Space-dependent symmetries and fractons
High Energy Physics - Theory
2021-12-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
There has been a surge of interest in effective non-Lorentzian theories of excitations with restricted mobility, known as fractons. Examples include defects in elastic materials, vortex lattices or spin liquids. In the effective theory novel coordinate-dependent symmetries emerge that shape the properties of fractons. In this review we will discuss these symmetries, cover the effective description of gapless fractons via elastic duality, and discuss their hydrodynamics.
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@article{arxiv.2112.00531,
title = {Space-dependent symmetries and fractons},
author = {Kevin T. Grosvenor and Carlos Hoyos and Francisco Peña-Benitez and Piotr Surówka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.00531},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
26 pages, review article for Frontiers Research Topic "Non-Lorentzian Geometry and its Applications", minor corrections, references added