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Number fluctuations of cold spatially split bosonic objects

Quantum Gases 2012-02-20 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We investigate the number fluctuations of spatially split many-boson systems employing a theorem about the maximally and minimally attainable variances of an observable. The number fluctuations of many-boson systems are given for different numbers of lattice sites and both mean-field and many-body wave functions. It is shown which states maximize the particle number fluctuations, both in lattices and double-wells. The fragmentation of the states is discussed, and it is shown that the number fluctuations of some fragmented states are identical to those of fully condensed states.

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@article{arxiv.1108.3276,
  title  = {Number fluctuations of cold spatially split bosonic objects},
  author = {Kaspar Sakmann and Alexej I. Streltsov and Ofir E. Alon and Lorenz S. Cederbaum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.3276},
  year   = {2012}
}

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15 pages, no figures

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