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Nonlocal density correlations as a signature of Hawking radiation from acoustic black holes
Alessio RecatiSerena FagnocchiIacopo CarusottoRoberto BalbinotAlessandro Fabbrisubject
PhysicsCondensed Matter::Quantum GasesBOSONSSonic black holeQuantum field theory in curved spacetimePhononAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsBlack holeGravitationCorrelation function (statistical mechanics)General Relativity and Quantum CosmologyHIERARCHYQuantum mechanicsQuantum electrodynamicsANALOGOUTPUT COUPLERSignature (topology)ATOM LASERHawking radiationdescription
We have used the analogy between gravitational systems and nonhomogeneous fluid flows to calculate the density-density correlation function of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of an acoustic black hole. The emission of correlated pairs of phonons by Hawking-like process results into a peculiar long-range density correlation. Quantitative estimations of the effect are provided for realistic experimental configurations.
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2008-08-19 |