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Spontaneous symmetry breaking is an essential feature of modern science. We demonstrate that it also plays an important role in the physics of complex plasmas. Complex plasmas can serve as a powerful tool for observing and studying discrete…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-04-22 Sergey K. Zhdanov , Markus H. Thoma , Gregor E. Morfill

The issue of symmetry and symmetry breaking is fundamental in all areas of science. Symmetry is often assimilated to order and beauty while symmetry breaking is the source of many interesting phenomena such as phase transitions,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-01 Jean Dolbeault , Maria J. Esteban , Michael Loss , Maria Esteban

A geometric mechanism that may, in analogy to similar notions in physics, be considered as "symmetry breaking" in geometry is described, and several instances of this mechanism in differential geometry are discussed: it is shown how…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-28 Andreas Fuchs , Udo Hertrich-Jeromin , Mason Pember

Lie-symmetry methods are used to determine the symmetry group of reduced magnetohydrodynamics. This group allows for arbitrary, continuous transformations of the fields themselves, along with space-time transformations. The derivation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-28 Panagiotis Koutsomitopoulos , Reese S. Lance , S. A. Yadavalli , R. D. Hazeltine

Symmetry breaking is a fundamental concept in understanding quantum phases of matter, studied so far mostly through the lens of local order parameters. Recently, a new entanglement-based probe of symmetry breaking has been introduced under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Luca Capizzi , Vittorio Vitale

Cognition is not passive data accumulation but the active resolution of uncertainty through symmetry breaking. This paper argues that both cognitive evolution and development unfold via sequential symmetry-breaking transitions that disrupt…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-06-13 Xin Li

Symmetry in differential equations reveals invariances and offers a powerful means to reduce model complexity. Lie group analysis characterizes these symmetries through infinitesimal generators, which provide a local, linear criterion for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Max Kreider , John Harlim , Daning Huang

A random matrix model to describe the coupling of m-fold symmetry in constructed. The particular threefold case is used to analyze data on eigenfrequencies of elastomechanical vibration of an anisotropic quartz block. It is suggested that…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2007-11-18 J. X. Carvalho , M. S. Hussein , M. P. Pato , A. J. Sargeant

In constraint programming and related paradigms, a modeller specifies their problem in a modelling language for a solver to search and return its solution(s). Using high-level modelling languages such as Essence, a modeller may express…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Özgür Akgün , Mun See Chang , Ian P. Gent , Christopher Jefferson

We discuss the question of inverse symmetry breaking at non-zero temperature using the exact renormalization group. We study a two-scalar theory and concentrate on the nature of the phase transition during which the symmetry is broken. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Pietroni , N. Rius , N. Tetradis

Statistical models that possess symmetry arise in diverse settings such as random fields associated to geophysical phenomena, exchangeable processes in Bayesian statistics, and cyclostationary processes in engineering. We formalize the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2011-12-01 Parikshit Shah , Venkat Chandrasekaran

Spontaneous symmetry breaking is central to our understanding of physics and explains many natural phenomena, from cosmic scales to subatomic particles. Its use for applications requires devices with a high level of symmetry, but engineered…

We develop an entropy based framework for analyzing symmetry breaking in dynamical systems. Information transfer, which measures the directional exchange of entropy between observables, provides a quantitative early indicator of symmetry…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-20 Subhrajit Sinha , Parvathi Kooloth

We revisit the classic stability problem of the buckling of an inextensible, axially compressed beam on a nonlinear elastic foundation with a semi-analytical approach to understand how spatially localized deformation solutions emerge in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-09-03 Shrinidhi S. Pandurangi , Ryan S. Elliott , Timothy J. Healey , Nicolas Triantafyllidis

In this paper, using 1+1D models as examples, we study symmetries and anomalous symmetries via multi-component partition functions obtained through symmetry twists, and their transformations under the mapping class group of spacetime. This…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-10 Wenjie Ji , Xiao-Gang Wen

Spontaneous symmetry breaking provides a powerful window into the nature of underlying electronic orders. In strongly correlated systems, multiple symmetry-breaking orders can arise simultaneously. and their interplay generates an intricate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Erin Morissette , Peiyu Qin , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , J. I. A. Li

Selection rules are often considered a hallmark of symmetry. When a symmetry is broken, e.g., by an external perturbation, the system exhibits selection rule deviations which are often analyzed by perturbation theory. Here, we employ…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-06 Matan Even Tzur , Ofer Neufeld , Avner Fleischer , Oren Cohen

This paper explores the advanced mathematical frameworks used to analyze symmetry breaking in high-dimensional field theories, emphasizing the roles of Laurent series, residues, and winding numbers. Symmetry breaking is fundamental in…

General Physics · Physics 2024-09-16 Wen-Xiang Chen

Symmetry is an important feature of many constraint programs. We show that any problem symmetry acting on a set of symmetry breaking constraints can be used to break symmetry. Different symmetries pick out different solutions in each…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2010-05-31 George Katsirelos , Toby Walsh

We present a clear and mathematically simple procedure explaining spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum mechanical systems. The procedure is applicable to a wide range of models and can be easily used to explain the existence of a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2010-04-29 Jasper van Wezel , Jeroen van den Brink