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  1. MIFT Department, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy

    Omar Di Stefano, Alessio Settineri, Roberto Stassi & Salvatore Savasta

  2. Center for Quantum Computing and Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Japan

    Vincenzo Macrì, Luigi Garziano & Franco Nori

  3. Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Franco Nori

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Stefano, O.D., Settineri, A., Macrì, V. et al. Reply to: Gauge non-invariance due to material truncation in ultrastrong-coupling quantum electrodynamics. Nat. Phys. 20, 379–380 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02178-1

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