Phase transitions, entanglement and quantum noise interferometry in cold atoms

Florian Mintert,1, 2, 3 Ana Maria Rey,3 Indubala I. Satija,4, 5 and Charles W. Clark6 1 Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA 2 Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, Freiburg, Germany 3 Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA 4 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 5 Department of Physics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA 6 Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA