Thermal vs quantum decoherence in double well trapped bose-einstein condensates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 180402-1-180402-4

  Pitaevskii, L ^a,b   Stringari, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b KAPITZA INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84866233704     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.180402     Document Type: Article

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