Publication Date:
2012-10-16
Description:
Author(s): Tongcang Li, Zhe-Xuan Gong, Zhang-Qi Yin, H. T. Quan, Xiaobo Yin, Peng Zhang, L.-M. Duan, and Xiang Zhang Spontaneous symmetry breaking can lead to the formation of time crystals, as well as spatial crystals. Here we propose a space-time crystal of trapped ions and a method to realize it experimentally by confining ions in a ring-shaped trapping potential with a static magnetic field. The ions spontaneo... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 163001] Published Mon Oct 15, 2012
Keywords:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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