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    "abstract": "Motivated by a recent experiment [Chikkatur, et al. Science, 296, 2193\n(2002)] on the merging of atomic condensates, we investigate how two\nindependent condensates with random initial phases can develop a unique\nrelative phase when we move them together. In the adiabatic limit, the uniting\nof independent condensates can be understood from the eigenstate evolution of\nthe governing Hamiltonian, which maps degenerate states (corresponding to\nfragmented condensates) to a single state (corresponding to a united\ncondensate) . In the non-adiabatic limit corresponding to the practical\nexperimental configurations, we give an explanation on why we can still get a\nlarge condensate fraction with a unique relative phase. Detailed numerical\nsimulations are then performed for the non-adiabatic merging of the\ncondensates, which confirm our explanation and qualitative estimation. The\nresults may have interesting implications for realizing a continuous atom laser\nbased on merging of condensates.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0406197",
    "authors": [
      "W. Yi",
      "L. -M. Duan"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph",
      "cond-mat.soft"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.71.043607",
    "journal_ref": "Phys. Rev. A. 71, 043607 (2005)",
    "title": "Adiabatic and non-adiabatic merging of independent Bose condensates",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0406197"
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