Entropic order. Journal Article uri icon

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abstract

  • Ordered phases of matter, such as solids, ferromagnets, superfluids, or quantum topological order, typically only exist at low temperatures. Despite this conventional wisdom, we present explicit local models in which all such phases persist to arbitrarily high temperature. This is possible since order in one degree of freedom can enable other degrees of freedom to strongly fluctuate, leading to entropic order, whereby typical high energy states are ordered. Our construction, which utilizes interacting bosons, avoids existing no-go theorems on long-range order or entanglement at high temperature. We propose a simple model for high-temperature superconductivity using these general principles.

publication date

  • November 29, 2025

Date in CU Experts

  • December 10, 2025 10:59 AM

Full Author List

  • Han Y; Huang X; Komargodski Z; Lucas A; Popov FK

author count

  • 5

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Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 2041-1723