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Engineering a U (1) Lattice Gauge Theory in Classical Electric Circuits Engineering a U(1) lattice gauge theory in classical electric circuits Hannes Riechert,1 Jad C. Halimeh,2 Valentin Kasper,3, 4 Landry Bretheau,5 Erez Zohar,6 Philipp Hauke,2 and Fred Jendrzejewski1 1Universität Heidelberg, Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 2INO-CNR BEC Center and Department of Physics, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Trento, Italy 3ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 3, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain 4Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA 5Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière condensée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France 6Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel (Dated: August 4, 2021) Lattice gauge theories are fundamental to such distinct fields as particle physics, condensed matter, and quantum information science. Their local symmetries enforce the charge conservation observed in the laws of physics. Impressive experimental progress has demonstrated that they can be engi- neered in table-top experiments using synthetic quantum systems. However, the challenges posed by the scalability of such lattice gauge simulators are pressing, thereby making the exploration of different experimental setups desirable. Here, we realize a U(1) lattice gauge theory with five matter sites and four gauge links in classical electric circuits employing nonlinear elements connecting LC oscillators. This allows for probing previously inaccessible spectral and transport properties in a multi-site system. We directly observe Gauss’s law, known from electrodynamics, and the emergence of long-range interactions between massive particles in full agreement with theoretical predictions. Our work paves the way for investigations of increasingly complex gauge theories on table-top clas- sical setups, and demonstrates the precise control of nonlinear effects within metamaterial devices. Local symmetries provide a mathematical framework noise-assisted energy transport [23, 24]. to describe emergent behavior from a small set of mi- In the material, electric fields propagate through a croscopic rules. Paradigmatic examples are topological chain of LC oscillators, and the U(1) symmetric cou- phases of matter, which can emerge as ground states pling is engineered from three-wave mixers. The radio- of an extensive set of commuting local operators [1, 2]. frequency circuit is then described by nonlinear differ- In the Standard Model of particle physics all interac- ential equations, similar to the ones known from non- tions between elementary particles are mediated by gauge linear optics. Based on this approach, we experimentally bosons [3]. Recently, there has been a flurry of proposals demonstrate the engineering of a lattice with nine LC os- and experimental implementations of lattice gauge theo- cillators that represent five matter fields and four gauge ries in quantum many-body platforms [4–14]. Yet, gauge links, see Fig. 1. We demonstrate the high tunability invariance is as fundamental in classical physics and ap- of the setup, and confirm its faithful representation of plications thereof. A famous example is classical elec- the desired model using analytical models and numerical trodynamics, where gauge invariance appears as Gauss’s benchmark calculations. The ease of use and low cost of law. Its presence in Maxwell’s equations has been a guid- such classical metamaterials compared to quantum ex- ing principle for transformation optics [15, 16] based on periments open new ways to employ gauge symmetries a variational approach [17], which has led to the experi- for a wide range of materials from acoustics [25] over mental realization of intriguing devices such as metama- photonics [26] to mechanical pendulums [27]. terials with negative indices of refraction [18] and invis- ibility cloaks [19]. In this light it is natural for gauge Our material can be described within the language of invariance to be investigated using classical setups that a classical lattice gauge theory as sketched in Fig. 1A. are usually less expensive and simpler to implement com- In this framework, matter fields reside on discrete sites arXiv:2108.01086v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] 2 Aug 2021 pared to their counterparts in quantum synthetic matter. x of a 1-dimensional lattice and are coupled through links, which host the gauge fields. Within our model- Here, we engineer a complex metamaterial with a lo- ing, we implement both the matter and the gauge fields cal U(1) gauge symmetry—the simplest continuous gauge by harmonic oscillators described by the complex num- symmetry and the basis of quantum electrodynamics— bers ax and bx. In the appropriate rotating frame, the x