For ultracold atoms experiencing a synthetic magnetic field in an optical lattice, it is possible to observe the translational symmetry-breaking pattern determined by the chosen gauge.
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Ozawa, T. Feel the gauge. Nature Phys 11, 801–802 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3447
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