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pmid: 29883152
We show that time-reflection symmetry in periodically driven (Floquet) quantum systems enables an inherently nonequilibrium phenomenon structurally similar to quantum-mechanical sypersymmetry. In particular, we find Floquet analogues of the Witten index that place lower bounds on the degeneracies of states with quasienergies $0$ and $��$. Moreover, we show that in some cases time reflection symmetry can also interchange fermions and bosons, leading to fermion/boson pairs with opposite quasienergy. We provide a simple class of disordered, interacting, and ergodic Floquet models with an exponentially large number of states at quasienergies $0$ and $��$, which are robust as long as the time-reflection symmetry is preserved. Floquet supersymmetry manifests itself in the evolution of certain local observables as a period-doubling effect with dramatic finite-size scaling, providing a clear signature for experiments.
5+4 pages, 3+1 figures. v2 includes additional connections with SUSY and a new Appendix containing a discussion of robustness to time-reflection-breaking perturbations. This version accepted to PRL
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Quantum Physics, Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Quantum Physics (quant-ph), Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Quantum Physics, Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Quantum Physics (quant-ph), Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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