| Intr To Ultracold Atomic Phys - 15369 - PHYS 57000 - 014 |
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Associated Term: Fall 2015
Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional West Lafayette Campus Lecture Schedule Type Learning Outcomes: This course contains an introduction to modern atomic physics and selected research topics with ultracold atomic and molecular gases. We will cover atomic structure, atom-field interactions, cold collisions, as well as laser cooling and trapping techniques, which pave the road toward making, manipulating, and probing quantum degenerate Bose/Fermi gases and ultracold molecules. More advanced topics such as many-body physics with ultracold gases and optical lattices, physics in low dimensions, phase transitions and critical phenomena, exotic quantum phases and topological quantum matter will be covered. Required Materials: Recommended textbooks (optional): 1. Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases, C.J. Pethnick and H. Smith 2. Ultracold bose and fermi gases Edited by Kathryn Levin, Alexander L. Fetter and Dan M. Stamper-Kurn (full online access) 3. Quantum Gas Experiments - Exploring Many-Body States Edited by: Päivi Törmä, Klaus Sengstock (Reviews on most recent quantum gas experiments) Technical Requirements: Quantum mechanics, E & M View Catalog Entry
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