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Effective Theory of Classical and Quantum Particle Dynamics in Rapidly Oscillating Fields
1Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1, Canada.
Abstract:
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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