"My non-physicist brain says if you have something that will move forever, it sounds like free energy!"
Counterexample, hydrogen atom with electron circling in lowest (boring ole unexcited ground) energy state. Classical theory says that electron will radiate and auger in leaving the world with nothing but a sea of neutrons, but quantum mechanically its in its lowest energy state.
Electron orbits are not terribly interesting. Yes the s orbital is really boring and the p d and f orbitals are much more interesting looking (talk to a chemist) but fundamentally a bunch of blah.
In comparison this time crystal is an exceedingly weird looking complicated configuration, which means it'll probably be much more interesting.
Counterexample, hydrogen atom with electron circling in lowest (boring ole unexcited ground) energy state. Classical theory says that electron will radiate and auger in leaving the world with nothing but a sea of neutrons, but quantum mechanically its in its lowest energy state.
Electron orbits are not terribly interesting. Yes the s orbital is really boring and the p d and f orbitals are much more interesting looking (talk to a chemist) but fundamentally a bunch of blah.
In comparison this time crystal is an exceedingly weird looking complicated configuration, which means it'll probably be much more interesting.