Ergodicity breaking in rapidly rotating C <sub>60</sub> fullerenes
Ergodicity breaking in rapidly rotating C <sub>60</sub> fullerenes
Ergodicity, the central tenet of statistical mechanics, requires an isolated system to explore all available phase space constrained by energy and symmetry. Mechanisms for violating ergodicity are of interest for probing nonequilibrium matter and protecting quantum coherence in complex systems. Polyatomic molecules have long served as a platform for probing …