Cold and ultracold collisions in quantum microscopic and mesoscopic systems

John Weiner

228 pages, parution le 10/12/2003

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Résumé

Cold and ultracold collisions occupy a strategic position at the intersection of several powerful themes of current research in chemical physics, in atomic, molecular and optical physics, and even in condensed matter. The nature of these collisions has important consequences for optical manipulation of inelastic and reactive processes, precision measurement of molecular and atomic properties, matter-wave coherences and quantum-statistical condensates of dilute, weakly interacting atoms. This crucial position explains the wide interest and explosive growth of the field since its inception in 1987. The author reviews elements of the quantum theory of scattering theory, collisions taking place in the presence of one or more light fields, and collisions in the dark, below the photon recoil limit imposed by the presence of any light field. Finally, it reviews the essential properties of these mesoscopic quantum systems, and describes the key importance of the scattering length to condensate stability.

General introduction
Introduction to cold collision theory
Experimental methods of cold collisions
Inelastic exoergic collisions in MOTS
Photoassociation spectroscopy
Optical shielding and suppression
Ground-state collisions
References
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	John Weiner
Parution	10/12/2003
Nb. de pages	228
Format	17,5 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	655g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521781213
ISBN13	978-0-521-78121-3