Tests of Bose-broken Symmetry in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates
Abstract
We present an elementary model of the collapses and revivals in the visibility of the interference between two atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. We obtain different predictions of the revival times whether we conserve or break atom number conservation from the outset. The validity of Bose-broken symmetry can be tested by observations of these collapses and revivals.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 1996
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/9611101
- Bibcode:
- 1996cond.mat.11101W
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 1 PostScript figure, submitted to PRL