2002, Vol.5, No.4, pp.349-355
The concept of off-diagonal long range order (ODLRO), basic to superfluidity, is
commonly formulated as the spatial long-range coherence in a
static correlation function involving only thermostatic
susceptibilities. Here we examine the corresponding dynamical
problem: to what extent is long-range coherence in time also
present in superfluids?
It is a pleasure to dedicate this paper to Hermann Haken whose
contagious fascination with - and fundamental contributions to -
the problem of dynamical phase coherence in lasers in the 1960's
launched and deeply influenced me on my own scientific
trajectory
Key words:
Bose-Einstein condensation, phase-fluctuations,
off-diagonal long range order
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