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Cold atom dynamics in non-Abelian gauge fields

Other Condensed Matter 2009-03-19 v2

Abstract

The dynamics of ultracold neutral atoms subject to a non-Abelian gauge field is investigated. In particular we analyze in detail a simple experimental scheme to achieve a constant, but non-Abelian gauge field, and discuss in the frame of this gauge field the non-Abelian Aharanov-Bohm effect. In the last part of this paper, we discuss intrinsic non-Abelian effects in the dynamics of cold atomic wavepackets.

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@article{arxiv.0801.2928,
  title  = {Cold atom dynamics in non-Abelian gauge fields},
  author = {A. Jacob and P. Ohberg and G. Juzeliunas and L. Santos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.2928},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 9 figures

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