Learnability phase transitions in monitored quantum systems

23 Jan 2026
Seminars and colloquia
Time
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Venue
Lindemann Lecture Theatre
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, 91探花, Parks Road, 91探花, OX1 3PU
Speaker(s)

Professor , University of Geneva

Seminar series
Theoretical physics colloquia
For more information contact

Jordan Summers at tpadmin@physics.ox.ac.uk 

Abstract

While many-body quantum physics has traditionally focused on the properties of cold matter in thermal equilibrium, emerging noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) platforms allow access to far-from-equilibrium dynamics with local space and time control over interactions. In this new era of 鈥渋nteractive quantum dynamics鈥, a key challenge is to identify universal features of non-equilibrium quantum dynamics, transport, and many-body entanglement. In this talk, I will discuss new types of non-equilibrium quantum phases of matter and phase transitions, with an emphasis on emergent classical statistical mechanics descriptions of quantum entanglement dynamics. In particular, I will focus on the recently discovered 鈥渓earnability phase transitions鈥 that occur in monitored quantum systems and separate phases characterized by the amount of quantum information that can be extracted from measurements.