Cold atoms and molecules /

This book introduces the preparation, measurement and properties of ultra-cold atoms and molecules at a level accessible to advanced undergraduate students or for researchers approaching the subject from different specialities. Including a review of cooling techniques, the book focuses on the behavi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kajita, Masatoshi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]
Colección:IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.
Temas:
Atoms > Effect of low temperatures on.
Molecules > Effect of low temperatures on.
Low temperatures.
Atomic & molecular physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Gaseous atoms or molecules : what happens at ultra-low temperature?
  • 1.1. Why do gaseous atoms and molecules float?
  • 1.2. Is transition to liquid or solid phase always possible?
  • 1.3. Special characters of cold atoms and molecules in gaseous state
  • 2. Role of laser light to search the structure of atoms and molecules
  • 2.1. Fundamental of quantum mechanics
  • 2.2. Structure of the hydrogen atom
  • 2.3. Energy structures of diatomic molecules
  • 2.4. Search of energy structure of atoms and molecules using lasers
  • 3. Physics of cold atoms (neutral, ion)
  • 3.1. How can we get cold atoms?
  • 3.2. Atomic interferometry
  • 3.3. Cold atomic collision
  • 3.4. BEC and Fermi degeneracy
  • 3.5. Quantum entangled state
  • 3.6. Precise measurement of atomic transition frequencies
  • 3.7. BEC of positronium
  • 4. Physics of cold molecules?
  • 4.1. Difference of experimental technology between atoms and molecules
  • 4.2. Production of ultra-cold molecules bonding two ultra-cold atoms
  • 4.3. Deceleration of molecules
  • 4.4. Precise measurement of the molecular transition frequencies
  • 4.5. New physics from precise measurement of molecular transition frequencies
  • 4.6. Bose-Einstein condensation and Fermi degeneracy of molecules
  • 4.7. Chemical reaction of cold molecules
  • 5. Applications of cold atoms and molecules
  • 5.1. Quantum computer
  • 5.2. Precise measurement of position
  • 5.3. Measurement of the gravitational potential difference
  • 5.4. Contribution of atomic clocks for astronomy and very long baseline interferometry
  • 5.5. Establishment of a national standard time using atomic clocks with cold atoms
  • 5.6. Atomic magnetometer
  • 5.7. Chemical analysis of unknown materials
  • 6. Conclusion
  • 6.1. Conclusion.

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