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Fate of Bouncing Singularities at Finite
Zohar Komargodski
The gravity approximation to a thermal two-point function can develop a complex-time singularity associated with a trajectory that reaches the black-hole singularity. We show that…
Anyon Crystallization by Statistics
Zohar Komargodski, Xuzixiang Lou, Ivri Nagar +3
We revisit the long-standing problem of the anyon gas. We study the solvable near-bosonic limit of a large number of anyons at fixed , where characterizes the statis…
Trapping Flux in Metals
Zohar Komargodski, Fedor K. Popov
We report on a new flux quantization phenomenon in metals. We study the response of normal metals to the presence of localized magnetic flux. We find that, due to backreaction effe…
Minimal Models of Entropic Order
Xiaoyang Huang, Zohar Komargodski, Andrew Lucas +2
Due to entropic effects, it is possible that generic high-energy states of a quantum or classical system are ordered. This leads to spontaneous symmetry breaking at arbitrarily hig…
Defect Anomalies, a Spin-Flux Duality, and Boson-Kondo Problems
Zohar Komargodski, Fedor K. Popov, Brandon C. Rayhaun
We show that the infrared phases of certain line defects in 2+1d quantum field theories are determined by anomalies, including anomalies in the space of defect coupling constants,…
Entropic Order
Yiqiu Han, Xiaoyang Huang, Zohar Komargodski +2
Ordered phases of matter, such as solids, ferromagnets, superfluids, or quantum topological order, typically only exist at low temperatures. Despite this conventional wisdom, we pr…