Spontaneous symmetry breaking in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates
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M. Scherer,1 B. Lücke,1 J. Peise,1 O. Topic,1 G. Gebreyesus,2 F. Deuretzbacher,2 W. Ertmer,1 L. Santos,2 C. Klempt,1 and J. J. Arlt3 1Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 2Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 2, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 3QUANTOP, Danish National Research Foundation Center for Quantum Optics, Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, Aarhus Universitet, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark (Received 2 September 2013; published 19 November 2013)
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