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arxiv: cond-mat/0008067 · v1 · pith:I22ISTHJnew · submitted 2000-08-03 · ❄️ cond-mat

Enhancement and suppression of spontaneous emission and light scattering by quantum degeneracy

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Quantum degeneracy modifies light scattering and spontaneous emission. For fermions, Pauli blocking leads to a suppression of both processes. In contrast, in a weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate, we find spontaneous emission to be enhanced, while light scattering is suppressed. This difference is attributed to many-body effects and quantum interference in a Bose-Einstein condensate.

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