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A discrete time crystal (DTC) is the paradigmatic example of a phase of matter that occurs exclusively in systems out of equilibrium. This phenomenon is characterized by the spontaneous symmetry breaking of discrete time-translation and…

We demonstrate the emergence of a time crystal of atoms in a high-finesse optical cavity driven by a phase-modulated transverse pump field, resulting in a shaken lattice. This shaken system exhibits macroscopic oscillations in the number of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-11-27 Jayson G. Cosme , Jim Skulte , Ludwig Mathey

Non-Hermitian quasicrystal forms a unique class of matter with symmetry-breaking, localization and topological transitions induced by gain and loss or nonreciprocal effects. In this work, we introduce a non-Abelian generalization of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Longwen Zhou

In this note we demonstrate that a quantum-like interference picture could appear as a statistical effect of interference of deterministic particles, i.e. particles that have trajectories and obey deterministic equations, if one introduces…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrei Khrennikov , Yaroslav Volovich

Time crystals, a unique non-equilibrium quantum phenomenon with promising applications in current quantum technologies, mark a significant advance in quantum mechanics. Although traditionally studied in atom-cavity and optical lattice…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-07 Subhajit Sarkar , Yonatan Dubi

Quasicrystals remain among the most intriguing materials in physics and chemistry. Their structure results in many unusual properties including anomalously low friction as well as poor electrical and thermal conductivity but it also…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-05-01 Guido Pupillo , Primoz Ziherl , Fabio Cinti

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in systems with symmetry is a cornerstone phenomenon accompanying second-order phase transitions. Here, we predict the opposite phenomenon, namely, spontaneous symmetry emergence in a system that lacks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 T. T. Sergeev , E. S. Andrianov , A. A. Zyablovsky

Quasicrystals are aperiodically ordered solids that exhibit long-range order without translational periodicity, bridging the gap between crystalline and amorphous materials. Due to their lack of translational periodicity, information on…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-10 Tano Kim Kender , Marco Corrias , Cesare Franchini

Topologically ordered phases of matter elude Landau's symmetry-breaking theory, featuring a variety of intriguing properties such as long-range entanglement and intrinsic robustness against local perturbations. Their extension to…

Boundary time crystals are a class of exotic dissipative quantum phases that spontaneously break continuous time-translation symmetry in the thermodynamic limit of open quantum systems. In finite-size systems, the long-time evolution of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Zeping Liu , Yaotian Li , Zhaoyu Fei , Xiaoguang Wang

The breaking of the continuous time-translation symmetry manifests, in Markovian open quantum systems, through the emergence of non-stationary dynamical phases. Systems that display nonequilibrium transitions into these phases are referred…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-05-04 Federico Carollo , Igor Lesanovsky

We study systems that approach a state possessing discrete symmetry due to different degenerate realizations for the system. For concreteness, we consider fractionally filled systems where degeneracy comes from the presence of identical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 A. N. Grigorenko

We consider the possibility that classical dynamical systems display motion in their lowest energy state, forming a time analogue of crystalline spatial order. Challenges facing that idea are identified and overcome. We display arbitrary…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-05-30 Alfred Shapere , Frank Wilczek

Time-crystals are nonequilibrium many-body phases in which the state of the system dynamically approaches a limit cycle. While these phases are recently in the focus of intensive research, it is still far from clear whether they can host…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-22 Robert Mattes , Igor Lesanovsky , Federico Carollo

Quasicrystals are characterized by quasi-periodic arrangements of atoms. The description of their mechanics involves deformation and a (so called phason) vector field accounting at macroscopic scale of local phase changes, due to atomic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-11-23 Luca Bisconti , Paolo Maria Mariano

In this paper, the emergence of macroscopic-scale pseudo time-irreversibility is studied in the closed classical many-body system of pair interacting particles. First, exact continuum equations are derived to the Hamiltonian dynamics…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-02-04 Gyula I. Toth

We study almost periodic orbits of quantum systems and prove that for periodic time-dependent Hamiltonians an orbit is almost periodic if, and only if, it is precompact. In the case of quasiperiodic time-dependence we present an example of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-11-06 Cesar R. de Oliveira , Mariza S. Simsen

Classical Hamiltonian systems with conserved charges and those with constraints often describe dynamics on a pre-symplectic manifold. Here we show that a pre-symplectic manifold is also the proper stage to describe autonomous energy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Anton Alekseev , Dai Jin , Antti J. Niemi

Continuous time crystals (CTCs) are characterized by sustained oscillations that break the time translation symmetry. Since the ruling out of equilibrium CTCs by no-go theorems, the emergence of such dynamical phases has been observed in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-01 Ya-Xin Xiang , Qun-Li Lei , Zhengyang Bai , Yu-Qiang Ma

Driven systems offer the potential to realize a wide range of non-equilibrium phenomena that are inaccessible in static systems, such as the discrete time crystals. Time rondeau crystals with a partial temporal order have been proposed as a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-10-24 Zhuocheng Ma , Jin Yan , Hongzheng Zhao , Liang-You Peng