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On dynamical localization for the disordered xy-spin chain

Probability

Speaker: Robert Sims, U Arizona
Location: 1147 MSB
Start time: Wed, Nov 12 2014, 4:10PM

We will discuss a recent result on dynamical localization for a simple, disordered many-body system. For the xy-spin chain with a disordered transversal magnetic field, we prove dynamical localization. This is expressed in terms of a zero-velocity Lieb-Robinson bound which holds on (disorder) average. This is joint work with Gunter Stolz (from the University of Alabama at Birmingham) and Eman Hamza (from Cairo University in Egypt).