Published January 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Detecting many-body entanglement in noninteracting ultracold atomic Fermi gases

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 11549 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas 77341 (United States)

Description

We explore the possibility of detecting many-body entanglement using time-of-flight (TOF) momentum correlations in ultracold atomic Fermi gases. In analogy to the vacuum correlations responsible for Bekenstein-Hawking black hole entropy, a partitioned atomic gas will exhibit particle-hole correlations responsible for entanglement entropy. The signature of these momentum correlations might be detected by a sensitive TOF-type experiment.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 013623-013623.5
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43016044
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; ENTROPY; FERMI GAS; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
Descriptors DEC
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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