Interference between a large number of independent Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Ashhab, S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; OVERLAPPING CONDENSATES; PHASE COHERENCE; RANDOM-WALK PROBLEM;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CONDENSATE TREATMENT;

EID: 26944461923     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.063602     Document Type: Article

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