Quantum coherence of double-well Bose-Einstein condensates: An SU(2) coherent-state path-integral approach

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 436061-436065

  Zhou, Yi ^a   Zhai, Hui ^a   Lü, Rong ^a   Xu, Zhan ^a   Chang, Lee ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GROUND STATE; HAMILTONIANS; QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM TUNNELING;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 17144439720     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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