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Classical stochastic discrete time crystals (2019)
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© 2019 American Physical Society. We describe a general and simple paradigm for discrete time crystals (DTCs), systems with a stable subharmonic response to an external driving field, in a classical thermal setting. We consider, specifically, an Isin... Read More about Classical stochastic discrete time crystals.

Using matrix product states to study the dynamical large deviations of kinetically constrained models (2019)
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Here we demonstrate that tensor network techniques | originally devised for the analysis of quantum many-body problems | are well suited for the detailed study of rare event statistics in kinetically constrained models (KCMs). As concrete examples we... Read More about Using matrix product states to study the dynamical large deviations of kinetically constrained models.

Theory for Glassy Behavior of Supercooled Liquid Mixtures (2019)
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We present a model for glassy dynamics in supercooled liquid mixtures. Given the relaxation behavior of individual supercooled liquids, the model predicts the relaxation times of their mixtures as temperature is decreased. The model is based on dynam... Read More about Theory for Glassy Behavior of Supercooled Liquid Mixtures.

Accelerated relaxation and suppressed dynamic heterogeneity in a kinetically constrained (East) model with swaps (2019)
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We introduce a kinetically constrained spin model with a local softness parameter, such that spin flips can violate the kinetic constraint with an (annealed) site-dependent rate. We show that adding MC swap moves to this model can dramatically accele... Read More about Accelerated relaxation and suppressed dynamic heterogeneity in a kinetically constrained (East) model with swaps.

Exact large deviation statistics and trajectory phase transition of a deterministic boundary driven cellular automaton (2019)
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We study the statistical properties of the long-time dynamics of the rule 54 reversible cellular automaton (CA), driven stochastically at its boundaries. This CA can be considered as a discrete-time and deterministic version of the Fredrickson-Anders... Read More about Exact large deviation statistics and trajectory phase transition of a deterministic boundary driven cellular automaton.

Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions (2019)
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© 2019 American Physical Society. We study a class of spin-1/2 quantum ladder models with generalized plaquette interactions in the presence of a transverse field. We show that in certain parameter regimes, these models have strong zero modes respons... Read More about Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions.

Physical swap dynamics, shortcuts to relaxation, and entropy production in dissipative Rydberg gases (2019)
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Dense Rydberg gases are out-of-equilibrium systems where strong density-density interactions give rise to effective kinetic constraints. They cause dynamic arrest associated with highly constrained many-body configurations, leading to slow relaxation... Read More about Physical swap dynamics, shortcuts to relaxation, and entropy production in dissipative Rydberg gases.

Ordering, Flexibility and Frustration in Arrays of Porphyrin Nanorings (2019)
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The regular packing of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles provides the basis for the understanding of structural order within condensed phases of matter. Typically the constituent particles are considered to be rigid with a fixed shape. Here we show,... Read More about Ordering, Flexibility and Frustration in Arrays of Porphyrin Nanorings.

Localization in spin chains with facilitation constraints and disordered interactions (2019)
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Quantum many-body systems with kinetic constraints exhibit intriguing relaxation dynamics. Recent experimental progress in the field of cold atomic gases offers a handle for probing collective behavior of such systems, in particular for understanding... Read More about Localization in spin chains with facilitation constraints and disordered interactions.

Coherence, entanglement, and quantumness in closed and open systems with conserved charge, with an application to many-body localization (2019)
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While the scaling of entanglement in a quantum system can be used to distinguish many-body quantum phases, it is usually hard to quantify the amount of entanglement in mixed states of open quantum systems, while measuring entanglement experimentally,... Read More about Coherence, entanglement, and quantumness in closed and open systems with conserved charge, with an application to many-body localization.

Unraveling the large deviation statistics of Markovian open quantum systems (2019)
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We analyze dynamical large deviations of quantum trajectories in Markovian open quantum systems in their full generality. We derive a quantum level-2.5 large deviation principle for these systems, which describes the joint fluctuations of time-averag... Read More about Unraveling the large deviation statistics of Markovian open quantum systems.

Quantum accelerated approach to the thermal state of classical all-to-all connected spin systems with applications to pattern retrieval in the Hopfield neural network (2019)
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We explore the question as to whether quantum effects can yield a speedup of the nonequilibrium evolution of fully connected quadratic spin models towards a classical thermal state. In our approach we exploit the fact that the thermal state of a spin... Read More about Quantum accelerated approach to the thermal state of classical all-to-all connected spin systems with applications to pattern retrieval in the Hopfield neural network.

Discrete time crystals in the absence of manifest symmetries or disorder in open quantum systems (2019)
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We establish a link between metastability and a discrete time-crystalline phase in a periodically driven open quantum system. The mechanism we highlight requires neither the system to display any microscopic symmetry nor the presence of disorder, but... Read More about Discrete time crystals in the absence of manifest symmetries or disorder in open quantum systems.