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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Strongly correlated systems can exhibit unexpected phenomena when brought
    in a state far from equilibrium. An example is many-body localization, which prevents
    generic interacting systems from reaching thermal equilibrium even at long times1,2.
    The stability of the many-body localized phase has been predicted to be hindered
    by the presence of small thermal inclusions that act as a bath, leading to the
    delocalization of the entire system through an avalanche propagation mechanism3,4,5,6,7,8.
    Here we study the dynamics of a thermal inclusion of variable size when it is
    coupled to a many-body localized system. We find evidence for accelerated transport
    of thermal inclusion into the localized region. We monitor how the avalanche spreads
    through the localized system and thermalizes it site by site by measuring the
    site-resolved entropy over time. Furthermore, we isolate the strongly correlated
    bath-induced dynamics with multipoint correlations between the bath and the system.
    Our results have implications on the robustness of many-body localized systems
    and their critical behaviour.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: letter_note
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Julian
  full_name: Leonard, Julian
  id: b75b3f45-7995-11ef-9bfd-9a9cd02c3577
  last_name: Leonard
- first_name: Sooshin
  full_name: Kim, Sooshin
  last_name: Kim
- first_name: Matthew
  full_name: Rispoli, Matthew
  last_name: Rispoli
- first_name: Alexander
  full_name: Lukin, Alexander
  last_name: Lukin
- first_name: Robert
  full_name: Schittko, Robert
  last_name: Schittko
- first_name: Joyce
  full_name: Kwan, Joyce
  last_name: Kwan
- first_name: Eugene
  full_name: Demler, Eugene
  last_name: Demler
- first_name: Dries
  full_name: Sels, Dries
  last_name: Sels
- first_name: Markus
  full_name: Greiner, Markus
  last_name: Greiner
citation:
  ama: Leonard J, Kim S, Rispoli M, et al. Probing the onset of quantum avalanches
    in a many-body localized system. <i>Nature Physics</i>. 2023;19(4):481-485. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3">10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3</a>
  apa: Leonard, J., Kim, S., Rispoli, M., Lukin, A., Schittko, R., Kwan, J., … Greiner,
    M. (2023). Probing the onset of quantum avalanches in a many-body localized system.
    <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3</a>
  chicago: Leonard, Julian, Sooshin Kim, Matthew Rispoli, Alexander Lukin, Robert
    Schittko, Joyce Kwan, Eugene Demler, Dries Sels, and Markus Greiner. “Probing
    the Onset of Quantum Avalanches in a Many-Body Localized System.” <i>Nature Physics</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3</a>.
  ieee: J. Leonard <i>et al.</i>, “Probing the onset of quantum avalanches in a many-body
    localized system,” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 19, no. 4. Springer Nature, pp.
    481–485, 2023.
  ista: Leonard J, Kim S, Rispoli M, Lukin A, Schittko R, Kwan J, Demler E, Sels D,
    Greiner M. 2023. Probing the onset of quantum avalanches in a many-body localized
    system. Nature Physics. 19(4), 481–485.
  mla: Leonard, Julian, et al. “Probing the Onset of Quantum Avalanches in a Many-Body
    Localized System.” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 19, no. 4, Springer Nature, 2023,
    pp. 481–85, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3">10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3</a>.
  short: J. Leonard, S. Kim, M. Rispoli, A. Lukin, R. Schittko, J. Kwan, E. Demler,
    D. Sels, M. Greiner, Nature Physics 19 (2023) 481–485.
date_created: 2024-10-07T11:46:33Z
date_published: 2023-01-26T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-10-08T10:52:08Z
day: '26'
doi: 10.1038/s41567-022-01887-3
extern: '1'
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2012.15270'
intvolume: '        19'
issue: '4'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2012.15270
month: '01'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 481-485
publication: Nature Physics
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1745-2481
  issn:
  - 1745-2473
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Probing the onset of quantum avalanches in a many-body localized system
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 19
year: '2023'
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