Symmetry breaking transforms strong to normal correlation and false metals to true insulators

arXiv:2512.18236 · cond-mat.mtrl-sci, cond-mat.str-el, physics.comp-ph, quant-ph · Submitted 2025-12-20 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.mtrl-sci, cond-mat.str-el, physics.comp-ph, quant-ph

Submitted: 2025-12-20

Updated: 2026-10-30

Terminology

• Symmetry Breaking — 7× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Degeneracies — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• DFT Calculations — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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