“Many-body Localization” is an emergent quantum feature, where a system of disordered quantum particles does not thermalize even in the presence of strong interactions. MBL bestows some degree of quantum memory to an extended quantum system, even at high (or infinite) temperature where systems do not usually retain quantum coherence or entanglement. We observe the phenomenon of MBL in a controlled system of exactly 10 atoms with strong interactions and programmable disorder, bridging the chasm between controlled qubits and emergent features of condensed matter physics.
- “Many-Body Localization in a Quantum Simulator with Programmable Random Disorder,” Nature Physics doi:10.1038/nphys3783 (2016).
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