Logarithmic Quantum Time Crystal
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Abstract
We investigate a time-independent many-boson system, whose ground states are quasi-degenerate and become infinitely degenerate in the thermodynamic limit. Out of these quasi-degenerate ground states we construct a quantum state that evolves in time with a period that is logarithmically proportional to the number of particles, that is, T\sim \log N. This boson system in such a state is a quantum time crystal as it approaches the ground state in the thermodynamic limit. The logarithmic dependence of its period on the total particle number N makes it observable experimentally even for systems with very large number of particles. Possible experimental proposals are discussed.
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Haipeng Xue, Lingchii Kong, Biao Wu. Logarithmic Quantum Time Crystal[J]. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2022, 39(8): 080501. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/39/8/080501
Haipeng Xue, Lingchii Kong, Biao Wu. Logarithmic Quantum Time Crystal[J]. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2022, 39(8): 080501. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/39/8/080501
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Haipeng Xue, Lingchii Kong, Biao Wu. Logarithmic Quantum Time Crystal[J]. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2022, 39(8): 080501. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/39/8/080501
Haipeng Xue, Lingchii Kong, Biao Wu. Logarithmic Quantum Time Crystal[J]. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2022, 39(8): 080501. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/39/8/080501
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