Quantum spins mixing in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates

Authors
Law, CK Pu, H Bigelow, NP
Citation
Ck. Law et al., Quantum spins mixing in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates, PHYS REV L, 81(24), 1998, pp. 5257-5261
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
81
Issue
24
Year of publication
1998
Pages
5257 - 5261
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(199812)81:24<5257:QSMISB>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A set of collective spin states is derived for a trapped Bose-Einstein cond ensate in which atoms have three internal hyperfine spins. These collective states minimize the interaction energy among condensate atoms, and they ar e characterized by strong spin correlations. We also examine the internal d ynamics of an initially spin-polarized condensate. The rime scale of spin m ixing is predicted.