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Superfluidity and Space-Time Translation Symmetry Breaking

Frank Wilczek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 250402 – Published 18 December 2013

Abstract

I present a simple model that exhibits a temporal analogue of superconducting crystalline (Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Ferrell-Fulde) ordering, with a time-dependent order parameter. I sketch designs for minimally dissipative ac circuits, all based on time translation symmetry (τ) invariant dynamics, exploiting weak links (Josephson effects). These systems violate τ spontaneously. I also discuss effective theories of that phenomenon, and space-time generalizations.

  • Received 2 October 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.250402

© 2013 American Physical Society

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Frank Wilczek

  • Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

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Vol. 111, Iss. 25 — 20 December 2013

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