Published on February 13, 2026
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A research team led by Mathias Albert at the Nice Institute of Physics, in collaboration with the Center for Theoretical Physics, has identified a new form of quantum transition between insulating and conducting states. This theoretical work, recently published in Physical Review Letters, sheds new light on the role of interactions and chaos in the dynamics of quantum systems.
In a study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers from the Nice Institute of Physics (Université Côte d’Azur/CNRS), in collaboration with the Center for Theoretical Physics, show how interactions between particles can induce a so-called "dynamic Anderson transition" in a quantum gas subjected to periodic pulses.
This fundamental result renews our understanding of the links between disorder, interactions, and conduction in quantum systems, a major challenge in contemporary physics, particularly in the context of ultracold gases.
Read the full article on the CNRS Physics website
This fundamental result renews our understanding of the links between disorder, interactions, and conduction in quantum systems, a major challenge in contemporary physics, particularly in the context of ultracold gases.
Read the full article on the CNRS Physics website
Contact: Mathias Albert - INPHYNI (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS)
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Interaction Induced Anderson Transition in a Kicked One Dimensional Bose Gas, Hazel Olsen, Pierre Devillard, Gianni Aupetit-Diallo, Patrizia Vignolo, Mathias Albert, Physical Review Letters 135, 173403 – Published October 22, 2025.
DOI: 10.1103/dyxq-qkmd
Open archive: arXiv
