Title
Professor

Department
Dept of Physics


Faculty URL
http://physics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/ehud-altman

Research Group
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~ehudaltman/

Email
ehud.altman@berkeley.edu


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Research Expertise and Interest
atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science

Research Description
I am interested in condensed matter theory as well as many-body aspects of ultra-cold atomic systems and quantum information theory. Broadly speaking I investigate?quantum?matter, in which interactions and quantum entanglement between the particles can give rise to unexpected emergent properties. A recent focus of our research is how such emergent behavior unfolds in?non equilibrium?systems. For?example?we are trying to understand the phenomenon of many-body localization?(MBL),?and thermalization in quantum systems. To address these problems we use a variety of theoretical and numerical tools including field theory, strong disorder renormalization group, tensor networks, quantum Monte Carlo calculations as well as close collaboration with experimental groups. For a detailed description of recent and current research take a look at my group web page. Here is a brief account of selected topics.