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The study of many body physics as well as the study of elementary particle physics has convinced us that at a very basic level Nature is ruled by quantum dynamical laws. On the other hand, we also know and observe several systems, such as superconductors, superfluids, crystals and ferromagnets which behave as macroscopic quantum systems.
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Vitiello, G. (2000). Defect Formation Through Boson Condensation in Quantum Field Theory. In: Bunkov, Y.M., Godfrin, H. (eds) Topological Defects and the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking Phase Transitions. NATO Science Series, vol 549. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4106-2_9
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