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Existence of quantum time crystals

Quantum Physics 2016-05-16 v1

Abstract

The existence of quantum time crystals is investigated and shown to be possible in pure phases defined by a state invariant under a group of space translations, as displayed by explicit examples.

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@article{arxiv.1605.04188,
  title  = {Existence of quantum time crystals},
  author = {Franco Strocchi and Carlo Heissenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.04188},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages

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