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תיאור פעילות מחקר נוכחית בשפה לא מדעית Publications: [arXiv] [orcid] [by-subject] |
1987-1991 PhD, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1991-1996 R&D activity (IAF, MOD, RAFAEL, SCD).
1996-1998 The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1998-2001 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2001-9999 Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel. [more information]
1991-1996 R&D activity (IAF, MOD, RAFAEL, SCD).
1996-1998 The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1998-2001 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2001-9999 Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel. [more information]
Recent Publications (2021) |
Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics |
Superfluidity in Atomtronic Circuits |
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev The Physics Department The Condensed-Matter Theory Group |
Tasks:
Our recent studies consider minimal quantum models (a) with classical particles that perform random walk in disordered environment; (b) with quantum Bose particles whose dynamics is coherent. Four PhD students were involved in those projects during the last 3 years. In the first category we can bring as an example our study of relaxation of currents in one dimensional rings, taking into account percolation and localization properties of the model [SciReports 2016], where we fuse together themes that came from the works of Sinai-Derrida and Hatano-Nelson. Lately we have extended the study to active networks with topological stochastic disorder [PRE 2018]. In the second category we highlight our quantum-chaos theory for superfludity of one-dimensional bosonic gas in a ring lattice [SciReports 2015, PRB 2017], for which we also addressed the feasibility of SQUID operation [NJP 2016] and Insulator-Superfluid resonances [Editor's Suggestion PRA 2017]. Recently we have made a paradigm shift, introducing the concept of adiabatic passage through chaos [PRL 2018], with application to non-linear STIRAP. On the one hand we are interested in stability issues, e.g. our recent work shows how Monodromy and Chaos combine to explain the stability of a condensates in optical lattices [PRA 2019]; while on the other hand we have interest in thermalization [NJP 2015], introducing a semiclassical theory for many-body dynamical localization in extremely small systems [PRE 2018]. A full list of publications (by subject) is appended below.
Past research activity (1):
A major theme in our studies during 2011-2015 was a "resistor network" theory for the energy absorption of weakly chaotic systems. The theory was mainly applied to discuss the heating of cold atoms in vibrating traps; and to the conductance of closed mesoscopic rings. This work was a natural extension for the 1998-2002 quest for anomalies in the quantum response of driven mesoscopic systems.
Past research activity (2):
The scope of the 2003-2006 publications was to place
quantum pumping in open systems and quantum stirring in closed systems
under the umbrella of linear response theory.
Later works (2008, 2013) have illuminated the physical picture using a
heuristic "splitting ratio" approach, and provided results for the counting statistics.
Past research activity (3):
The main themes of the 1997-2004 studies were related to models of quantum dissipation,
addressing the effect of noisy disorder, the induced dephasing, and the destruction of localization. This was a natural
extension my PhD thesis (1987-1993) regarding the quantum kicked rotor in the presence
of noise and dissipation.
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