Superposition of macroscopic numbers of atoms and molecules
arXiv:cond-mat/0103437 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.160403
Abstract
We theoretically examine photoassociation of a non-ideal Bose-Einstein condensate, focusing on evidence for a macroscopic superposition of atoms and molecules. This problem raises an interest because, rather than two states of a given object, an atom-molecule system is a seemingly impossible macroscopic superposition of different objects. Nevertheless, photoassociation enables coherent intraparticle conversion, and we thereby propose a viable scheme for creating a superposition of a macroscopic number of atoms with a macroscopic number of molecules.
4 pages, 2 figs, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
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