibrium: Lecture Notes

Over the last decade, new experimental tools and theoretical concepts have provided fresh insights into the collective nonequilibrium behavior of quantum systems. The exquisite control enabled by laser trapping and cooling techniques allows us to observe the behavior of condensed Bose and degenerate Fermi gases under nonequilibrium drive or after 'quenches,' where a Hamiltonian parameter is suddenly or slowly changed. On the solid state front, high-intensity, short-time pulses and fast (femtosecond) probes allow solids to be put into highly excited states and probed before relaxation and dissipation occur. Experimental developments are matched by progress in theoretical techniques, ranging from exact solutions of strongly interacting nonequilibrium models to new approaches to nonequilibrium numerics.

The summer school 'Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems Out of Equilibrium,' held at the Les Houches School of Physics as its XCIX session, was designed to summarize this progress, lay out the open questions, and define directions for future work. This book collects the lecture notes of the main courses given in this summer school.

The exquisite control provided by laser trapping and cooling techniques allows us to observe the behavior of condensed Bose and degenerate Fermi gases under nonequilibrium drive or after 'quenches' in which a Hamiltonian parameter is suddenly or slowly changed. Experimental developments are matched by progress in theoretical techniques ranging from exact solutions of strongly interacting nonequilibrium models to new approaches to nonequilibrium numerics. On the solid state front, high-intensity, short-time pulses and fast (femtosecond) probes allow solids to be put into highly excited states and probed before relaxation and dissipation occur.

The summer school 'Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems Out of Equilibrium,' held at the Les Houches School of Physics as its XCIX session, was designed to summarize this progress, lay out the open questions, and define directions for future work. This book collects the lecture notes of the main courses given in this summer school. Over the last decade, new experimental tools and theoretical concepts have provided fresh insights into the collective nonequilibrium behavior of quantum systems.

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