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Mesoscopic Superposition of States with Sub-Planck Structures in Phase Space
We propose a method using the dispersive interaction between atoms and a high
quality cavity to realize the mesoscopic superposition of coherent states which
would exhibit sub-Planck structures in phase space. In particular we focus on a
superposition involving four coherent states. We show interesting interferences
in the conditional measurements involving two atoms.Comment: 4-page 3-figur
Dynamics of Uniform Quantum Gases, I: Density and Current Correlations
A unified approach valid for any wavenumber, frequency, and temperature is
presented for uniform ideal quantum gases allowing for a comprehensive study of
number density and particle-current density response functions. Exact
analytical expressions are obtained for spectral functions in terms of
polylogarithms. Also, particle-number and particle-current static
susceptibilities are presented which, for fugacity less than unity,
additionally involve Kummer functions. The wavenumber and temperature dependent
transverse-current static susceptibility is used to show explicitly that
current correlations are of a long range in a Bose-condensed uniform ideal gas
but for bosons above the critical temperature and for Fermi and Boltzmann gases
at all temperatures these correlations are of short range. Contact repulsive
interactions for systems of neutral quantum particles are considered within the
random-phase approximation. The expressions for particle-number and
transverse-current susceptibilities are utilized to discuss the existence or
nonexistence of superfluidity in the systems under consideration
Exactly solvable -symmetric models in two dimensions
Non-hermitian, -symmetric Hamiltonians, experimentally realized
in optical systems, accurately model the properties of open, bosonic systems
with balanced, spatially separated gain and loss. We present a family of
exactly solvable, two-dimensional, potentials for a
non-relativistic particle confined in a circular geometry. We show that the
symmetry threshold can be tuned by introducing a second
gain-loss potential or its hermitian counterpart. Our results explicitly
demonstrate that breaking in two dimensions has a rich phase
diagram, with multiple re-entrant symmetric phases.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
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