Reduction and Emergence in Bose-Einstein Condensates
Healey, Richard (2009) Reduction and Emergence in Bose-Einstein Condensates.
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Abstract
A closer look at some proposed Gedanken-experiments on BECs promises to shed light on several aspects of reduction and emergence in physics. These include the relations between classical descriptions and different quantum treatments of macroscopic systems, and the emergence of new properties and even new objects as a result of spontaneous symmetry breaking.
| Keywords: | emergence, reduction, Bose-Einstein condensate, relative phase, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument, Bohr's reponse |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Condensed Matter Specific Sciences: Physics: Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences: Physics Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics |
| ID Code: | 4914 |
| Deposited By: | Healey, Richard Andrew |
| Deposited On: | 27 September 2009 |