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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Non-equilibrium dynamics

Background:

  • Continuous time crystals represent a novel phase of matter breaking time-translation symmetry.
  • Understanding the collective behavior and synchronization of coupled quantum systems is crucial.
  • The dynamics of symmetry breaking in ensembles are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and investigate the concept of seeding crystallization in time.
  • To explore how a single subsystem can induce symmetry breaking in an ensemble of coupled time crystals.
  • To analyze the impact of seeding on synchronization properties, particularly for detuned systems.

Main Methods:

  • Studied the dynamics of an ensemble of coupled continuous time crystals.
  • Investigated seeding effects under both coherent and dissipative coupling.
  • Analyzed parameter regimes where all subsystems exhibit broken symmetry.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that a single nucleation center (subsystem in broken-symmetry phase) can induce time-translation symmetry breaking across the ensemble.
  • Observed the seeding effect for diverse coupling types and parameter ranges.
  • Found that broadly detuned time crystals synchronize with weaker coupling strengths due to seeding, contrary to conventional synchronization theory.

Conclusions:

  • The seeding effect is a fundamental mechanism for initiating and propagating time-translation symmetry breaking in coupled time crystals.
  • Seeding explains the counter-intuitive synchronization behavior observed in broadly detuned time crystals.
  • This work provides new insights into non-equilibrium quantum dynamics and collective phenomena.