Non-equilibrium thermal transport in integrable spin chains

by Jacopo Viti

Monday 26 May 2014, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Rome

163 (Building C, first floor)

I will consider the problem of a one-dimensional quantum system coupled to two different thermal baths at its ends. First I will focus on the example of the Ising spin chain, characterizing the stationary state, the energy flow and the statistics of its fluctuations. I will present and discuss preliminary results for the thermal current in the XXZ antiferromagnetic chain at the end of the talk.