On the detection of condensate vortex states
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-30 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
We discuss a detection scheme that reveals the existence of vortex states in a cylindrically symmetric condensate trap. It relies on the measurement of the second-order correlation function of the Schr\"odinger field, and yields directly the topological charge of the vortex state.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9712130,
title = {On the detection of condensate vortex states},
author = {E. V. Goldstein and E. M. Wright and P. Meystre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9712130},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, Latex, no figure