QUANTUM STATE OF A TRAPPED BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE

Authors
DUNNINGHAM JA COLLETT MJ WALLS DF
Citation
Ja. Dunningham et al., QUANTUM STATE OF A TRAPPED BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE, Physics letters. A, 245(1-2), 1998, pp. 49-54
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
245
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
49 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1998)245:1-2<49:QSOATB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The quantum state of a single symmetry-broken condensate at zero tempe rature is calculated using perturbative techniques. For a fixed mean n umber of atoms, the state is found to closely approximate a number squ eezed state. We propose a means of experimentally testing this state, based on the periodic collapses and revivals of its phase. (C) 1998 El sevier Science B.V.