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Mapping as a probe for heating suppression in periodically driven quantum many-body systems

作者:点击次数:更新时间:2022年05月23日

报告题目:Mapping as a probe for heating suppression in periodically driven quantum many-body systems

报告人:Dr. (Mr.) Etienne WAMBA

报告时间:2022.5.30   900

报告地点:zoom https://www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/index.php?id=2230

邀请人:汪涛

报告摘要:

Space-time mappings are widely known as crucial tools for mapping solvable problems from complex forms into simpler ones. We introduced a non-traditional use of exact space-time mappings which consists in exactly mapping time evolutions of different quantum many-body systems, whether the actual problem can be solved or not. Our mappings are applicable to quantum gas experiments without [1] and with [2] dissipation. In this talk, I will discuss a mean-field model of many-body systems with rapid periodic driving. The driving is a certain periodic but anharmonic modulation of the gas's two-body interaction at a particular frequency, which makes it possible to map the Floquet experiment onto an evolution with slowly varying parameters. Such a mapping between a Floquet evolution and a slow process allows us to investigate non-equilibrium many-body dynamics and examine how rapidly driven systems may avoid heating up, at least when mean-field theory is still valid. We learn that rapid periodic driving may not yield to secular heating because the time evolution of the system has a kind of hidden adiabaticity, inasmuch as it can be mapped exactly onto that of an almost static system [3].

References

[1] Etienne Wamba, Axel Pelster, and James R. Anglin, Exact quantum field mappings between different experiments on quantum gases, Phys. Rev. A 94, 043628 (2016)

[2] Etienne Wamba and Axel Pelster, Exact N-point-function mapping between pairs of experiments with Markovian open quantum systems, Phys. Rev. A 102, 043320 (2020)

[3] Etienne Wamba, Axel Pelster, and James R. Anglin, Mapping as a probe for heating suppression in periodically driven quantum many-body systems, arxiv:2108.07171

 

报告人介绍:

 

Dr. (Mr.) Etienne WAMBA

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Buea

Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Temporary)

Citizenship: Cameroon

Email: wamba.etienne@gmail.com

EDUCATION

2013: Doctorate/PhD in Physics, University of Yaounde I

2006: DEA (Master of Science with Thesis) in Physics, University of Yaounde I

2005:DIPES 2 (Master of Education) in Physics, Higher Teachers Training College Yaounde

2004: Maîtrise (Master of Science) in Physics, University of Yaounde I

2002: Licence (Bachelor of Science) in Physics, University of Dschang

1998: Baccalauréat (G.C.E. A Level), Maths and Natural Sciences, Gov’t High school Penka-Michel

SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

v Research field and interests

Current field: theoretical investigation of the dynamics of quantum many-body systems.

Particular interests:

- Atomic, molecular and optical physics

- Nonlinear dynamical systems

Focus on matter-wave solutions, instabilities, collective excitations, patterns formation, transport phenomenon, parallels of quantum gas theory with condensed matter physics, with nonlinear optics, with quantum optics, and with cosmology.

v Lecturing and Tutoring experience (at the University level)

# Lecturer (since 2019) at the University of Buea/ Cameroon

Courses taught: - Undergraduate: Classical Mechanics, Rigid-body mechanics, Linear Algebra, Analysis, and Numerical Methods

-Master: Numerical Analysis, Microwave Engineering

# Visiting Lecturer (since 2015) at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences/ AIMS-Cameroon

Courses taught (Master): Concepts in Physics and Physics Problem solving, Quantum Mechanics

# Teaching Assistant: (2018) in the Department of Physics, Technical University of Kaiserslautern/ Germany.

Course tutored (Master): Quantum Field theory (with Prof. James Anglin)

# Resident Teaching Assistant (2013-2015) in Mathematical Sciences, AIMS-Cameroon.

Duty: Assist the lecturers and the Academic director, organize tutorials, interact on a continuous basis with students in individual and group study, and assist in the evaluation of students.

v Research stays

# Postdoctoral Researcher (2015 - 2019) at the Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany

Host group: Foundations of Quantum Physics (Supervisors: Profs. Axel Pelster and James Anglin)

# Visiting researcher

- Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany: 2022

- Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS), South Africa: 2020

- Condensed Matter & Statistical Physics Section, ICTP, Italy: 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

- Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia: Nov 2016, Mar 2018, Jan 2019

- AIMS South Africa, Muizenberg, South Africa: June – Aug. 2013

- Physics Department, Pondicherry University, India: July – Sept. 2012

v Research awards received

1- WIKOs fellow (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Institute for Advanced Study), Germany, April-June 2022.

2- Iso Lomso Fellow (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies), South Africa, 2020-2022.

3- Fachbereich Physik Research Fellow (Technical University Kaiserslautern), Germany, December 2018 - May 2019. Scientific host: Priv.-Dr. Axel Pelster and Prof.-Dr. James R. Anglin.

4- Humboldt Postdoc Fellow (Technical University Kaiserslautern), Germany, October 2015 - May 2018. Scientific hosts: Priv.-Dr. Axel Pelster and Prof.-Dr. James R. Anglin.

5- Simons Associate of the Abdus Salam ICTP (Trieste), Italy, from 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2021. Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Rosario Fazio.

6- AIMS Visiting Fellow (African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town), South Africa, from 29 June to 28 August 2013. Host: Prof. Barry Green.

7- CV Raman Visiting Fellow (Department of Physics, Pondicherry University), India, 11 July-15 September 2012, granted by DST - Government of India. Host scientist: Prof. K. Porsezian.

8- ICTP Short-term visiting fellow (Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Section, Trieste), Italy, from 13 May to 13 June 2012. Host: Prof. Vladimir Kravtsov

v Scientific Dissertations

E. Wamba, Matter waves of Bose-Einstein condensates with two- and three-body interactions, PhD Thesis, University of Yaounde I (2013).

E. Wamba, Out-of-equilibrium stochastic systems and critical behaviours: Case of the hearing organ, M.Phil Thesis, University of Yaounde I (2006).

E. Wamba, Dynamics and synchronisation of two wirelessly coupled electromechanical devices, Thesis of Master of Education (DIPES II), Higher Teachers Training College Yaounde (2005).