Quantum gas experiments
Subtitle: exploring many-body states
By: editors, Päivi Törmä (Aalto University, Finland), Klaus Sengstock (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Series: Cold atoms -- vol. 3; Cold atoms -- v. 3.
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781783264742
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Cold gases; Quantum theory; Many-body problem
Description: "Quantum phenomena of many-particle systems are fascinating in their complexity and are consequently not fully understood and largely untapped in terms of practical applications. Ultracold gases provide a unique platform to build up model systems of quantum many-body physics with highly controlled microscopic constituents. In this way, many-body quantum phenomena can be investigated with an unprecedented level of precision, and control and models that cannot be solved with present day computers may be studied using ultracold gases as a quantum simulator. This book addresses the need for a comprehensive description of the most important advanced experimental methods and techniques that have been developed along with the theoretical framework in a clear and applicable format. The focus is on methods that are especially crucial in probing and understanding the many-body nature of the quantum phenomena in ultracold gases and most topics are covered both from a theoretical and experimental viewpoint, with interrelated chapters written by experts from both sides of research. Graduate students and post-doctoral researches working on ultracold gases will benefit from this book, as well as researchers from other fields who wish to gain an overview of the recent fascinating developments in this very dynamically evolving field. Sufficient level of both detailed high level research and a pedagogical approach is maintained throughout the book so as to be of value to those entering the field as well as advanced researchers. Furthermore, both experimentalists and theorists will benefit from the book; close collaboration between the two are continuously driving the field to a very high level and will be strengthened to continue the important progress yet to be made in the field."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Making an ultracold gas / D. Jervis and J.H. Thywissen; title: Quantum gases in optical lattices / P. Barmettler and C. Kollath; title: Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases / S. Kokkelmans; title: Specific optical lattices / P. Windpassinger and K. Sengstock; title: In situ imaging of atomic quantum gases / C.-L. Hung and C. Chin; title: Fluorescence imaging of quantum gases / C. Weitenberg; title: Quantum noise correlation experiments with ultracold atoms / S. Fölling; title: The BCS-BEC crossover / M.M. Parish; title: Spectroscopies; title: theory / P. Törmä; title: Spectroscopic tools for experiments with ultracold fermions in optical lattices / L. Tarruell; title: Hybrid quantum systems of atoms and ions / C. Sias and M. Köhl; title: Dipolar gases; title: theory / L. Santos; title: Dipolar gases; title: experiment / E.A.L. Henn, J. Billy, and T. Pfau.