ADVANCES IN ATOMIC PHYSICS [[electronic resource] ] : AN OVERVIEW |
Autore | Cohen-Tannoudji Claude |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (794 p.) |
Disciplina | 539.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Guery-OdelinDavid |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear physics
Physics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Nuclear Physics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-35430-5
9786613555236 981-277-498-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Contents; 14. Trapping of particles; 15. Two-body interactions at low temperatures; Acknowledgments; 1. General introduction; Purpose of this book; Organization of the book; Part 1 - Advances in spectroscopy; Part 2 - Perturbations of atomic levels by light; Part 3 - Multiphoton processes; Part 4 - Control of atomic motion. Cooling and trapping; Part 5 - Ultracold interactions and their control; Part 6 - Atomic interferometry. Entangled states; Part 7 - Quantum gases; Part 8 - A few frontiers of atomic physics; 2. General background; 2.1 Introduction
2.2 The two interacting systems: atom and field2.2.1 External and internal atomic variables; 2.2.2 Classical versus quantum treatments of atomic variables; 2.2.3 Classical description of field variables; 2.2.4 Quantum description of field variables; 2.2.5 Atom-field interaction Hamiltonian in the long wavelength approximation; 2.2.6 Elementary interaction processes; 2.3 Basic conservation laws; 2.3.1 Conservation of the total linear momentum; (i) Case of free atoms; (ii) Case of atoms trapped in an external potential; 2.3.2 Conservation of the total angular momentum (i) Selection rules for the internal angular momentum(ii) Selection rules for the external angular momentum; 2.4 Two-level atom interacting with a coherent monochromatic field. The Rabi oscillation; 2.4.1 A simple case: magnetic resonance of a spin 1/2; 2.4.2 Extension to any two-level atomic system; 2.4.3 Perturbative limit; 2.4.4 Two physical pictures for Ramsey fringes; (i) Interference between two different paths; (ii) Interpretation in terms of linear superpositions of states; 2.5 Two-level atom interacting with a broadband field. Absorption and emission rates 2.5.1 Absorption rate deduced from a semiclassical treatment of the field2.5.2 Physical discussion. Relaxation time and correlation time; 2.5.3 Sketch of a quantum treatment of the absorption process; 2.5.4 Extension to spontaneous emission; 2.6 Two-level atom interacting with a coherent monochromatic field in the presence of damping; Light: a source of information on atoms; Introduction; 3. Optical methods; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Double resonance; 3.2.1 Principle of the method; 3.2.2 Predicted shape for the double resonance curve; 3.2.3 Experimental results 3.2.4 Interpretation of the Majorana reversal3.3 Optical pumping [Kastler (1950)]; 3.3.1 Principle of the method for a Jg = 1/2 Je = 1/2 transition; 3.3.2 Angular momentum balance; 3.3.3 Double role of light; 3.4 First experiments on optical pumping; 3.5 How can optical pumping polarize atomic nuclei?; 3.5.1 Using hyperfine coupling with polarized electronic spins; 3.5.2 First example: optical pumping experiments with mercury-199 atoms; 3.5.3 Second example: combining optical pumping with metastability exchange collisions for helium-3 3.5.4 A new application: magnetic resonance imaging of the lung cavities |
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Cohen-Tannoudji Claude
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Singapore, : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Advances in atomic physics [[electronic resource] ] : an overview |
Autore | Cohen-Tannoudji Claude |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (794 p.) |
Disciplina | 539.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Guery-OdelinDavid |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear physics
Physics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Nuclear Physics |
ISBN |
1-280-35430-5
9786613555236 981-277-498-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Contents; 14. Trapping of particles; 15. Two-body interactions at low temperatures; Acknowledgments; 1. General introduction; Purpose of this book; Organization of the book; Part 1 - Advances in spectroscopy; Part 2 - Perturbations of atomic levels by light; Part 3 - Multiphoton processes; Part 4 - Control of atomic motion. Cooling and trapping; Part 5 - Ultracold interactions and their control; Part 6 - Atomic interferometry. Entangled states; Part 7 - Quantum gases; Part 8 - A few frontiers of atomic physics; 2. General background; 2.1 Introduction
