Strictly nonclassical behavior of a mesoscopic system

We experimentally demonstrate the strictly nonclassical behavior in a many-atom system using a recently derived criterion [E. Kot et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 233601 (2012)] that explicitly does not make use of quantum mechanics. We thereby show that the magnetic-moment distribution measured by McC...

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Main Authors: Sørensen, Anders S. (Author), Hu, Jiazhong (Contributor), Vendeiro, Zachary Michael (Contributor), Chen, Wenlan (Contributor), Zhang, Hao (Contributor), McConnell, Robert P. (Contributor), Vuletic, Vladan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2017-03-22T14:47:37Z.
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520 |a We experimentally demonstrate the strictly nonclassical behavior in a many-atom system using a recently derived criterion [E. Kot et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 233601 (2012)] that explicitly does not make use of quantum mechanics. We thereby show that the magnetic-moment distribution measured by McConnell et al. [Nature (London) 519, 439 (2015)] in a system with a total mass of 2.6×10[superscript 5] atomic mass units is inconsistent with classical physics. Notably, the strictly nonclassical behavior affects an area in phase space 10[superscript 3] times larger than the Planck quantum ℏ. 
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520 |a United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
520 |a United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative 
520 |a United States. Army Research Office. Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative 
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