title: Mesoscopic superpositions of vibronic collective states of N trapped ions.
abstract: We propose a scalable procedure to generate superpositions of motional coherent states and also entangled vibronic states in N trapped ions. Beyond their fundamental importance, these states may be of interest for quantum information processing and may be used in experimental studies on decoherence.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solano
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: de Matos Filho
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zagury