LEADER 03625nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910438116503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-91138-8 010 $a1-4614-5413-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-5413-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000308633 035 $a(EBL)1081914 035 $a(OCoLC)819548782 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000811606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11495125 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10850512 035 $a(PQKB)11723643 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-5413-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1081914 035 $a(PPN)168302969 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000308633 100 $a20121215d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPhysics of ultra-cold matter $eatomic clouds, Bose Einstein condensates and Rydberg plasmas /$fJ.T. Mendonca, Hugo Tercas 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 225 0$aSpringer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics,$x1615-5653 ;$v70 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4899-8761-4 311 $a1-4614-5412-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. I. Atomic clouds -- pt. II. The physics of Bose-Einstein condensates -- pt. III. The physics of ultracold plasmas. 330 $aThe advent of laser cooling of atoms led to the discovery of ultra-cold matter, with temperatures below liquid Helium, which displays a variety of new physical phenomena. Physics of Ultra-Cold Matter gives an overview of this recent area of science, with a discussion of its main results and a description of its theoretical concepts and methods. Ultra-cold matter can be considered in three distinct phases: ultra-cold gas, Bose Einstein condensate, and Rydberg plasmas. This book gives an integrated view of this new area of science at the frontier between atomic physics, condensed matter, and plasma physics. It describes these three distinct phases while exploring the differences, as well as the sometimes unexpected similarities, of their respective theoretical methods. This book is an informative guide for researchers, and the benefits are a result from an integrated view of a very broad area of research, which is limited in previous books about this subject. The main unifying tool explored in this book is the wave kinetic theory based on Wigner functions. Other theoretical approaches, eventually more familiar to the reader, are also given for extension and comparison. The book considers laser cooling techniques, atom-atom interactions, and focuses on the elementary excitations and collective oscillations in atomic clouds, Bose-Einstein condensates, and Rydberg plasmas. Linear and nonlinear processes are considered, including Landau damping, soliton excitation and vortices. Atomic interferometers and quantum coherence are also included. 410 0$aSpringer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics,$x1615-5653 ;$v70 606 $aCold gases 606 $aBose-Einstein condensation 606 $aRydberg states 615 0$aCold gases. 615 0$aBose-Einstein condensation. 615 0$aRydberg states. 676 $a530.4 700 $aMendonca$b J. T$01758209 701 $aTercas$b Hugo$01758210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438116503321 996 $aPhysics of ultra-cold matter$94196367 997 $aUNINA