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Classical approaches to prethermal discrete time crystals in one, two, and three dimensions

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Prethermal discrete time crystals (pDTC) are new collective nonequilibrium phases of matter that break, up to exponentially long times, the discrete time translational symmetry of a periodic drive. Previously studied as a quantum phenomenon, this paper establishes that pDTCs also emerge for classical Hamiltonian dynamics even in their `higher-order and fractional' version. This enables efficient simulations of such phenomena in experimentally relevant settings, including a study of the interplay between dimensionality and interaction range.

Source: Physical review. B./Physical review. B

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.104.094308

Authors: Andrea Pizzi, Andreas Nunnenkamp, Johannes Knolle

Institutions: University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham, Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Imperial College London, Technical University of Munich

Language: English

Topic: Quantum many-body systems

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Technische Universität München

OpenAlex ID: W3202901417

FWCI: 3.578

Cites: 54

Cited by: 44

Related to: 10