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S-wave quantum entanglement in a harmonic trap

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We analyze the quantum entanglement between two interacting atoms trapped in a spherical harmonic potential. At ultra-cold temperature, ground state entanglement is generated by the dominated s-wave interaction. Based on a regularized pseudo-potential Hamiltonian, we examine the quantum entanglement by performing the Schmidt decomposition of low-energy eigenfunctions. We indicate how the atoms are paired and quantify the entanglement as a function of a modified s-wave scattering length inside the trap.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0503020,
  title  = {S-wave quantum entanglement in a harmonic trap},
  author = {Jia Wang and C. K. Law and M. -C. Chu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0503020},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures, to be apear in PRA