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Physics

A Classical View of Quantum Time Crystals

Georg Engelhardt

Published Sep 27, 2021• 2 citations
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Abstract

Numerical studies indicate that certain types of time crystals might be described using classical physics-a result that could vastly simplify the theoretical description of these systems.
DOI
10.1103/physics.14.132

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