Hydrodynamics as the effective field theory of strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking
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| author | Huang, Xiaoyang Qi, Marvin Zhang, Jian-Hao Lucas, Andrew |
| author_facet | Huang, Xiaoyang Qi, Marvin Zhang, Jian-Hao Lucas, Andrew |
| contents | Inspired by the hunt for new phases of matter in quantum mixed states, it has recently been proposed that the equivalence of microcanonical and canonical ensembles in statistical mechanics is a manifestation of strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking (SWSSB) in an underlying many-body quantum description. Here, we build an effective field theory for SWSSB of a global U(1) symmetry; the answer exactly reproduces the Schwinger-Keldysh effective field theory of diffusion for the conserved charge. We conclude that hydrodynamics can be understood as a theory of "superfluidity" for the broken strong symmetry: a non-vanishing susceptibility is a measurable order parameter for SWSSB, the diffusion mode is the Goldstone boson of the spontaneously broken continuous symmetry, and a generalization of Goldstone's Theorem implies that the diffusion mode is always long-lived. This perspective provides a transparent physical explanation for the unusual "reparameterization" symmetries which are a necessary ingredient of Schwinger-Keldysh effective field theories for "normal fluids". |
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| spellingShingle | Hydrodynamics as the effective field theory of strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking Huang, Xiaoyang Qi, Marvin Zhang, Jian-Hao Lucas, Andrew Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics Inspired by the hunt for new phases of matter in quantum mixed states, it has recently been proposed that the equivalence of microcanonical and canonical ensembles in statistical mechanics is a manifestation of strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking (SWSSB) in an underlying many-body quantum description. Here, we build an effective field theory for SWSSB of a global U(1) symmetry; the answer exactly reproduces the Schwinger-Keldysh effective field theory of diffusion for the conserved charge. We conclude that hydrodynamics can be understood as a theory of "superfluidity" for the broken strong symmetry: a non-vanishing susceptibility is a measurable order parameter for SWSSB, the diffusion mode is the Goldstone boson of the spontaneously broken continuous symmetry, and a generalization of Goldstone's Theorem implies that the diffusion mode is always long-lived. This perspective provides a transparent physical explanation for the unusual "reparameterization" symmetries which are a necessary ingredient of Schwinger-Keldysh effective field theories for "normal fluids". |
| title | Hydrodynamics as the effective field theory of strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08760 |