Phase transition in space: how far does a symmetry bend before it breaks?

DOI10.1098/rsta.2008.0069zbMath1153.82333arXiv0807.3516OpenAlexW3098838838WikidataQ51876411 ScholiaQ51876411MaRDI QIDQ5504037

Wojciech Hubert Zurek, Uwe Dorner

Publication date: 21 January 2009

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.3516

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionstopological excitationsquantum phase transitionsavoided level crossingLandau-Zener tunnelling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Dynamic and nonequilibrium phase transitions (general) in statistical mechanics (82C26)

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