Quantum many-body scars leading to time-translation symmetry breaking in kicked interacting spin models

arXiv:2604.20419 · cond-mat.stat-mech, quant-ph · Submitted 2026-04-22 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.stat-mech, quant-ph

Submitted: 2026-04-22

Updated: 2026-09-13

Terminology

• Symmetry Breaking — 24× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Entanglement — 11× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Entanglement Entropy — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Domain Walls — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hilbert Space — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Spectral Gap — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Universality Class — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Quantum Thermalization beyond Non-Integrability and Quantum Scars in a Multispecies Bose-Josephson Junction
• Quantum thermalization mechanism and the emergence of symmetry-breaking phases
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