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Atomic physics : precise measurements and ultracold matter /
This book illustrates the history of Atomic Physics and shows how its most recent advances allow the possibility of performing precise measurements and achieving an accurate control on the atomic state. Written in an introductory style, this book is addressed to advanced undergraduate and graduate s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 2.3 Laser cooling2.3.1 Radiation pressure; 2.3.2 Atomic beam deceleration; 2.3.3 Doppler cooling; 2.3.4 Sub-Doppler cooling; 2.3.5 Magneto-optical traps; 2.3.6 Laser cooling in multi-level atoms; 2.4 Laser-cooled atomic clocks; 2.4.1 Improving atomic fountain clocks; 2.5 Atom interferometry; 2.5.1 Gravity measurements; 2.5.2 Interferometers for inertial forces; 3 Bose-Einstein condensation; 3.1 Experimental techniques; 3.1.1 Magnetic traps; 3.1.2 Evaporative cooling; 3.1.3 Sympathetic cooling; 3.1.4 Atom-atom interactions and Feshbach resonances; 3.1.5 Imaging ultracold atoms
- 3.2 Bose-Einstein condensates3.2.1 BEC transition; 3.2.2 BEC excitations; 3.2.3 Superuidity; 3.2.4 Phase coherence; 3.2.5 BEC for precision measurements; 3.2.6 Interferometry with BECs; 3.3 Fermi gases; 3.3.1 Fermionic superuidity; 3.4 Non-alkali BECs; 3.4.1 Hydrogen; 3.4.2 Two-electron atoms; 3.4.3 Dipolar atoms; 3.5 Cold molecules; 3.5.1 Cooling molecules; 3.5.2 Quantum gases with dipolar interaction; 3.5.3 Tests of fundamental physics; 4 Helium; 4.1 The helium spectrum; 4.1.1 Helium laser spectroscopy; 4.2 Helium fine structure; 4.2.1 Microwave measurements; 4.2.2 Optical measurements
- 5.3.2 Sub-Hz lasers5.4 Trapped ions; 5.4.1 Ion traps; 5.4.2 Ion cooling; 5.5 Ion clocks; 5.5.1 General relativity tests; 5.5.2 Stability of fundamental constants; 6 Optical lattices and precise measurements; 6.1 Quantum transport in periodic potentials; 6.1.1 Bloch theorem and energy bands; 6.1.2 Dynamics of a Bloch wavepacket; 6.1.3 Bloch oscillations; 6.1.4 Josephson picture of the tight-binding limit; 6.2 Optical lattices; 6.3 Experiments with cold atoms; 6.3.1 Observation of Bloch oscillations; 6.3.2 Measurement of h/m with optical lattices; 6.3.3 Large-area atom interferometers