Uma Divakaran

Uma Divakaran

Uma Divakaran

Associate Professor · Head

D03 GF · 1515

Joined: 2017

Research: Non-equilibrium dynamics; quantum phase transitions; quantum information

Current Group Members

  • Pranav U S PhD Student joined 2023
  • Lakshmija N K PhD Student joined 2024
  • Tamizhselvan S MS Student joined 2025

Publications (With IIT Palakkad affiliation)

  • Floquet thermalization by power-law induced permutation symmetry breaking
    Manju C and Uma Divakaran
    Physical Review E (2026) · DOI
  • Disordering a permutation symmetric system: Revivals, thermalization, and chaos
    Manju C, Uma Divakaran, and Arul Lakshminarayan
    Physical Review E (2025) · DOI
  • Chaos controlled and disorder driven phase transitions induced by breaking permutation symmetry
    Manju C, Arul Lakshminarayan, and Uma Divakaran
    Scientific Reports (2025) · DOI
  • The promises and challenges of many-body quantum technologies: A focus on quantum engines
    Victor Mukherjee and Uma Divakaran
    Nature Communications (2024) · DOI
  • Quantum critical engine at finite temperatures
    Revathy B. S, Victor Mukherjee, and Uma Divakaran
    The European Physical Journal B (2024) · DOI
  • Improving performance of quantum heat engines using modified Otto cycle
    Revathy B. S, Harsh Sharma, and Uma Divakaran
    Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (2024) · DOI
  • Bath Engineering Enhanced Quantum Critical Engines
    Revathy B. S, Victor Mukherjee, and Uma Divakaran
    Entropy (2022) · DOI
  • Exactly solvable one-dimensional quantum models with gamma matrices
    Y. Chugh, Kusum Dhochak, Uma Divakaran, Prithvi Narayan P, and Amit Kumar Pal
    Physical Review E (2022) · DOI