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arXiv:0709.2425 · Physical Review Letters

Methods for Detecting Acceleration Radiation in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Alex Retzker, J. I. Cirac, Martin Bodo Plenio, Benni Reznik

Published Sep 11, 2008• 84 citations
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Abstract

We propose and study methods for detecting Unruh-like acceleration radiation effects in a Bose-Einstein condensate in a (1+1)-dimensional setup. The Bogoliubov vacuum of a Bose-Einstein condensate is used to simulate a scalar field theory, and accelerated atom dots or optical lattices serve as detectors of phonon radiation due to acceleration effects. In particular, we study the dispersive effects of the Bogoliubov spectrum on the ideal case of exact thermalization. Our results suggest that acceleration radiation effects can be observed using currently accessible experimental methods.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.101.110402

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