Prethermal Phases of Matter Protected by Time-Translation Symmetry

In a periodically driven (Floquet) system, there is the possibility for new phases of matter, not present in stationary systems, protected by discrete time-translation symmetry. This includes topological phases protected in part by time-translation symmetry, as well as phases distinguished by the sp...

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Main Authors: Dominic V. Else, Bela Bauer, Chetan Nayak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-03-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.011026