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Exact Eigenstates and Magnetic Response of Spin-1 and Spin-2 Vectorial Bose-Einstein Condensates

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

The exact eigenspectra and eigenstates of spin-1 and spin-2 vectorial Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are found, and their response to a weak magnetic field is studied and compared with their mean-field counterparts. Whereas mean-field theory predicts the vanishing population of the zero magnetic-quantum-number component of a spin-1 antiferromagnetic BEC, the component is found to become populated as the magnetic field decreases. The spin-2 BEC exhibits an even richer magnetic response due to quantum correlation between 3 bosons.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9906313,
  title  = {Exact Eigenstates and Magnetic Response of Spin-1 and Spin-2 Vectorial Bose-Einstein Condensates},
  author = {Masato Koashi and Masahito Ueda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9906313},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, no figures. LaTeX209