Emergent classicality in continuous quantum measurements

We develop a classical theoretical description for nonlinear many-body dynamics that incorporates the back-action of a continuous measurement process. The classical approach is compared with the exact quantum solution in an example with an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential w...

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Main Authors: Javanainen, Juha (Author), Ruostekoski, Janne (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013-01-03.
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