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Effective Theory of Classical and Quantum Particle Dynamics in Rapidly Oscillating Fields

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1, Canada

Description

We study the large-scale dynamics of charged particles in a rapidly oscillating field and formulate its classical and quantum effective theory description. The high-order perturbative results for the effective action are presented. Remarkably, the action models the effects of post-Newtonian general relativity on the motion of nonrelativistic particles, with the values of the emergent curvature and speed of light determined by the field spatial distribution and frequency. Our results can be applied to a wide range of physical problems including the high-precision analysis and design of the charged particle traps and Floquet quantum materials.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.051601;
arXiv
arXiv:2310.02311;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100000038; 10.13039/501100021745;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
132
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
5 pgs.
ISSN
0031-9007

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Notes
Contact Email: penin@ualberta.ca; Contact Email: ssu2@ualberta.ca; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Institut Périmètre de physique théorique