Violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality for dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential
Violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality challenges classical realism and noninvasive measurement and is often associated with Schr"odinger's cat-like phenomena. Using this framework, the authors show that Josephson oscillations of a Bose-Einstein condensate, well described by the semi-classical Gross-Pitaevskii equation, deviate from macrorealism, while self-trapping does not. Remarkably, in experimentally accessible parameter regimes, the Leggett-Garg inequality remains violated.
Authors
- Shunji Tsuchiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9998-7688)
- Tsubasa Sakamoto
- Ryosuke Yoshii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4246-7673)
Institutions
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- Sanyo-Onoda City University (JP)
- Chuo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.111.l021302
- Primary Topic
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science