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Tests of Bose-broken Symmetry in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates

Statistical Mechanics 2008-02-03 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We present an elementary model of the collapses and revivals in the visibility of the interference between two atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. We obtain different predictions of the revival times whether we conserve or break atom number conservation from the outset. The validity of Bose-broken symmetry can be tested by observations of these collapses and revivals.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9611101,
  title  = {Tests of Bose-broken Symmetry in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates},
  author = {T. Wong and M. J. Collett and S. M. Tan and D. F. Walls and E. M. Wright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9611101},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, 1 PostScript figure, submitted to PRL