Testing quantum correlations in a confined atomic cloud by scattering fast atoms
arXiv:cond-mat/9812016 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.60.R769
Abstract
We suggest measuring one-particle density matrix of a trapped ultracold atomic cloud by scattering fast atoms in a pure momentum state off the cloud. The lowest-order probability of the inelastic process, resulting in a pair of outcoming fast atoms for each incoming one, turns out to be given by a Fourier transform of the density matrix. Accordingly, important information about quantum correlations can be deduced directly from the differential scattering cross-section. A possible design of the atomic detector is also discussed.
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