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Quantum Effects on Curve Crossing in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

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Author(s)

V Yurovsky, A Ben-Reuven, Paul S. Julienne

Abstract

Formation of Atomic Pairs by dissociation of a molecular condensate or by inelastic collisions in an atomic condensate due to time-dependent curve crossing is studied beyond the mean-field approximation. The number of atoms formed by the spontaneous process is described by a Landau-Zener formula multiplied by an exponential amplification factor due to quantum many-body effects. The atomic pairs are formed in an entangled (squeezed) state. The rate of stimulated processes depends on the relative phase of the two fields.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Volume
65
Issue
No. 4
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

Bose-Einstein condensate, curve-crossing, dissociation, Landau-Zener

Citation

Yurovsky, V. , Ben-Reuven, A. and Julienne, P. (2002), Quantum Effects on Curve Crossing in a Bose-Einstein Condensate, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created March 31, 2002, Updated October 12, 2021
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