{"title":"Nonexistence of spontaneous symmetry breakdown of time-translation symmetry on general quantum systems: Any macroscopic order parameter moves not!","authors":"Hajime Moriya","doi":"10.1142/s0129055x2330008x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Kubo–Martin–Schwinger (KMS) condition is a well-founded general definition of equilibrium states on quantum systems. The time invariance property of equilibrium states is one of its basic consequences. From the time invariance of any equilibrium state it follows that the spontaneous breakdown of time-translation symmetry is impossible. Moreover, triviality of the temporal long-range order is derived from the KMS condition. Therefore, the manifestation of genuine quantum time crystals is impossible as long as the standard notion of spontaneous symmetry breakdown is considered.","PeriodicalId":54483,"journal":{"name":"Reviews in Mathematical Physics","volume":"167 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Reviews in Mathematical Physics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0129055x2330008x","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Kubo–Martin–Schwinger (KMS) condition is a well-founded general definition of equilibrium states on quantum systems. The time invariance property of equilibrium states is one of its basic consequences. From the time invariance of any equilibrium state it follows that the spontaneous breakdown of time-translation symmetry is impossible. Moreover, triviality of the temporal long-range order is derived from the KMS condition. Therefore, the manifestation of genuine quantum time crystals is impossible as long as the standard notion of spontaneous symmetry breakdown is considered.
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Reviews in Mathematical Physics fills the need for a review journal in the field, but also accepts original research papers of high quality. The review papers - introductory and survey papers - are of relevance not only to mathematical physicists, but also to mathematicians and theoretical physicists interested in interdisciplinary topics. Original research papers are not subject to page limitations provided they are of importance to this readership. It is desirable that such papers have an expository part understandable to a wider readership than experts. Papers with the character of a scientific letter are usually not suitable for RMP.