Dynamical Gauge Effects and Holographic Scaling of Non-Equilibrium Motion in a Disordered and Dissipative Atomic Gas

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a tabletop quantum system with dynamical gauge fields and curved space analogs, revealing non-equilibrium phenomena akin to black hole information paradox and holographic scaling.

Contribution

It introduces a novel disordered atomic gas setup exhibiting gauge-like dynamics and scale-invariant behavior, bridging quantum simulation with holographic principles.

Findings

Observation of gauge-boson mass vanishing at transition point

Scale-invariant behavior analogous to Higgs mechanism removal

Holographic scaling governed by tunable disorder parameters

Abstract

We present a table-top realization of a non-equilibrium quantum system described by a dynamical gauge field propagating on an effectively curved space and time manifold. The system is formed by neutral atoms interacting with both a conservative disordered optical field and a dissipative pumping field. In the presence of a sufficiently dark state, we demonstrate non-equilibrium behavior reminiscent of the information paradox in black hole physics. At a well-defined transition point, the analog of gauge-boson mass is seen to vanish, inducing scale-invariant behavior as a Higgs-like mechanism is removed. The subsequent scaling behavior can be understood using the holographic principle with a tunable analog of the Planck length derived from the scaling of disorder. These effects suggest a range of new phenomena in weakly dissipative quantum systems, including the presence of analog forms of emergent gravitation.