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

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DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2020.168097zbMATH Open1434.81051arXiv1906.12293OpenAlexW3098587187MaRDI QIDQ2175156FDOQ2175156


Authors: Carlo Heissenberg, Franco Strocchi Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 28 April 2020

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

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.


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




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