Light-induced gauge fields for ultracold atoms
Sorbonne Université · Laboratoire Kastler Brossel · +6 more institutions
Abstract
Gauge fields are central in our modern understanding of physics at all scales. At the highest energy scales known, the microscopic universe is governed by particles interacting with each other through the exchange of gauge bosons. At the largest length scales, our Universe is ruled by gravity, whose gauge structure suggests the existence of a particle-the graviton-that mediates the gravitational force. At the mesoscopic scale, solid-state systems are subjected to gauge fields of different nature: materials can be immersed in external electromagnetic fields, but they can also feature emerging gauge fields in their low-energy description. In this review, we focus on another kind of gauge field: those engineered…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 71.92
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- 100%
- References
- 521
Authors
4- NGNathan GoldmanCorresponding
Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- GJGediminas JuzeliūnasCorresponding
Vilnius University
- PÖPatrik ÖhbergCorresponding
Heriot-Watt University
- IBI. B. SpielmanCorresponding
Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Topics & keywords
- Physics
- Gauge boson
- Introduction to gauge theory
- Gauge anomaly
- Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field
- Theoretical physics
- Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory
- Lorenz gauge condition
- Affordable and clean energy