Space-Time Crystals: Novel Driven Quantum States of Matter

Presentations

• Designing crystal structures with light: the dawn of out-of-equilibrium matter

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 066902 (2025) Editors' suggestion

  Presenters

  • Daniel Kaplan

    • Rutgers University

  Authors

  • Daniel Kaplan

    • Rutgers University

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• Absolutely Stable Spatiotemporal Order in Noisy Quantum Systems

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Publication: [1] Absolutely stable spatiotemporal order in noisy quantum systems, M. McGinley, S. Roy, and S. A. Parameswaran, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 090404 (2022).
  [2] Provably efficient quantum thermal state preparation via local driving, D. Hahn, S.A. Parameswaran, and B. Placke, arXiv:2505.22816 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Siddharth A Parameswaran

    • Oxford University
    • University of Oxford

  Authors

  • Siddharth A Parameswaran

    • Oxford University
    • University of Oxford

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• Quantum Field Simulator: Oscillating Spacetime and the Emergence of Supersolid Properties in a Driven Superfluid

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: Supersolid-like sound modes in a driven quantum gas. Nat. Phys. 21, 1064–1070 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02927-4
  
  Observation of Pattern Stabilization in a Driven Superfluid. PRX 15, 011026 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.15.011026
  
  Stable-fixed-point description of square-pattern formation in driven two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates. PRA 109, L051301 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.L051301

  Presenters

  • Markus Oberthaler

    • Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics

  Authors

  • Markus Oberthaler

    • Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics

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• Phase Transitions in Nonreciprocal Driven-Dissipative Condensates

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Publication: Fruchart et al., Nature 592, 363-369 (2021)
  Hanai et al. Phys.Rev.Lett 122, 185301 (2019)
  R Hanai, PB Littlewood Physical Review Research 2 (3), 033018 (2020)
  S Liu, R Hanai, PB Littlewood arXiv:2503.14384
  R Belyansky, C Weis, R Hanai, PB Littlewood, AA Clerk arXiv:2502.05267
  J Jachinowski, PB Littlewood arXiv:2507.07960
  S Shmakov, PB Littlewood Physical Review E 109, 024220 (2024)
  S Shmakov, G Osipycheva, PB Littlewood Physical Review E 111, 034133 (2025)
  S Shmakov, PB Littlewood arXiv:2501.14192

  Presenters

  • Peter B Littlewood

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Peter B Littlewood

    • University of Chicago

  • Cheyne Weis

    • University of Chicago
    • U Chicago

  • Ryo Hanai

    • Tokyo Institute of Technology

  • vincenzo vitelli

    • University of Chicago
    • U Chicago

  • Jay Jachinowski

    • U Chicago

  • Shuoguang Liu

    • U Chicago
    • University of Chicago

  • Xiaoyuan Huang

    • U Chicago

  • Sergei Shmakov

    • U Chicago

  • Aashish A Clerk

    • University of Chicago
    • University of Chicago, AWS Center for Quantum Computing
    • U Chicago

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