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Title: Decoherence and Collisional Frequency Shifts of Trapped Bosons and Fermions

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (United States)

We perform exact calculations of collisional frequency shifts for several fermions or bosons using a singlet and triplet basis for pairs of particles. The 'factor of 2 controversy' for bosons becomes clear - the factor is always 2. Decoherence is described by singlet states and they are unaffected by spatially uniform clock fields. Spatial variations are critical, especially for fermions which were previously thought to be immune to collision shifts. The spatial variations lead to decoherence and a novel frequency shift that is not proportional to the partial density of internal states.

OSTI ID:
21364687
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.113202; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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