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Time crystals are proposed states of matter which spontaneously break time translation symmetry. There is no settled definition of such states. We offer a new definition which follows the traditional recipe for Wigner symmetries and order…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-09-27 Vedika Khemani , C. W. von Keyserlingk , S. L. Sondhi

In this work we discuss the existence of time-translation symmetry breaking in a kicked infinite-range-interacting clean spin system described by the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model. This Floquet time crystal is robust under perturbations of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-04 Angelo Russomanno , Fernando Iemini , Marcello Dalmonte , Rosario Fazio

We study the evolution of quantum fluctuations in systems known as time crystals, hypothetical systems for which the lowest energy state performs a periodic motion. We first discuss some general properties shared by time crystals, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-10 Esteban Castillo , Benjamin Koch , Gonzalo Palma

The study of classical waves in time-periodic systems is experiencing a resurgence of interest, motivated by their rich physics and the new engineering opportunities they enable, with several analogies to parallel efforts in other branches…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-04 Francesco Monticone , Dimitrios Sounas , Matteo Ciabattoni

Wigner's seminal work on the Poincar\'e group revealed one of the fundamental principles of quantum theory: symmetry groups are projectively represented. The condensed-matter counterparts of the Poincar\'e group could be the spacetime…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-27 Zheng Zhang , Z. Y. Chen , Y. X. Zhao

The spatiotemporal response of crystals in x-ray Bragg diffraction resulting from excitation by an ultra-short, laterally confined x-ray pulse is studied theoretically. The theory presents an extension of the analysis in symmetric…

Optics · Physics 2012-10-22 Yuri Shvyd'ko , Ryan Lindberg

Time crystals correspond to a phase of matter where time-translational symmetry (TTS) is broken. Up to date, they are well studied in open quantum systems, where external drive allows to break discrete TTS, ultimately leading to Floquet…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-27 Valerii K. Kozin , Oleksandr Kyriienko

This perspective article elucidates both the importance and the implications of relativistic spacetime crystals as well as the renormalized blended coordinates transformation. It alludes to possible applications in materials science,…

Popular Physics · Physics 2021-07-01 Martin Bojowald , Avadh Saxena

We discover a class of spacetime symmetries unique to time-periodic systems, which we term "mixing symmetry" due to its combination of space and time coordinates in the symmetry transformation. We systematically enumerate the symmetry…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-05-29 Pei Wang

When the discrete time-translation symmetry of isolated, periodically driven systems is spontaneously broken, a new phase of matter can emerge. We review some recent developments on both the theoretical underpinnings and experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-28 Norman Y. Yao , Chetan Nayak

Out of equilibrium states in glasses and crystals have been a major topic of research in condensed-matter physics for many years, and the idea of time crystals has triggered a flurry of new research. Here, we provide the first description…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-06-14 Robin C. Verstraten , Rodrigo F. Ozela , Cristiane Morais Smith

Here, we show that spacetime modulations provide an exciting route to realize complex nonreciprocal couplings, and in particular the elusive axion response. We develop an analytical formalism to homogenize anisotropic spacetime crystals in…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-08 Filipa R. Prudêncio , Mário G. Silveirinha

A solution is given to a long-standing open problem posed by Almgren.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-04 Emanuel Indrei

We investigate a space-time crystal in a superfluid Bose gas. Using a well-controlled periodic drive we excite only one crystalline mode in the system, which can be accurately modeled in the rotating frame of the drive. Using holographic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-10-28 J. Smits , H. T. C. Stoof , P. van der Straten

Time crystals are exotic phases of matter characterized by a broken time-translational symmetry, such that the ground state of the system evolves in time in a periodic fashion. Even though the time-crystal concept was introduced relatively…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-05-17 Mario G. Silveirinha

Discrete time crystals are a many-body state of matter where the extensive system's dynamics are slower than the forces acting on it. Nowadays, there is a growing debate regarding the specific properties required to demonstrate such a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 Toni L. Heugel , Matthias Oscity , Alexander Eichler , Oded Zilberberg , R. Chitra

A time crystal is an exotic phase of matter where time-translational symmetry is broken; this phase differs from the spatial symmetry breaking induced in crystals in space. Lots of experiments report the transition from a thermal…

Floquet time crystals are characterized by subharmonic behavior of temporal correlation functions. Studying the paradigmatic time crystal based on the disordered Floquet quantum Ising model, we show that its temporal spin correlations are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-27 Alexander-Georg Penner , Harald Schmid , Leonid I. Glazman , Felix von Oppen

The absolute/relative debate on the nature of space and time is ongoing for thousands of years. Here we attempt to investigate space and time from the information theoretic point of view to understand spatial and temporal correlations under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-22 Tian Zhang

Using the Floquet Hamiltonian derived based on the time-dependent perturbation theory, we investigated the quasienergy bands of a one-dimensional time-Floquet photonic crystal. The time-Floquet photonic crystal contains two alternating…

Optics · Physics 2021-11-17 Neng Wang , Guo Ping Wang