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.
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}
}
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5 pages, no figures