2025/07/09 by Dominik Nemeth, Nemeth, Dominik, Alessandro Principi +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Basis (linear algebra) #Dissipation #Dissipative system #Eigenvalues and eigenvectors #Oscillation (cell signaling) #Phase (matter) #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #Quantum many-body systems #Representation (politics) #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical and Computational Physics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.06998
published in ArXiv.org
openalex publication_date 2025/07/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Boundary time crystals (BTCs) in dissipative collective spin systems have been extensively studied using numerical, mean-field, and perturbative approaches. However, an explicit Liouvillian description governing the long-time dynamics deep within the time crystal phase has remained elusive. Here, we derive an effective Liouvillian that analytically captures the extreme BTC regime, where dissipation is parametrically weak and oscillatory order is maximally robust. By introducing a superspin representation of Liouville space, we obtain closed-form expressions for the Liouvillian eigenvalues to first order in the dissipation strength, providing direct access to decay rates, oscillation frequencies, and their thermodynamic scaling. Applying this framework to the canonical BTC model we analytically recover spontaneous breaking of continuous time-translation symmetry and persistent oscillations in the thermodynamic limit. In contrast, we show that other dissipative spin models exhibit only single-frequency oscillatory dynamics and therefore do not support genuine BTC phases. Our results establish a controlled analytical framework for the long-time dynamics in the extreme BTC regime.