A Gauge Field Theory of Coherent Matter Waves

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.16613v2
• Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:30:21 GMT
• Title: A Gauge Field Theory of Coherent Matter Waves
• Authors: Dana Z. Anderson and Katarzyna Krzyzanowska
• Abstract summary: Quantization of the field leads to the matteron, the gauge boson dual to the photon. Eigenstates of the combined matter and gauge field operator define the coherent state of the matter-wave field.
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• Abstract: A gauge field treatment of a current, oscillating at a fixed frequency, of interacting neutral atoms leads to a set of matter-wave duals to Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic field. In contrast to electromagnetics, the velocity of propagation has a lower limit rather than upper limit and the wave impedance of otherwise free space is negative real-valued rather than 377 Ohms. Quantization of the field leads to the matteron, the gauge boson dual to the photon. Unlike the photon, the matteron is bound to an atom and carries negative rather than positive energy, causing the source of the current to undergo cooling. Eigenstates of the combined matter and gauge field annihilation operator define the coherent state of the matter-wave field, which exhibits classical coherence in the limit of large excitation.

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