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Title: Long-Range Correlations of Density in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Expanding in a Random Potential

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Laboratoire de Physique et Modelisation des Milieux Condenses, Universite Joseph Fourier, CNRS, 25 rue des Martyrs, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble (France)

We study correlations of atomic density in a weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate, expanding diffusively in a random potential. We show that these correlations are long range and that they are strongly enhanced at long times. The density at distant points exhibits negative correlations.

OSTI ID:
21179880
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 19; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.190406; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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