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Replicating Higgs fields in Ising gauge theory: the registry order
Aleksandar Bukva, Koenraad Schalm, Jan Zaanen
We consider gauge field theory coupled to "Higgs" matter fields invoking several copies of such matter, interacting entirely through the gauge fields, the $Z_2 \times Z_2 \ti…
Thermalization/Relaxation in integrable and free field theories: an Operator Thermalization Hypothesis
Philippe Sabella-Garnier, Koenraad Schalm, Tereza Vakhtel +1
Free or integrable theories are usually considered to be too constrained to thermalize. For example, the retarded two-point function of a free field, even in a thermal state, does…
Hierarchy of orientational phases and axial anisotropies in the gauge theoretical description of generalized nematics
Ke Liu, Jaakko Nissinen, Josko de Boer +2
The paradigm of spontaneous symmetry breaking encompasses the breaking of the rotational symmetries of isotropic space to a discrete subgroup, i.e. a three-dimensional point…
World Nematic Crystal Model of Gravity Explaining the Absence of Torsion
H. Kleinert, J. Zaanen
Assuming that at small distances space-time is equivalent to an elastic medium which is isotropic in space and time directions, we demonstrate that the quantum nematic liquid arisi…