{"252161":{"#nid":"252161","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Time Crystals","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003ESchool of Physics Nonlinear Science \u0026amp; Mathematical Physics Series:\u0026nbsp; Dr. Al Shapere, The University of Kentucky\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI introduce a class of dynamical systems which exhibit motion in their lowest-energy states and thus spontaneously break time-translation symmetry. Their Lagrangians have nonstandard kinetic terms and their Hamiltonians are multivalued functions of momentum, yet they are perfectly consistent and amenable to quantization. \u0026nbsp;Possible\u0026nbsp; applications to condensed matter systems\u0026nbsp;and cosmology will be discussed.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Time Crystals"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2013-11-07 15:51:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:05:35","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-11-13T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-11-13T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-11-13T15:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-11-13 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-11-13 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-11-13 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"79231","name":"Time Crystals"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}