Matter wave detection and phase fluctuations in Bose-Einstein condensates

Accepted analogies between matter waves and electromagnetic waves are extended in order to show that matter waves should have mechanical properties. A semiclassical description of the continuity equations describing these mechanical properties is presented and a general expression for their flux den...

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Main Author: Whitlock, Nicholas Keith
Published: University of Strathclyde 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.416157