Reduction and Emergence in Bose-Einstein Condensates
Richard Healey
TL;DR
This paper examines how Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) illustrate the concepts of reduction and emergence in physics, focusing on classical-quantum relations and spontaneous symmetry breaking.
Contribution
It offers a detailed analysis of proposed Gedanken-experiments on BECs to explore reduction and emergence in macroscopic quantum systems.
Findings
Insights into classical and quantum descriptions of BECs
Understanding of emergence of new properties via symmetry breaking
Clarification of reductionist perspectives in macroscopic quantum phenomena
Abstract
A closer look at some proposed Gedanken-experiments on BECs promises to shed light on several aspects of reduction and emergence in physics. These include the relations between classical descriptions and different quantum treatments of macroscopic systems, and the emergence of new properties and even new objects as a result of spontaneous symmetry breaking.
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