Phase transitions as a manifestation of spontaneous unitarity violation

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/ac9163OpenAlexW4297364314MaRDI QIDQ5877049

Jasper van Wezel

Publication date: 3 February 2023

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.04272

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsspontaneous symmetry breakingquantum foundationsunitary time evolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX) Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

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