Why a condensate can be thought of as having a definite phase

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We present an argument for assigning a definite phase to an assembly of Bose-Einstein Condensed atoms. This relies on the demonstration that a coherent state of the condensed system is a robust state in the presence of interactions between the condensate and its environment.

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Barnett, S. M., Burnett, K., & Vaccaro, J. A. (1996). Why a condensate can be thought of as having a definite phase. Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 101(4), 593–600. https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.101.059

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