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Optomechanics, the study of the mechanical interaction of light with matter,has proven to be a fruitful area of research that has yielded many notableachievements, including the direct detection of gravitational waves inkilometer-scale optical interferometers. Light has been used to cool anddemonstrate quantum control over the mechanical degrees of freedom ofindividual ions and atoms, and more recently has facilitated the observation ofquantum ``mechanics'' in objects of larger mass, even at the kg-scale.Levitated optomechanics, where an object can be suspended by radiation pressureand largely decoupled from its environment, has recently established itself asa rich field of study, with many notable results relevant for precisionmeasurement, quantum information science, and foundational tests of quantummechanics and fundamental physics. This article provides a survey of severalcurrent activities in field along with a tutorial describing associated keyconcepts and methods, both from an experimental and theoretical approach. It isintended as a resource for junior researchers who are new to this growing fieldas well as beginning graduate students. The tutorial is concluded with aperspective on both promising emerging experimental platforms and anticipatedfuture theoretical developments.

Levitated optomechanics: A tutorial and perspective