Non-equilibrium scale invariance and shortcuts to adiabaticity in a one-dimensional Bose gas

W Rohringer1, D Fischer1, F Steiner1

  • 1Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria.

Scientific Reports
|April 14, 2015
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