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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen

TT 23: Correlated Electrons: (General) Theory

TT 23.10: Talk

Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 16:30–16:45, H 0104

Non-thermal steady states after an interaction quench in the Falicov-Kimball model — •Martin Eckstein and Marcus Kollar — Theoretical Physics III, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute for Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany

We present the exact solution of the Falicov-Kimball model after a sudden change of its interaction parameter using non-equilibrium dynamical mean-field theory. For different interaction quenches between the homogeneous metallic and insulating phases the system relaxes to a non-thermal steady state on time scales on the order of ℏ/bandwidth, showing collapse and revival with an approximate period of h/interaction if the interaction is large. We discuss the reasons for this behavior and provide a statistical description of the final steady state by means of generalized Gibbs ensembles.