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Space-Time Curvature Signatures in Bose-Einstein Condensates

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-11 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We derive a generalized Gross-Pitaevski (GP) equation immersed on a electromagnetic and a weak gravitational field starting from the covariant Complex Klein-Gordon field in a curved space-time. We compare it with the GP equation where the gravitational field is added by hand as an external potential. We show that there is a small difference of order gz/c2g z/c^2 between them that could be measured in the future using Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC). This represents the next order correction to the Newtonian gravity in a curved space-time.

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@article{arxiv.1501.04694,
  title  = {Space-Time Curvature Signatures in Bose-Einstein Condensates},
  author = {Tonatiuh Matos and Eduardo Gomez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.04694},
  year   = {2015}
}

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