Entropy and Complexity in Quantum Dynamics

Recent breakthroughs have proven the dynamics of quantum many-body systems to be a key factor that unifies quantum physics with quantum information. On the physics side, quantum dynamics helps define static and dynamic states of matter based on their temporal behavior over various timescales and provide a new window into quantum gravity through holographic mapping. Powerful measures rooted in physics principles that characterize quantum dynamics are von Neumann and Rényi entropies. On the information side, they reveal the ability of quantum systems and networks to respectively store and transport quantum information, and are characterized by information-theoretic measures of complexity and scrambling.

The goal of this Special Issue is to present the latest advances at the intersection of quantum physics and quantum information, with a focus on the dynamic behavior of quantum systems. Theoretical and experimental developments probing thermalization and chaos in quantum systems, many-body localization, quantum error correction, information propagation through unitary quantum networks, as well as information-theoretic implications of blackhole dynamics, are within the scope of this issue.

Dr. Pavan Hosur
Guest Editor

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