Abstract

Isolated many-body quantum systems may fail to thermalize due to quantum interferences. This phenomenon has the same origin as Anderson localization and is referred to as many-body localization (MBL). In this talk, we will investigate how a localized system responds to an external time-dependent driving. In particular, we will ask whether the system absorbs energy until it reaches an infinite temperature state, as it would be the case for an ergodic system, or whether absorption eventually saturates.
Collaboration with D. Abanin, W. De Roeck, Z. Papic and P. Ponte.