Physics of ultra-cold matter atomic clouds, Bose Einstein condensates and Rydberg plasmas J.T. Mendonça, Hugo Terças

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendonça, J. T. (José Tito)

Contributor:

Terças, Hugo

Series:

Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laser cooling.

Ultracold neutrons.

Physics.

physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York London Springer 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The advent of laser cooling of atoms led to the discovery of ultra-cold matter, with temperatures below liquid Helium, which displays a variety of new physical phenomena. Physics of Ultra-Cold Matter gives an overview of this recent area of science, with a discussion of its main results and a description of its theoretical concepts and methods. Ultra-cold matter can be considered in three distinct phases: ultra-cold gas, Bose Einstein condensate, and Rydberg plasmas. This book gives an integrated view of this new area of science at the frontier between atomic physics, condensed matter, and plasma physics. It describes these three distinct phases while exploring the differences, as well as the sometimes unexpected similarities, of their respective theoretical methods. This book is an informative guide for researchers, and the benefits are a result from an integrated view of a very broad area of research, which is limited in previous books about this subject. The main unifying tool explored in this book is the wave kinetic theory based on Wigner functions. Other theoretical approaches, eventually more familiar to the reader, are also given for extension and comparison. The book considers laser cooling techniques, atom-atom interactions, and focuses on the elementary excitations and collective oscillations in atomic clouds, Bose-Einstein condensates, and Rydberg plasmas. Linear and nonlinear processes are considered, including Landau damping, soliton excitation and vortices. Atomic interferometers and quantum coherence are also included

Contents:

Part 1. Atomic clouds Laser Cooling Wave Kinetic Approach Atomic Clouds Waves and Oscillations in Clouds Photons in the Ultra-cold Gas Introduction

Part 2. The Physics of Bose-Einstein Condensates Bose Einstein Condensates Elementary Excitations in BECs Solitons Quantum Field Theory of BECs Superfluidity Rotating BECs Quantum Coherence

Part 3. The Physics of Ultracold Plasmas Ultra-cold Plasmas Physics of Rydberg Plasmas Waves in Rydberg Plasmas Kinetic Theory of Waves Conclusions

Notes:

Print version record

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version Mendonça, J.T. (José Tito). Physics of ultra-cold matter

ISBN:

9781461454137

1461454131

1461454123

9781461454120

1283911388

9781283911382

OCLC:

819548782

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