Light Cones in Classical Dipole-Dipole Interacting Systems

TL;DR

This paper investigates how magnetic interactions propagate in classical dipole systems, providing numerical evidence of a linear light cone and discussing implications for the speed of information transfer and relativity.

Contribution

It demonstrates the existence of a linear light cone in classical dipole interactions and discusses the implications for the speed of information propagation in classical versus quantum systems.

Findings

Classical dipoles exhibit a linear light cone after perturbation.

The speed of information propagation can be arbitrarily large in classical systems.

A frame-independent Landau-Lifshitz equation is proposed to align with relativity.

Abstract

The speed at which the magnetic interaction propagates along a chain of classic dipoles is discussed here. While in the quantum information counterpart for long-range interacting spins, where the speed of propagation of the information plays a paramount role, it is not strictly clear whether a light cone exists or not, here we provide numerical evidence that interacting dipoles do posses a linear light cone shortly after a perturbation takes place. Specifically, a power-law expansion occurs which is followed by a linear propagation of the associated interaction. As opposed to the quantum case, and in analogy with the so-called speed of gravity problem, we find that the speed of propagation of information can be arbitrarily large in the classic context. In order to agree with special relativity, we propose the derivation of a frame-independent Landau-Lifshitz equation.