Reduction and Emergence in Bose-Einstein Condensates

Richard Healey

doi:10.1007/s10701-010-9481-8

Reduction and Emergence in Bose-Einstein Condensates

Richard Healey

Philosophy

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Abstract

A closer look at some proposed Gedanken-experiments on BECs promises to shed light on several aspects of reduction and emergence in physics. These include the relations between classical descriptions and different quantum treatments of macroscopic systems, and the emergence of new properties and even new objects as a result of spontaneous symmetry breaking.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1007-1030
Number of pages	24
Journal	Foundations of Physics
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9481-8
State	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

Bohr's reply
Bose-Einstein condensates
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument
Emergence
Reduction
Relative phase

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Philosophy
General Physics and Astronomy
History and Philosophy of Science

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