Many body physics of open quantum systems in low dimensions

• Grant number: 24/22542-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2025
• End date: August 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Grantee: Martino Stefanini
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/14335-0 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for Theoretical Physics, AP.ESP

Abstract

The aim of the project is to study the emergent behavior of synthetic quantum systems that are now experimentally available, such as ultra-cold atomic gases. These systems are inherently many body, and they can be confined in one or two dimensions to enhance their quantum mechanical nature. We seek to understand their dynamical properties once they are brought out of thermodynamical equilibrium by external driving fields or continuous measurements, as well as by coupling them to an environment that produces dissipative effects. These conditions may lead to stationary or dynamical phases that have no equivalent at equilibrium, and whose properties might be useful for future metrological and computational purposes. (AU)