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cond-mat.stat-mech2021★ 11 cited
Thermal melting of discrete time crystals: a dynamical phase transition induced by thermal fluctuations
Mingxi Yue, Xiaoqin Yang, Zi Cai
The stability of a discrete time crystal against thermal fluctuations has been studied numerically by solving a stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation of a periodically-driven…
cond-mat.quant-gas2020★ 38 cited
An instanton-like excitation of a discrete time crystal
Xiaoqin Yang, Zi Cai
Spontaneous symmetry breaking and elementary excitation are two of the pillars of condensed matter physics that are closely related to each other. The symmetry and its spontaneous…