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We have seen earlier that many phases of condensed matter in thermal equilibrium are associated with the spontaneous breakdown of symmetry. In this chapter we deal with a more general concept called broken ergodicity [8.1]. It would seem that states of matter like glass, quasicrystals, etc. represent examples of ergodicity breaking.
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Venkataraman, G., Sahoo, D., Balakrishnan, V. (1989). Ergodicity Breaking. In: Beyond the Crystalline State. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 84. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83434-9_8
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