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Symmetries are important guiding principle for phase transitions. We systematically construct field theory models with local quantum fields that exhibit the following phase transitions: (1) different symmetry protected topological (SPT)…
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We investigate the gauge invariance of the dynamic (ac) Stark shift under "hybrid" gauge transformations from the "length" (E.r) to the "velocity" (A.p) gauge. By a "hybrid" gauge transformation, we understand a transformation in which the…
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