Build-up of coherence between initially-independent subsystems: The case of Bose-Einstein condensates

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.11.037MaRDI QIDQ647098zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ofir E. Alon, Alexej I. Streltsov, Lorenz S. Cederbaum

Publication date 30 November 2011

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3955

zbMATH Keywords

coherencereduced density matricesfragmented condensatesmulti-configurational time-dependent Hartree for bosons (MCTDHB)time-evolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

Abstract: When initially-independent subsystems are made to contact, {it coherence} can develop due to interaction between them. We exemplify and demonstrate this paradigm through several scenarios of two initially-independent Bose-Einstein condensates which are allowed to collide. The build-up of coherence depends strongly on time, interaction strength and other parameters of each condensate. Implications are discussed.

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