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Superfluidity and Space-Time Translation Symmetry Breaking

Superconductivity 2013-12-25 v1

Abstract

I present a simple model that exhibits a temporal analogue of superconducting crystalline (LOFF) ordering. I sketch designs for minimally dissipative AC circuits, all based on time translation symmetry (τ\tau) invariant dynamics, exploiting weak links (Josephson effects). These systems violate τ\tau spontaneously. I also discuss effective theories of that phenomenon, and space-time generalizations.

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@article{arxiv.1308.5949,
  title  = {Superfluidity and Space-Time Translation Symmetry Breaking},
  author = {Frank Wilczek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.5949},
  year   = {2013}
}

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8 pages, no figures

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