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arxiv: quant-ph/0002052 · v3 · submitted 2000-02-18 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· physics.atom-ph

Robustness of Wave Functions of Interacting Many Bosons in a Leaky Box

classification 🪐 quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mechphysics.atom-ph
keywords statebosonswavefunctionsgroundinteractingmanyrobust
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We study the robustness, against the leakage of bosons, of wave functions of interacting many bosons confined in a finite box, by deriving and analyzing a general equation of motion for the reduced density operator. We identify a robust wave function that remains a pure state, whereas other wave functions, such as the Bogoliubov's ground state and the ground state with a fixed number of bosons, evolve into mixed states. Although these states all have the off-diagonal long-range order, and almost the same energy densities, we argue that only the robust state is realized as a macroscopic quantum state.

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