Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
Subtitle: simulating quantum many-body systems
By: Maciej Lewenstein, Anna Sanpera and Verònica Ahufiniger
Contributors: Sanpera, Anna; Ahufinger, Verònica
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9780199573127
Subjects: Quantum theory; Quantum optics; Optical lattices; Many-body problem
Other titles: Simulating quantum many-body systems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-470) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Statistical physics of condensed matter: basic concepts; title: 3. Ultracold gases in optical lattices: basic concepts; title: 4. Quantum simulators of condensed matter; title: 5. Bose-Hubbard models: methods of treatment; title: 6. Fermi and Fermi-Bose Hubbard models: methods of treatment; title: 7. Ultracold spinor atomic gases; title: 8. Ultracold dipolar gases; title: 9. Disordered ultracold atomic gases; title: 10. Frustrated ultracold atom systems; title: 11. Ultracold atomic gases in 'artificial' gauge fields; title: 12. Many-body physics from a quantum information perspective; title: 13. Quantum information with lattice gases; title: 14. Detection of quantum systems realized with ultracold atoms; title: 15. Perspectives: beyond standard optical lattices.