Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Quantum Systems. A review for Scholarpedia
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⚛️ physics.hist-ph
quant-ph
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breakingquantumspontaneoussymmetrysystemsbrieflyconclusioncrucial
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The mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum systems is briefly reviewed, rectifying part of the standard wisdom on logical and mathematical grounds. The crucial role of the localization properties of the time evolution for the conclusion of the Goldstone theorem is emphasized.
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