which embodies the invariance of the equations of motion matter sites ax have staggered frequencies ( 1) m (see − under a local phase transformation. We base our setup on Appendix A). Two consecutive matter sites are coupled classical electric circuits, which have proven to be a pow- by a gauge field bx on the link connecting them. The erful platform for studying topological lattice structures coupling term is a three-wave mixing term with the in- and multidimensional metamaterials [20–22], as well as teraction frequency J. This system is described by the 1 2 real (imaginary) part of the complex fields ax. Dividing out a typical energy and time scale allows us to write the Hamiltonian in units of frequency and in terms of dimensionless fields ax and bx. The Hamiltonian is invariant under the local U(1) iθx transformation ax ax e where the gauge field ab- x ! i( 1) (θx θx+1) sorbs the difference bx bx e − − : With the ! gauge symmetry comes a local conserved quantity Gx, which is the generator of Gauss’s law. Writing ρx = ax∗ ax x and Ex = ( 1) b∗ bx yields the expression Gx = − − x ρx + Ex 1 Ex. Interpreting ρx and Ex as the lo- − − cal oscillators’ energies, Gauss’s law describes the con- servation of the total energy on a matter site and its neighboring sites and gauge fields. Gauss’s law is im- plemented through the capacitive coupling with a ring of three appropriately connected voltage multipliers (see Site x = 1 Site x = 2 Site x = 3 Appendix B). The frequencies of the LC oscillators are designed such that the sum of the odd matter sites and 0.2 the links is approximately equal to the frequency of the even matter sites. The small frequency detuning m can 0.0 then be isolated from the fast timescales in the rotating frame. By averaging over fast timescales on the order of 0.2 the free resonance frequency !x, gauge-violating terms in − Oscillator energy (dim.less) the coupling are removed [14, 28, 29], which allows the 0 5 0 5 0 5 Time / ms U(1) gauge invariant Hamiltonian of Eq. (1) to emerge. The LC oscillators realizing the matter sites have a Figure 1. Engineering a classical gauge theory. free resonance frequency of 31:0(5) kHz (86(1) kHz) for (A) Structure of a lattice gauge theory. Matter fields reside odd (even) sites (see Appendix B). The links have a free on sites, gauge fields on the links in-between. (B) Circuit im- resonance frequency of 55 kHz with the possibility to be plementation with LC resonators for each site and link. The tuned. This setup results effectively in a controllable de- interaction is realized by three-wave mixers as described in tuning of 0 kHz m 4 kHz with a precision of 200 Hz. ≤ ≤ the main text. (C) Measurement of Gauss’s law. The Gauss The coupling strength, depending on free resonance fre- law Gx can be measured through the oscillator energy on each quencies, is J = 0:92(5) kHz at m = 2:5 kHz. With a typ- matter site (blue) and its neighboring links (orange). Links that appear with negative sign in Gauss’s law are shown in- ical quality factor of 50 the dissipation in the resonators verted along y-axis (dashed). The smaller oscillation of the takes effect before the U(1) interaction. As a remedy, a resulting observable (black) confirm that the local conserva- positive feedback current controlled by a pickup coil in tion laws are fulfilled. Curves are offset for clarity (see Ap- the resonator inductors is added, resembling regenerative pendix C). receivers of early radio technology. We observe a non- trivial energy exchange between matter sites as shown in Fig. 1C. The local symmetry enforces concerted dynam- classical Hamiltonian ics of matter sites and their neighboring links, such that the measured Gauss law has only small variations. This observation quantifies the weak violation of local gauge = + H J ax∗ bx∗ ax+1 c. c. invariance in our metamaterial. ( x odd X To analyze the non-trivial dynamics, we investigate the spectral properties of the chain. We set the initial condi- + ax∗ bx ax+1 + c. c. tions to Qx(t = 0) = 0 and the initial flux is chosen such x even ) X that the oscillators start with an amplitude of 0:7 V. l ∼ x After initialization, 8:3 ms long time traces of the voltage m ( 1) a∗ ax; (1) x signals of all resonators are available for spectral analy- − x=1 − X sis as shown in Fig. 2. The observed spectra can be well with equations of motion understood perturbatively as they are obtained in the regime of large detuning. The spectra of the matter sites @H _ @H contain two frequency components of different strengths. ia_ x = ; ibx = : (2) − @ax∗ − @bx∗ The stronger frequency originates from the free resonance of the LC oscillators. The second and weaker one orig- We realize the Hamiltonian (1) through an array of inates from the pertubative interactions with the gauge LC oscillators, whose charge Qx (flux Φx) represents the links.
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