Abstract
Due to interatomic collisions, the ground state of a Bose-Einstein condensate of dilute atoms is not, as is commonly assumed, a coherent state. The quantum state for two condensates with a linear coupling provided by either spatial tunneling or laser coupling between magnetic substates is studied. As the system is closed, the ground state is unambiguously a pure state, there is no need to invoke broken symmetry.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 32-33 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 International Quantum Electronics Conference - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: May 3 1998 → May 8 1998 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1998 International Quantum Electronics Conference |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 5/3/98 → 5/8/98 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)