Abstract

In recent years, quantum simulators have emerged as powerful platforms for probing the non-equilibrium dynamics of many-body systems. These experimental advances have fueled significant theoretical progress in understanding the approach to thermal equilibrium and the emergence of hydrodynamics in the quantum regime. In this talk, I will discuss how quantum simulators can reveal novel nonequilibrium phenomena. In the first part, I will report an unexpected experimental observation in a Rydberg quantum simulator: following a quantum quench, we observe ballistic propagation of quasiparticles on an infinite temperature background. In the second part of the talk, I will present a protocol designed to realize and observe collision dynamics within current quantum simulation architectures.