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Prethermal Phases of Matter Protected by Time-Translation Symmetry

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: In systems driven by time-varying fields, new phases of matter might exist that do not appear when the system is static. A mathematical formulation shows that novel phases of matter also exist in prethermal states, where the system exchanges heat with its environment very slowly.

Source: Physical Review X

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.7.011026

Authors: Dominic V. Else, Bela Bauer, Chetan Nayak

Institutions: University of California, Santa Barbara, Microsoft (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Quantum many-body systems

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,200

Funders: National Science Foundation, Microsoft, Aspen Center for Physics