English

Space- and time-crystallization effects in multicomponent superfluids

Statistical Mechanics 2020-01-22 v2

Abstract

We observe that space- and time-crystallization effects in multicomponent superfluids---while having the same physical origin and mathematical description as in the single-component case---are conceptually much more straightforward. Specifically, the values of the temporal and spatial periods are absolute rather than relative, and the broken translation symmetry in space and/or time can be revealed with experiments involving only one equilibrium sample. We discuss two realistic setups---one with cold atoms and another one with bilayer superconductors---for observation of space and time crystallization in two-component counterflow superfluids.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1909.01916,
  title  = {Space- and time-crystallization effects in multicomponent superfluids},
  author = {Nikolay Prokof'ev and Boris Svistunov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.01916},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

5 pages, no figures

R2 v1 2026-06-23T11:05:34.520Z