Current Trends in Atomic Physics

Edited by Antoine Browaeys, Thierry Lahaye, Trey Porto, Charles S. Adams, Matthias Weidemuller, and Leticia F. Cugliandolo

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School

Presents latest developments and current trends in atomic physics by leading scholars in the field
Revisits atomic physics thirty years after landmark Les Houches session on atomic physics in 1990
Sheds light on open questions in diverse areas including condensed matter physics, high energy physics, chemistry and ultra-fast phenomena
Offers broad perspective on the field to show how atomic physics interconnects with other areas of physics
Highlights connections between atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics and solid-state systems
Explores many other facets of atomic physics, including high- precision instruments, connections between atomic physics and chemistry, and quantum simulation of condensed-matter systems using the tools of atomic physics

Current Trends in Atomic Physics

Edited by Antoine Browaeys, Thierry Lahaye, Trey Porto, Charles S. Adams, Matthias Weidemuller, and Leticia F. Cugliandolo

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School

Description

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at Session CVII of the summer school in physics, entitled "Current Trends in Atomic Physics" and held in July, 2016 in Les Houches, France.

Atomic physics provides a paradigm for exploring few-body quantum systems with unparalleled control. In recent years, this ability has been applied in diverse areas including condensed matter physics, high energy physics, chemistry and ultra-fast phenomena as well as foundational aspects of quantum physics. This book addresses these topics by presenting developments and current trends via a series of tutorials and lectures presented by international leading investigators.

Current Trends in Atomic Physics

Edited by Antoine Browaeys, Thierry Lahaye, Trey Porto, Charles S. Adams, Matthias Weidemuller, and Leticia F. Cugliandolo

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School

1. Quantum optics with diamond color centers coupled to nanophotonic devices, M. D. Lukin
2. Searches for new, massive particles with AMO experiments, D. DeMille
3. Molecular-physics aspects of cold chemistry, F. Merkt
4. Frequency Combs and precision spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen, T. Udem
5. Collective effects in Quantum systems, T. Giamarchi
6. Macroscopic scale atom interferometers, M. A. Kasevich
7. Quantum jumps, Borns's rule, and objective classical reality vs.quantum Darwinism, W. H. Zurek
8. Generation of high-order harmonics and attosecond pulses, L'Huillier
9. Ultrafast electron dynamics as a route to explore chemical processes, A. I. Kuleff
10. Matter-wave physics with nanoparticles and biomolecules, M. Arndt
11. Schrodinger Cat States in Circuit QED, S. M. Girvin
12. Hanbury Brown and Twiss, Hong Ou and Mandel effects and other landmarks in quantum optics, A. Aspect

Current Trends in Atomic Physics

Edited by Antoine Browaeys, Thierry Lahaye, Trey Porto, Charles S. Adams, Matthias Weidemuller, and Leticia F. Cugliandolo

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School

Author Information

Antoine Browaeys, Senior Researcher at CNRS an Director of Research, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, France,Thierry Lahaye, CNRS Researcher, Institut d'Optique, France,Trey Porto, Adjunct Professor, Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland, USA,Charles S. Adams, Professor, Durham University and Joint Quantum Center, United Kingdom,Matthias Weidemuller, Dean, Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg, Germany,Leticia F. Cugliandolo, Professor, Sorbonne Universite, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies, France

Antoine Browaeys is Senior Researcher at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, Universite Paris Saclay, in Palaiseau, France.

Thierry Lahaye is a researcher at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institute d'Optique, Universite Paris Saclay, in Palaiseau, France.

Trey Porto is an adjunct professor at the Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, USA.

Charles S. Adams is a professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University and the Joint Quantum Center, in Durham, United Kingdom.

Matthias Weidemuller, is Dean and a professor at the Physikalisches Institut, University of Heidelberg, in Heidelberg, Germany.

Leticia F. Cugliandolo is a professor at the Sorbonne University Laboratory of Theoretical and High Energy Physics in Paris, France.