Slow relaxations and non-equilibrium dynamics in classical and quantum systems

Giulio Biroli (1)

1 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681

This chapter provides an introduction to several important and interesting facets of out-of-equilibrium dynamics. If in the past hard condensed matter and classical statistical physics remained rather separate research fields, the focus now on several kinds of out-of-equilibrium dynamics is bringing them closer together. In this chapter, the stress is upon the common concepts, with the aim of showing that there is much to gain in considering out-of-equilibrium dynamics as a research field in itself. This chapter by no means self-contained. Rather, each section is a door toward a vast research area. The most striking, useful, or important concepts and tools are presented, often in an informal and introductory way, with the hope that this will stimulate the interest of readers who will then turn to the cited specialized reviews and books to fully satisfy their curiosity and acquire more complete knowledge of the subject.

Keywords: slow relaxation; out-of-equilibrium dynamics; hard condensed matter; classical statistical physics

Domains: Physics [physics]

Giulio Biroli. Slow relaxations and non-equilibrium dynamics in classical and quantum systems. Thierry Giamarchi (ed.) et al. Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems out of Equilibrium: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 99, August 2012, 99, Oxford University Press, pp.207-264, 2016, Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School, 9780198768166. ⟨10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198768166.003.0003⟩. ⟨cea-01196811⟩