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    Bogoliubov theory of entanglement in a Bose-Einstein condensate

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    We consider a Bose-Einstein condensate which is illuminated by a short resonant light pulse that coherently couples two internal states of the atoms. We show that the subsequent time evolution prepares the atoms in an interesting entangled state called a spin squeezed state. This evolution is analysed in detail by developing a Bogoliubov theory which describes the entanglement of the atoms. Our calculation is a consistent expansion in 1/N1/\sqrt{N}, where NN is the number of particles in the condensate, and our theory predict that it is possible to produce spin squeezing by at least a factor of 1/N1/\sqrt{N}. Within the Bogoliubov approximation this result is independent of temperature.Comment: 14 pages, including 5 figures, minor changes in the presentatio
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