Fracton Hydrodynamics without Time-Reversal Symmetry

We present an effective field theory for the nonlinear fluctuating hydrodynamics of a single conserved charge with or without time-reversal symmetry, based on the Martin-Siggia-Rose formalism. Applying this formalism to fluids with only charge and multipole conservation, and with broken time-reversal symmetry, we predict infinitely many new dynamical universality classes, including some with arbitrarily large upper critical dimensions. Using large scale simulations of classical Markov chains, we find numerical evidence for a breakdown of hydrodynamics in quadrupole-conserving models with broken time-reversal symmetry in one spatial dimension. Our framework can be applied to the hydrodynamics around stationary states of open systems, broadening the applicability of previously developed ideas and methods to a wide range of systems in driven and active matter.

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In this paper, an effective field theory for the nonlinear fluctuating hydrodynamics of a single conserved charge is presented. The theory is applicable to systems with or without time-reversal symmetry. By applying the Martin-Siggia-Rose formalism, the authors investigate fluids with charge and multipole conservation, and with broken time-reversal symmetry. They predict the existence of infinitely many new dynamical universality classes.