03625nam 2200637 a 450 991043811650332120200520144314.01-283-91138-81-4614-5413-110.1007/978-1-4614-5413-7(CKB)2670000000308633(EBL)1081914(OCoLC)819548782(SSID)ssj0000811606(PQKBManifestationID)11495125(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811606(PQKBWorkID)10850512(PQKB)11723643(DE-He213)978-1-4614-5413-7(MiAaPQ)EBC1081914(PPN)168302969(EXLCZ)99267000000030863320121215d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhysics of ultra-cold matter atomic clouds, Bose Einstein condensates and Rydberg plasmas /J.T. Mendonca, Hugo Tercas1st ed. 2013.New York Springer20131 online resource (410 p.)Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics,1615-5653 ;70Description based upon print version of record.1-4899-8761-4 1-4614-5412-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Atomic clouds -- pt. II. The physics of Bose-Einstein condensates -- pt. III. The physics of ultracold plasmas.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.Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics,1615-5653 ;70Cold gasesBose-Einstein condensationRydberg statesCold gases.Bose-Einstein condensation.Rydberg states.530.4Mendonca J. T1758209Tercas Hugo1758210MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910438116503321Physics of ultra-cold matter4196367UNINA