Project B5

Dynamics of strongly correlated degrees of freedom in model systems

Michael Potthoff

The real-time dynamics of strongly correlated lattice-fermion models is studied by novel non-perturbative numerical approaches to find ways to predict and steer non-equilibrium processes. In close cooperation with the experimental projects B2, C3 and C4, time-dependent variants of fundamental many-body phenomena, such as the orbital-selective Mott transition, the colossal magneto-resistance effect, or the formation of magnetic polarons will be analyzed. We will advance the theory of electronic correlations in time-dependent electron spectroscopy and techniques to study dynamical phase transitions and long-time dynamics.