Space-time Crystal (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Space-time Crystal

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This proposed space-time crystal shows (a) periodic structures in both space and time with (b) ultracold ions rotating in one direction even at the lowest energy state.

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Courtesy of Xiang Zhang group, Berkeley Lab-UC Berkeley

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