Cold Atoms and Molecules

PRELIMS.pdf
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Author biography
		Masatoshi Kajita
CH001.pdf
	Chapter 1 Gaseous atoms or molecules: what happens at ultra-low temperature?
		1.1 Why do gaseous atoms and molecules float?
		1.2 Is transition to liquid or solid phase always possible?
		1.3 Special characters of cold atoms and molecules in gaseous state
			1.3.1 Precise measurement of transition frequencies using cold atoms and molecules
			1.3.2 Character of a wave
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CH002.pdf
	Chapter 2 Role of laser light to search the structure of atoms and molecules
		2.1 Fundamental of quantum mechanics
		2.2 Structure of the hydrogen atom
		2.3 Energy structures of diatomic molecules
		2.4 Search of energy structure of atoms and molecules using lasers
			2.4.1 Fundamental of lasers
			2.4.2 Laser spectroscopy
			2.4.3 Measurement of light frequency using a frequency comb
			2.4.4 Precise measurement of H 1s–2s transition frequency
			2.4.5 Wavelength of laser light as the length standard
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CH003.pdf
	Chapter 3 Physics of cold atoms (neutral, ion)
		3.1 How can we get cold atoms?
			3.1.1 Doppler laser cooling
			3.1.2 Other laser cooling to get lower kinetic energy than Doppler limit
			3.1.3 Evaporative cooling
		3.2 Atomic interferometry
		3.3 Cold atomic collision
		3.4 BEC and Fermi degeneracy
		3.5 Quantum entangled state
		3.6 Precise measurement of atomic transition frequencies
			3.6.1 Measurement of Cs hyperfine transition frequency
			3.6.2 Measurement of atomic transition frequencies in the optical region
			3.6.3 Search of the variation in the fine structure constant
			3.6.4 Confirmation of the gravitational red shift
			3.6.5 Confirmation of the CPT symmetry
			3.6.6 Confirmation of quantum electrodynamics using highly charged ion
		3.7 BEC of positronium
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CH004.pdf
	Chapter 4 Physics of cold molecules?
		4.1 Difference of experimental technology between atoms and molecules
		4.2 Production of ultra-cold molecules bonding two ultra-cold atoms
			4.2.1 Photo-association
			4.2.2 Feshbach resonance
		4.3 Deceleration of molecules
			4.3.1 Buffer gas cooling
			4.3.2 Filtering slow molecules
			4.3.3 Stark deceleration
			4.3.4 Laser cooling
			4.3.5 Evaporative cooling
			4.3.6 Sympathetic cooling
			4.3.7 Optoelectrical Sisyphus cooling
		4.4 Precise measurement of the molecular transition frequencies
		4.5 New physics from precise measurement of molecular transition frequencies
			4.5.1 Search for the variation in the proton-to-electron mass ratio
			4.5.2 Search for the gravitational effect at the micro-scale
			4.5.3 Search of the electric dipole moment of electron (eEDM)
			4.5.4 Symmetry violation of chiral molecules
		4.6 Bose–Einstein condensation and Fermi degeneracy of molecules
		4.7 Chemical reaction of cold molecules
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CH005.pdf
	Chapter 5 Applications of cold atoms and molecules
		5.1 Quantum computer
		5.2 Precise measurement of position
		5.3 Measurement of the gravitational potential difference
		5.4 Contribution of atomic clocks for astronomy and very long baseline interferometry
		5.5 Establishment of a national standard time using atomic clocks with cold atoms
		5.6 Atomic magnetometer
		5.7 Chemical analysis of unknown materials
		References
CH006.pdf
	Chapter 6 Conclusion
		6.1 Conclusion
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