Time Crystals. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Krzysztof Sacha.
• Authors: Sacha, Krzysztof
• Contents: I. Spontaneous formation of space crystals II. Spontaneous breaking of continuous time translation symmetry II.1 Wilczek model II.2 Lack of time crystal formation by systems in the ground states II.3 Excited eigenstates and time crystals formation II.4 Superfluid phase and Josephson oscillations and their relation to time crystals III.Discrete time crystals III.1 Proposals of discrete time crystals III.1.1 Formation of discrete time crystals by atoms bouncing on an oscillating mirror III.1.2 Formation of discrete time crystals by periodically driven spin systems III.1.3 Different proposals of discrete time crystals III.2 Experimental realizations of discrete time crystals IV. Spontaneous formation of quasi-crystals structures in time V. Condensed matter physics in the time domain V.1 Emergence of crystalline structures in time in periodically driven systems V.2 Anderson localization in time V.3 Topological time crystals V.4 Quasi-crystals in time V.5 Many-body time crystals with exotic interactions V.6 Many-body localization induced by temporal disorder V.7 Time crystals with properties of 2D or 3D space crystals VI. Time engineering VII. Time crystals in photonic materials.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Subjects: Physics; Atomic structure ; Molecular structure ; Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Condensed materials; Condensed matter; Thermodynamics; Quantum physics; Science -- Quantum Theory; Science -- Solid State Physics; Science -- Mechanics -- Dynamics -- Thermodynamics; Atomic & molecular physics; Materials / States of matter; Thermodynamics & heat; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Science -- Molecular Physics; Nuclear physics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030525231
• Related ISBNs: 9783030525224
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