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Spontaneous breaking of time translation symmetry in a system without periodic external driving
Published 16 Jan 2024 in quant-ph and physics.optics | (2401.08824v3)
Abstract: It is known that the spontaneous time translation symmetry breaking can occur in systems periodically driven at a certain period. We predict a spontaneous breaking of time translation symmetry in an atom-cavity system without external driving, in which a time scale is determined by the time of light bypass of the resonator. We demonstrate that there is a parameter range, in which a system state returns to its initial state only after two bypasses of the resonator. We believe that the predicted phenomenon opens a way to a new direction in the time crystal field.
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