Boundary time crystals
Abstract
In this work we introduce boundary time crystals. Here continuous time-translation symmetry breaking occurs only in a macroscopic fraction of a many-body quantum system. After introducing their definition and properties, we analyze in detail a solvable model where an accurate scaling analysis can be performed. The existence of the boundary time crystals is intimately connected to the emergence of a time-periodic steady state in the thermodynamic limit of a many-body open quantum system. We also discuss connections to quantum synchronization.
Citation
Iemini , F , Russomanno , A , Keeling , J , Schirò , M , Dalmonte , M & Fazio , R 2018 , ' Boundary time crystals ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 121 , no. 3 , 035301 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.035301
Publication
Physical Review Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0031-9007Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright © 2018 American Physical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.035301
Description
This work was supported in part by \Progetti Interni - Scuola Normale Superiore" (A.R.), EU- 691 QUIC (R.F. and A.R.), CRF Singapore Ministry of Education (CPR-QSYNC 692) (R.F.), EPSRC program TOPNES (EP/I031014/1) (J.K.).Collections
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