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Periodically driven quantum systems host a range of non-equilibrium phenomena which are unrealizable at equilibrium. Discrete time-translational symmetry in a periodically driven many-body system can be spontaneously broken to form a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-11 James O'Sullivan , Oliver Lunt , Christoph W. Zollitsch , M. L. W. Thewalt , John J. L. Morton , Arijeet Pal

We investigate a quantum dynamical phase transition induced by the competition between local unitary evolution and dissipation in a qubit chain with a strong, on-site $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry. While the steady-state of this evolution is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-13 Stephen W. Yan , Diego Barberena , Matthew P. A. Fisher , Sagar Vijay

We show that steady-state entanglement in open quantum systems is controlled by the phase reference of a phase-sensitive reservoir. Using a covariance-matrix approach for Gaussian-preserving dynamics, we demonstrate that purely local,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Areeda Ayoub , Alfonso Castillo-Gonzalez , Eric R Bittner

Discrete-Time Crystals (DTC) are a non-equilibrium phase of matter characterized by the breaking of time-translation symmetry in periodically driven quantum systems. In this work, we present a detailed thermodynamic analysis of a DTC in a…

Chemically driven fluids can demix to form condensed droplets that exhibit phase behaviors not observed at equilibrium. In particular, nonequilibrium interfacial properties can emerge when the chemical reactions are driven differentially…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-11-20 Yongick Cho , William M. Jacobs

Understanding how temporal order degrades in quantum systems remains a central issue in nonequilibrium physics. Here we study the melting of discrete time crystals in a periodically driven holographic system, where a distinct (discrete)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-16 Yu-Qi Lei , Xian-Hui Ge , Yu Tian , Shao-Feng Wu

Boundary time crystals (BTCs) are prominent examples of continuous time crystals in collective spin systems governed by Lindbladian evolution. To date, their analysis has mostly relied on semiclassical and numerical approaches. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Dominik Nemeth , Ahsan Nazir , Robert-Jan Slager , Alessandro Principi

Point defects in real crystals at finite temperatures are inevitable. Their dynamics severely influence the mechanical properties of crystals under shear giving rise to nonlinear effects such as ductility. Therefore, it is crucial to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-02-02 Gaurav P. Shrivastav , Gerhard Kahl

The stability of a discrete time crystal against thermal fluctuations has been studied numerically by solving a stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation of a periodically-driven classical system composed of interacting spins, each of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-03-24 Mingxi Yue , Xiaoqin Yang , Zi Cai

We characterize the dissipative phase transition in a driven dissipative Bose-Einstein condensate of neutral atoms. Our results generalize the work on dissipative nonlinear Kerr resonators towards many modes and stronger interactions. We…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-11-09 Jens Benary , Christian Baals , Erik Bernhart , Jian Jiang , Marvin Röhrle , Herwig Ott

We study the time evolution of a single qubit in contact with a bath, within the framework of projection operator methods. Employing the so-called modified Redfield theory which also treats energy conserving interactions non-perturbatively,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-06-10 Jiaozi Wang , Jochen Gemmer

We investigate the near-critical dynamics of atomic density fluctuations in the non-equilibrium self-organization transition of an optically driven quantum gas coupled to a single mode of a cavity. In this system cavity-mediated long-range…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-12-03 Manas Kulkarni , Baris Öztop , Hakan E. Türeci

Time crystals are classified as discrete or continuous depending on whether they spontaneously break discrete or continuous time translation symmetry. While discrete time crystals have been extensively studied in periodically driven systems…

We discuss the emergence and growth of the cooperativity accompanying vitrification based on the density fluctuation dynamics for fragile glass-forming liquids. (i) The relaxation of density fluctuations proceeds by the particle (density)…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-11-11 Akira Furukawa

Many-body quantum systems, under suitable conditions, exhibit time-translation symmetry breaking and settle in a discrete time crystalline (DTC) phase -- an out-of-equilibrium quantum phase of matter. The defining feature of DTC is a robust…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Gourab Das , Saptarshi Saha , Rangeet Bhattacharyya

We use the so-called Liouville-von Neumann (LvN) approach to study the nonequilibrium quantum dynamics of time-dependent second order phase transitions. The LvN approach is a canonical method that unifies the functional Schr\"{o}dinger…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Sang Pyo Kim , Chul H. Lee

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…

The dynamical behavior of quantum coherence of a displaced squeezed thermal state in contact with an external bath is discussed in the present work. We use a Fano-Anderson type of Hamiltonian to model the environment and solve the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-17 Md. Manirul Ali , R. Chandrashekar , S. S. Naina Mohammed

Phase transitions correspond to the singular behavior of physical systems in response to continuous control parameters like temperature or external fields. Near continuous phase transitions, associated with the divergence of a correlation…

A numerical framework is developed to model contrail formation in the near-field exhaust of aircraft engines, resolving non-equilibrium phase transitions in compressible, multi-component, non-ideal fluid flows. The approach combines…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-04-30 Katharina Tegethoff , Andrew P. S. Wheeler