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Symmetry breaking induced by untwisted fermions in QED in a nonsimply connected spacetime with topology $S^{1}\times R^{3}$ is investigated. It is found that the discrete CPT symmetry of the theory is spontaneously broken by the appearance…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 E. J. Ferrer , V. de la Incera , A. Romeo

A mechanism of supersymmetry breaking in two or four-dimensions is given, in which the breaking is related to the Fermat's last theorem. It is shown that supersymmetry is exact at some irrational number points in parameter space, while it…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Hitoshi Nishino

The spontaneous breaking of a global discrete translational symmetry in the finite, lattice quantum sine-Gordon model is demonstrated by a density matrix renormalization group. A phase diagram in the coupling constant - inverse system size…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. G. Chung

We explore the onset of spontaneous strong-to-weak symmetry breaking (SW-SSB) under U(1)-symmetric (i.e., charge-conserving) open-system dynamics. We define this phenomenon for quantum states and classical probability distributions, and…

An SU(2) lattice gauge theory with two doublets of complex scalar fields is considered. All continuous symmetries are identified and, using the nonperturbative methods of lattice field theory, the phase diagram is mapped out by direct…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-09-02 Randy Lewis , R. M. Woloshyn

We describe one of the remarkable problems of theoretical physics persevering up to the beginning of the millennium. All gaugetheories with spontaneous gauge symmetry breaking from the standard model of particle physics with the electroweak…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Pisano , N. O. Reis

PT-symmetric systems can have a real spectrum even when their Hamiltonian is non-hermitian, but develop a complex spectrum when the degree of non-hermiticity increases. Here we utilize random-matrix theory to show that this spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-24 Henning Schomerus

For collectively interacting repulsive particles driven on triangular substrates, we show that for certain directions of drive a spontaneous symmetry breaking phenomena occurs where the particles can flow in one of two directions that are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Reichhardt , C. J. Olson Reichhardt

We consider symmetron model in a generalized background with a hope to make it compatible with dark energy. We observe a "no go" theorem at least in case of a conformal coupling. Being convinced of symmetron incapability to be dark energy,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 K. Bamba , R. Gannouji , M. Kamijo , S. Nojiri , M. Sami

We present a theory characterizing the phases emerging as a consequence of continuous symmetry-breaking in quantum and classical systems. In symmetry-breaking phases, dynamics is restricted due to the existence of a set of conserved charges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Ángel L. Corps , Jorge Dukelsky , Armando Relaño

We propose a new type of symmetry breaking mechanism that takes boundaries into account, and show how it can detect surface modes by interpreting them as the order parameter associated with a generalized symmetry breaking. We argue that…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-24 Sinéad M. Griffin , Michele Schiavina

We propose a framework to understand the unprecedented performance and robustness of deep neural networks using field theory. Correlations between the weights within the same layer can be described by symmetries in that layer, and networks…

Computation · Statistics 2017-10-18 Ricky Fok , Aijun An , Xiaogang Wang

The spontaneous symmetry breaking in a vibro-fluidized low-density granular gas in three connected compartments is investigated. When the total number of particles in the system becomes large enough, particles distribute themselves…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Javier Brey , R. Garcia-Rojo , F. Moreno , M. J. Ruiz-Montero

We show that an ultra-cold atomic cloud bouncing on an oscillating mirror can reveal spontaneous breaking of a discrete time translation symmetry. In many-body simulations we illustrate the process of the symmetry breaking that can be…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-08-11 Krzysztof Sacha

The question of whether Bose-Einstein condensation involves spontaneous symmetry breaking is surprisingly controversial. We review the theory of spontaneous symmetry breaking in ferromagnets, compare it to the theory of symmetry breaking in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-07-28 David W. Snoke , Andrew J. Daley

Spontaneous symmetry breaking plays a fundamental role in many areas of condensed matter and particle physics. A fundamental problem in ecology is the elucidation of the mechanisms responsible for biodiversity and stability. Neutral theory,…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2013-06-28 Claudio Borile , Miguel A. Muñoz , Sandro Azaele , Jayanth R. Banavar , Amos Maritan

We define what it means for time translation symmetry to be spontaneously broken in a quantum system, and show with analytical arguments and numerical simulations that this occurs in a large class of many-body-localized driven systems with…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-08-31 Dominic V. Else , Bela Bauer , Chetan Nayak

The article discusses a scenario based on the idea of induced spontaneous symmetry breaking. In this type of scenario, spontaneous symmetry breaking is assumed at some highest energy level, which leads to a chain of several subsequent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-16 Eduard Boos

The dynamics of symmetry breaking during out of equilibrium phase transitions is a topic of great importance in many disciplines, from condensed matter to particle physics and early Universe cosmology with definite experimental impact. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Boyanovsky , H. J. de Vega

The nonrelativistic interpretation of quantum field theory achieved by quantization in an infinite momentum frame is spoiled by the inclusion of a mode of the field carrying p+=0. We therefore explore the viability of doing without such a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Joel S. Rozowsky , Charles B. Thorn