Biography:Tomaž Prosen

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Short description: Slovene physicist
Tomaž Prosen
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Born6 April 1970 (1970-04-06) (age 53)
NationalitySlovenian
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
Known forMany-body theory
Quantum chaos
AwardsPhysik-Preis Dresden (2022),[1] Advanced grant of the European Research Council (ERC AdG 2015), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Bessel Award (2009), Zois prize (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Ljubljana

Tomaž Prosen (born 1970) is a Slovenian theoretical and mathematical physicist. His research has spanned non-equilibrium dynamics, statistical mechanics, quantum transport, and chaos theory.

Early career

Prosen earned his Diploma in Physics in 1991, and a Doctorate of Science in 1995, both from the University of Ljubljana. He finished both at a significantly younger age than usual. ISI named him a ‘Citation Superstar’ as one of the most cited young scientists in Slovenia in 2000.[2] He was made a Full Professor at the University of Ljubljana by outstanding early election in 2008.[2]

Research

Tomaž Prosen is primarily known for providing the first exact solutions for models of open quantum many-body systems and for the discovery of novel kinds of quantum conservation laws that settled long-standing questions about the nature of transport in fundamental models of low-dimensional quantum materials, such as the Heisenbeg spin chains and the one-dimensional Hubbard model.[3][4] The latter work also provided a full description of canonical ensembles of quantum integrable systems[5] paving the way for extensions of thermodynamics to integrable systems. He is also known for pioneering a novel approach for establishing quantum chaos in spin-1/2 systems, for which previously known semi-classical methods fail.[6] This approach challenged conventional beliefs in theoretical physics by providing an exact solution to the dynamics of a chaotic model.[6][7][8]

Notes

  1. "Physik-Preis Dresden". https://www.pks.mpg.de/events/physik-preis-dresden. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Prosen, Tomaz (2020-10-07). "T. Prosen CV (2020)". https://chaos.fmf.uni-lj.si/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ProsenCV2020.pdf. 
  3. Prosen, Tomaž (2011-05-27). "Open XXZ Spin Chain: Nonequilibrium Steady State and a Strict Bound on Ballistic Transport". Physical Review Letters 106 (21): 217206. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.217206. PMID 21699339. Bibcode2011PhRvL.106u7206P. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.217206. 
  4. Prosen, Tomaž; Ilievski, Enej (2013-08-02). "Families of Quasilocal Conservation Laws and Quantum Spin Transport". Physical Review Letters 111 (5): 057203. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.057203. PMID 23952440. Bibcode2013PhRvL.111e7203P. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.057203. 
  5. Ilievski, E.; De Nardis, J.; Wouters, B.; Caux, J.-S.; Essler, F. H. L.; Prosen, T. (2015-10-07). "Complete Generalized Gibbs Ensembles in an Interacting Theory". Physical Review Letters 115 (15): 157201. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.157201. PMID 26550747. Bibcode2015PhRvL.115o7201I. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.157201. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kos, Pavel; Ljubotina, Marko; Prosen, Tomaž (2018-06-08). "Many-Body Quantum Chaos: Analytic Connection to Random Matrix Theory". Physical Review X 8 (2): 021062. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.8.021062. Bibcode2018PhRvX...8b1062K. 
  7. Bertini, Bruno; Kos, Pavel; Prosen, Tomaž (2018-12-27). "Exact Spectral Form Factor in a Minimal Model of Many-Body Quantum Chaos". Physical Review Letters 121 (26): 264101. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.264101. PMID 30636114. Bibcode2018PhRvL.121z4101B. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.264101. 
  8. Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics » Blog Archive » A breakthrough in many body quantum chaos. 30 June 2018. doi:10.36471/jccm_june_2018_02. https://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=3406. Retrieved 2020-10-07. 

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