Chaos and Thermalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems and Gravity

In this thesis, we explore the process of thermalization in chaotic quantum many-body systems with the help of concepts and techniques from quantum information theory. We identify a universal dynamical process in the Heisenberg evolution of operators known as void formation, and use it to provide a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vardhan, Shreya
Other Authors: Liu, Hong
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/150679