Dissipative Quantum Chaos 2026
- research
- third mission
Real quantum systems are never perfectly isolated: interactions with their environment profoundly reshape how chaos emerges, spreads, and decays. This workshop explores dissipative quantum chaos along three intertwined threads. The first concerns its fundamental characterization — from non-Hermitian random matrix theory and Lindbladian spectra to insights from holography and strongly interacting models. The second addresses many-body dynamics, asking how driven-dissipative systems thermalize, scramble information, or resist chaos altogether. The third connects theory to experiment, with platforms such as quantum fluids of light and complex photonic media where dissipation is not merely a nuisance but a resource. By bringing these perspectives together, DiQuaC2026 aims to chart a unified picture of chaos in open quantum systems
Invited speakers:
David Pascual Solis, University di Trento
Alex Windey, University di Trento
Matteo M. Wauters, University di Trento
Naga Dileep Varikuti, University di Trento
Leela Ganesh Chandra Lakkaraju, University di Trento
Alessandro Silva, SISSA, Italy
Lucas Sa, University of Cambridge, UK
Federico Roccati, University of Palermo, Italy
Alberto Biella, CNR/INO University of Trento, Italy
Julian Sonner, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Pietro Brighi, University of Wien, Austria
Iacopo Carusotto, CNR/INO University of Trento, Italy
Stefan Rotter, TU Wien, Austria
Marco Schiro, (TBC), College de France, France
Federico Balducci, MPI-PKS Dresden, Deutschland
Leonardo Ricci, University of Trento
Schedule
14 September
Lucas Sà 14:00 14:40
Federico Balducci 14:40 15:20
David Pascual Solis 15:20 15:45
Coffee Break 15:45 16:15
Iacopo Carusotto 16:15 16:55
Pietro Brighi 16:55 17:35
Alex Windey 17:35 18:00
Conference Dinner 19:30
15 September
Stefan Rotter 09:00 09:40
Alberto Biella 09:40 10:20
Matteo M. Wauters 10:20 10:45
Coffee Break 10:45 11:15
Julian Sonner 11:15 11:55
Leonardo Ricci 11:55 12:35
Naga Dileep Varikuti 12:35 13:00
Lunch 13:00 14:30
Alessandro Silva 14:30 15:10
Federico Roccati 15:10 15:50
Leela Ganesh Chandra Lakkaraju 15:50 16:15
Coffee Break 16:15 16:45
Discussion 16:45
Scientific Coordinator:
Andrea Legramandi: andrea.legramandi@unitn.it
Leela Ganesh Chandra Lakkaraju: ganesh.lakkaraju@unitn.it
Philipp Hans Juergen Hauke: philipp.hauke@unitn.it
