Masatoshi Kajita

Cold Atoms and Molecules (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, atoms and molecules reveal their underlying wave-like nature as the laws of classical physics are replaced by those of quantum mechanics. Research into theoretical and experimental methods for cooling atomic and molecular species to sub-millikelvin temperatures and the applications of these systems has become a multidisciplinary frontier of research encompassing atomic physics, quantum optics, condensed matter physics, statistical mechanics, and quantum information processing. Cold molecules and gases not only promise to provide highly controllable systems, which aid the investigation of some outstanding problems in conventional physics, but also to create opportunities to pursue fundamental new physics, which might previously have seemed very challenging or even impossible. Applications of ultracold molecules and gases range from quantum computers, and quantum simulators to ultra-high-precision atomic clocks and quantum metrology.

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 behaviour and applications of both ultra-cold atoms and molecules, where the measurement uncertainties of transition frequencies are reduced drastically, allowing great steps in the development of the new fields in physics and technology.

Simplified, largely quantitative explanations are given minimizing the need for complicated equations, making the work accessible to a broad range of technically literate readers. Appendices provide more detailed explanations with mathematical descriptions of some key themes. Readers of this book should develop an understanding of the techniques used to cool, trap, manipulate and perform measurements on ultra-cold atoms and molecules, as well as how such systems are in being used in a range of exciting areas of modern physics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 135
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750334150
• Artikelnr.: 59612291

Autorenporträt

Masatoshi Kajita was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Tokyo in 1981 and obtained his PhD from the same institution in 1986. After working at the Institute for Molecular Science, he joined Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) in 1989. In 2004, the CRL was renamed the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). In 2009, he was guest professor at the Provence Université, Marseille, France.