Beyond mean-field dynamics in closed and open bosonic systems

The present thesis is devoted to the dynamics in open or closed manybodybosonic systems, with the use of beyond mean-eld methods.In the rst part, inspired by the state-of-the-art experiments, we study thedynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensation which is loaded in an optical latticewith localized loss channels for the atoms. We prove that the particularform of the dissipation can help us to control the many-body dynamics. Theloss allows the local manipulation of the system's coherence properties andcreates attractive xed points in the classical (mean-eld) phase space. Wepredict the dynamical creation of stable nonlinear structures like discretebright and dark solitons. Furthermore, for specic initial states, the systemsproduces highly entangled and long-living states, which are of high relevancefor practical applications. The rst part of this thesis ends with the study ofnon-equilibrium bosonic transport across optical one-dimensional lattices.In the second part, we present techniques for bosonic many-body systemswhich are based on path integrals. We analyze the Bose-Einstein condensationphenomenon by using tools from quantum information theory and eldtheory. Finally, we introduce a coherent state path integral formalism inthe continuum, which allows us the systematic development of approximatemethods for the study of bosons in optical lattices.