2.2 The two interacting systems: atom and field2.2.1 External and internal atomic variables; 2.2.2 Classical versus quantum treatments of atomic variables; 2.2.3 Classical description of field variables; 2.2.4 Quantum description of field variables; 2.2.5 Atom-field interaction Hamiltonian in the long wavelength approximation; 2.2.6 Elementary interaction processes; 2.3 Basic conservation laws; 2.3.1 Conservation of the total linear momentum; (i) Case of free atoms; (ii) Case of atoms trapped in an external potential; 2.3.2 Conservation of the total angular momentum (i) Selection rules for the internal angular momentum(ii) Selection rules for the external angular momentum; 2.4 Two-level atom interacting with a coherent monochromatic field. The Rabi oscillation; 2.4.1 A simple case: magnetic resonance of a spin 1/2; 2.4.2 Extension to any two-level atomic system; 2.4.3 Perturbative limit; 2.4.4 Two physical pictures for Ramsey fringes; (i) Interference between two different paths; (ii) Interpretation in terms of linear superpositions of states; 2.5 Two-level atom interacting with a broadband field. Absorption and emission rates 2.5.1 Absorption rate deduced from a semiclassical treatment of the field2.5.2 Physical discussion. Relaxation time and correlation time; 2.5.3 Sketch of a quantum treatment of the absorption process; 2.5.4 Extension to spontaneous emission; 2.6 Two-level atom interacting with a coherent monochromatic field in the presence of damping; Light: a source of information on atoms; Introduction; 3. Optical methods; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Double resonance; 3.2.1 Principle of the method; 3.2.2 Predicted shape for the double resonance curve; 3.2.3 Experimental results 3.2.4 Interpretation of the Majorana reversal3.3 Optical pumping [Kastler (1950)]; 3.3.1 Principle of the method for a Jg = 1/2 Je = 1/2 transition; 3.3.2 Angular momentum balance; 3.3.3 Double role of light; 3.4 First experiments on optical pumping; 3.5 How can optical pumping polarize atomic nuclei?; 3.5.1 Using hyperfine coupling with polarized electronic spins; 3.5.2 First example: optical pumping experiments with mercury-199 atoms; 3.5.3 Second example: combining optical pumping with metastability exchange collisions for helium-3 3.5.4 A new application: magnetic resonance imaging of the lung cavities |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778814003321 |
Cohen-Tannoudji Claude
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Singapore, : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Advances in atomic physics : an overview |
Autore | Cohen-Tannoudji Claude |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : World Scientific Publishing Company, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (794 pages) |
Disciplina | 539.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Guery-OdelinDavid |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear physics
Physics Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
ISBN |
1-280-35430-5
9786613555236 981-277-498-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Contents; 14. Trapping of particles; 15. Two-body interactions at low temperatures; Acknowledgments; 1. General introduction; Purpose of this book; Organization of the book; Part 1 - Advances in spectroscopy; Part 2 - Perturbations of atomic levels by light; Part 3 - Multiphoton processes; Part 4 - Control of atomic motion. Cooling and trapping; Part 5 - Ultracold interactions and their control; Part 6 - Atomic interferometry. Entangled states; Part 7 - Quantum gases; Part 8 - A few frontiers of atomic physics; 2. General background; 2.1 Introduction
2.2 The two interacting systems: atom and field2.2.1 External and internal atomic variables; 2.2.2 Classical versus quantum treatments of atomic variables; 2.2.3 Classical description of field variables; 2.2.4 Quantum description of field variables; 2.2.5 Atom-field interaction Hamiltonian in the long wavelength approximation; 2.2.6 Elementary interaction processes; 2.3 Basic conservation laws; 2.3.1 Conservation of the total linear momentum; (i) Case of free atoms; (ii) Case of atoms trapped in an external potential; 2.3.2 Conservation of the total angular momentum (i) Selection rules for the internal angular momentum(ii) Selection rules for the external angular momentum; 2.4 Two-level atom interacting with a coherent monochromatic field. The Rabi oscillation; 2.4.1 A simple case: magnetic resonance of a spin 1/2; 2.4.2 Extension to any two-level atomic system; 2.4.3 Perturbative limit; 2.4.4 Two physical pictures for Ramsey fringes; (i) Interference between two different paths; (ii) Interpretation in terms of linear superpositions of states; 2.5 Two-level atom interacting with a broadband field. Absorption and emission rates 2.5.1 Absorption rate deduced from a semiclassical treatment of the field2.5.2 Physical discussion. Relaxation time and correlation time; 2.5.3 Sketch of a quantum treatment of the absorption process; 2.5.4 Extension to spontaneous emission; 2.6 Two-level atom interacting with a coherent monochromatic field in the presence of damping; Light: a source of information on atoms; Introduction; 3. Optical methods; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Double resonance; 3.2.1 Principle of the method; 3.2.2 Predicted shape for the double resonance curve; 3.2.3 Experimental results 3.2.4 Interpretation of the Majorana reversal3.3 Optical pumping [Kastler (1950)]; 3.3.1 Principle of the method for a Jg = 1/2 Je = 1/2 transition; 3.3.2 Angular momentum balance; 3.3.3 Double role of light; 3.4 First experiments on optical pumping; 3.5 How can optical pumping polarize atomic nuclei?; 3.5.1 Using hyperfine coupling with polarized electronic spins; 3.5.2 First example: optical pumping experiments with mercury-199 atoms; 3.5.3 Second example: combining optical pumping with metastability exchange collisions for helium-3 3.5.4 A new application: magnetic resonance imaging of the lung cavities |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821091103321 |
Cohen-Tannoudji Claude
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Singapore : , : World Scientific Publishing Company, , 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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