Sonic analog of gravitational black holes in Bose-Einstein condensates

Trapped bosons at ultralow temperature can provide an analog to a black-hole spacetime. Bose-Enstein condensates is an especially powerful tool for this kind of investigation. To demonstrate this, the case of a condensate in a ring trap is considered as an example. Further, a realistic scheme for ad...

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Authors: Garay, Luis Javier, Anglin, J. R., Cirac, J. Ignacio, Zoller, P.
Format: article
Publication Date:2000
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/98904
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/98904
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:[PACS] Experimental studies of gravity
quantum condensation phenomena
[PACS] Quantum aspects of black holes, evaporation, thermodynamics
[PACS] Phase coherent atomic ensembles
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Summary:Trapped bosons at ultralow temperature can provide an analog to a black-hole spacetime. Bose-Enstein condensates is an especially powerful tool for this kind of investigation. To demonstrate this, the case of a condensate in a ring trap is considered as an example. Further, a realistic scheme for adiabatically creating stable sonic black/white holes is proposed. © 2000 The American Physical Society