time crystal

quantum system whose ground state is one in which the particles are in repetitive motion
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time crystal

Summary

time crystal ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (976 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • time crystal is credited with the discovery of Frank Wilczek[2].
  • time crystal's subclass of is recorded as quantum system[3].
  • time crystal's subclass of is recorded as physical structure[4].
  • time crystal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • time crystal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kbh2dv[6].
  • time crystal's described by source is recorded as Q131685320[7].
  • time crystal's has characteristic is recorded as spontaneous symmetry breaking[8].
  • time crystal's studied by is recorded as statistical mechanics[9].
  • time crystal's studied by is recorded as quantum mechanics[10].
  • time crystal's studied by is recorded as condensed matter physics[11].
  • time crystal's studied by is recorded as crystallography[12].
  • time crystal's studied by is recorded as non-equilibrium thermodynamics[13].
  • time crystal's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 119251018[14].

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Works and Contributions

time crystal is credited with the discovery of Frank Wilczek[2].

Why It Matters

time crystal ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (976 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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  12. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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