Generalized criteria of symmetry breaking. A strategy for quantum time crystals

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2020.168097MaRDI QIDQ2175156zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlo Heissenberg, Franco Strocchi

Publication date 28 April 2020

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.12293

zbMATH Keywords

pure phasesbreaking time translationsquantum time crystalssymmetry breaking criteria

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40)

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to propose a criterion of spontaneous symmetry breaking that makes reference to the properties of pure phases defined by a translationally invariant state. By avoiding any reference to the ground state, at the basis of the standard approach, this criterion applies to a wider class of models. An interesting application is the breaking of time translations. Indeed, we discuss explicit theoretical models which exhibit the prototypical features of quantum time crystals, without the need of a time-dependent Hamiltonian.

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