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Introduction and Background Physics

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In this chapter we outline the central arguments and themes of this thesis. Specifically, we briefly discuss the well-known EPR paradox and the related Bell inequalities. The remainder of the chapter is devoted to an introduction to the key physical systems and theoretical techniques used in this thesis. In particular, we briefly cover the physical processes of spontaneous four-wave mixing and spin-changing collisions in (spinor) Bose-Einstein condensates. We also discuss the Wigner and positive P phase-space representation of quantum mechanics and give a detailed discussion of how these representations can be used to stochastically simulate large multi-mode quantum systems.

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Lewis-Swan, R.J. (2016). Introduction and Background Physics. In: Ultracold Atoms for Foundational Tests of Quantum Mechanics. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41048-7_1

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