Quantum Dynamics at Ghent 2026
from
Monday, 26 January 2026 (00:00)
to
Friday, 30 January 2026 (15:00)
Monday, 26 January 2026
09:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Welcome & Introduction
Welcome & Introduction
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Variations on a theme of Krylov
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Pawel Caputa
Variations on a theme of Krylov
Pawel Caputa
10:30 - 11:15
11:15
Nielsen and Krylov complexity
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Ben Craps
Nielsen and Krylov complexity
Ben Craps
11:15 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Krylov Complexity from the Partition Function
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Tim Schumann
Krylov Complexity from the Partition Function
Tim Schumann
13:00 - 13:45
13:45
De Sitter holographic complexity from Krylov complexity in DSSYK
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Mengting Wang
De Sitter holographic complexity from Krylov complexity in DSSYK
Mengting Wang
13:45 - 14:30
14:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:15
15:15
Holographic black hole formation and scrambling in time-ordered correlators
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Adrián Sánchez Garrido
Holographic black hole formation and scrambling in time-ordered correlators
Adrián Sánchez Garrido
15:15 - 16:00
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
09:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Bubble nucleation and growth for false vacuum decay on the lattice
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Jutho Haegeman
Bubble nucleation and growth for false vacuum decay on the lattice
Jutho Haegeman
10:00 - 10:45
10:45
Tensor networks for spectral properties
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Mari Carmen Bañuls
Tensor networks for spectral properties
Mari Carmen Bañuls
10:45 - 11:30
11:30
Let's talk about attractors (again)
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Michał Spaliński
Let's talk about attractors (again)
Michał Spaliński
11:30 - 12:15
12:15
Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:15
13:15
Quantum dynamics at short times
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Tilman Enss
Quantum dynamics at short times
Tilman Enss
13:15 - 14:00
14:00
Quasinormal Modes in Far-From-Equilibrium Systems: Understanding Nonthermal Attractors and Hydrodynamization
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Matisse De Lescluze
Quasinormal Modes in Far-From-Equilibrium Systems: Understanding Nonthermal Attractors and Hydrodynamization
Matisse De Lescluze
14:00 - 14:45
14:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:45 - 15:15
15:15
Prethermalization and quantum scars in cavity-coupled Rydberg arrays
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Alex Mikheev
Prethermalization and quantum scars in cavity-coupled Rydberg arrays
Alex Mikheev
15:15 - 16:00
17:00
Reception
Reception
17:00 - 19:00
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
09:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Operator product expansion and thermal holography
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Andrei Parnachev
Operator product expansion and thermal holography
Andrei Parnachev
10:00 - 10:45
10:45
Universal thermalisation dynamics in (1+1)d QFT
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Richard A. Davison
Universal thermalisation dynamics in (1+1)d QFT
Richard A. Davison
10:45 - 11:30
11:30
Thermalization of Boost-invariant 1+1D QFT
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Chadwick Van Hoorickx
Thermalization of Boost-invariant 1+1D QFT
Chadwick Van Hoorickx
11:30 - 11:55
12:00
Excursion to Brugge & conference lunch
Excursion to Brugge & conference lunch
12:00 - 17:00
Thursday, 29 January 2026
09:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Holographic pseudospectra and diffusion
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David García Fariña
Holographic pseudospectra and diffusion
David García Fariña
10:00 - 10:45
10:45
Mode completeness for black hole perturbations
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Ben Withers
Mode completeness for black hole perturbations
Ben Withers
10:45 - 11:30
11:30
Ergodic versus integrable Hamiltonian dynamics from the lenses of temporal correlations
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Luca Tagliacozzo
Ergodic versus integrable Hamiltonian dynamics from the lenses of temporal correlations
Luca Tagliacozzo
11:30 - 12:15
12:15
Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:15
13:15
Fluid dynamics far from equilibrium: a concrete example
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Gabriel Denicol
Fluid dynamics far from equilibrium: a concrete example
Gabriel Denicol
13:15 - 14:00
14:00
Causal completions of hydrodynamics
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Robbe Brants
Causal completions of hydrodynamics
Robbe Brants
14:00 - 14:45
14:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:45 - 15:05
15:05
Computing More with Less: Random Tensor Networks and New Algorithms for Time Evolution.
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Jacopo de Nardis
Computing More with Less: Random Tensor Networks and New Algorithms for Time Evolution.
Jacopo de Nardis
15:05 - 15:50
I will present recent analytical and numerical results on quantum complexity and anticoncentration in many-body wave functions, using random tensor-network ensembles as a powerful, tractable testbed for non-equilibrium dynamics. I will then introduce new algorithms for the classical simulation of quantum time evolution: (i) hybrid tensor-network methods enhanced by Clifford unitaries, and (ii) Monte Carlo sampling of spatially contracted networks. Together, these approaches extend the reach of tensor network simulations, showing how less resources suffice to capture key quantum features.
16:00
Annabelle Bohrdt, "From cuprates to neural quantum states and quantum simulation" (Department Theory Colloquium)
Annabelle Bohrdt, "From cuprates to neural quantum states and quantum simulation" (Department Theory Colloquium)
16:00 - 17:00
Friday, 30 January 2026
09:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Temporal entanglement transition in chaotic quantum many-body dynamics
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Alessio Lerose
Temporal entanglement transition in chaotic quantum many-body dynamics
Alessio Lerose
10:00 - 10:45
10:45
Timelike entanglement: from geometry to field theory
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Fabio Ori
Timelike entanglement: from geometry to field theory
Fabio Ori
10:45 - 11:30
11:30
From holographic entanglement entropy to geometric probes of de Sitter cosmologies
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Federica Colombo
From holographic entanglement entropy to geometric probes of de Sitter cosmologies
Federica Colombo
11:30 - 11:55
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00