Presentations on the "Logo":
Colloquium CPHT 2012 -
Spheres, Cups and Topological States, Presentation 2021 Lisboa

Karyn Le Hur: Welcome

Coordinates of Karyn Le Hur:
Center for Theoretical Physics
Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS
91128 Palaiseau, France

Email: karyn.le-hur@polytechnique.edu
Phone: +33 1 69 33 42 67
Fax: +33 1 69 33 49 49

Karyn Le Hur: theoretical physicist aiming to answer fundamental questions in physics-related interdisciplinary research areas engaging many-body systems, condensed matter, quantum information theory, AMO systems and nanoelectronics.

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Actual Members of the Group



Link to my Recent Review 2025 See presentation video
This result is highlighted in the HCERES report 2025, thanks

Saclay Lecture Series June 2023 on Geometry and Topology in the Quantum
Class I Link Class II Link Class III Link Class IV Link
Quantum Hall Physics in Graphene
Tutorial in PC PHY552 Ecole Polytechnique: Topological Haldane Model and Spin-1/2 Particle
Positions for Internships and PhD Thesis Fellowships: please send a CV and justification Letter

Reviews and Book Chapters


    Phase-Coherent Dynamics of Quantum Devices With Local Interactions
    Michele Filippone, Arthur Marguerite, Karyn LE HUR, Gwendal Feve, Christophe Mora
    Entropy 2020, 22(8), 847, Review 2020
    Driven dissipative dynamics and topology of quantum impurity systems
    Karyn Le Hur, Loïc Henriet, Loïc Herviou, Kirill Plekhanov, Alexandru Petrescu, Tal Goren, Marco Schiro, Christophe Mora, Peter P. Orth,
    Comptes Rendus Académie des Sciences, Review 2018
    Many-Body Quantum Electrodynamics Networks: Non-Equilibrium Condensed Matter Physics with Light
    Karyn Le Hur, Loïc Henriet, Alexandru Petrescu, Kirill Plekhanov, Guillaume Roux, Marco Schiro,
    Comptes Rendus Académie des Sciences, arXiv (May 2015) and published in 2016
    Quantum Impurities, Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics, NonLinear Quantum Transport, Trieste Summer School
    Correlated Topological Phases and Exotic Magnetism with Ultracold Fermions
    Peter P. Orth, Daniel Cocks, Stephan Rachel, Michael Buchhold, Karyn Le Hur, Walter Hofstetter, special Issue on non-Abelian gauge fields
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 46 (2013) 134004, editors F. Gerbier, N. Goldman and M. Lewenstein
    Superconductivity close to the Mott state: From condensed-matter systems to Superfluidity in optical lattices,
    K. Le Hur and T. Maurice Rice, Annals of Physics 324, 1452-1515 (2009), Special Issue July (or arXiv:0812.1581, 98 pages)
    see also note by Frank Wilczek (editor).
    The results on Superconductivity have been presented for example at the Gordon conference at Oxford in 2004 - see Talk
    Survey on Effective Equilibrium Theory in NonEquilibrium Quantum Transport
    Prasenjit Dutt, Jens Koch, J. Han and Karyn Le Hur, arXiv:1101.1526, 53 pages Annals of Physics 326 2963-2999 (2011)
    Talk in honor of Bernard Coqblin at LPS Orsay (2013) and in Les Houches (2012)
    book on Understanding Quantum Phase Transitions, editor L. D. Carr (Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, 2010)
    Chapter on Quantum Phase Transitions in Spin-Boson Systems: Dissipation and Light phenomena, by Karyn Le Hur (26 pages, also accessible at arXiv:09094822)
    Entanglement Entropy, decoherence, quantum phase transition of a dissipative two-level system
    Karyn Le Hur, Annals of Physics 323, 2208-2240 (2008) (34 pages)
    See Talk at KITP Santa-Barbara (2005) on quantum phase transitions
Last updated September 2025