Norman Hascoe Distinguished Lecture Series
Mark
Raizen
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and and Department of Physics,
The University of Texas at Austin
Comprehensive
Control of Atomic and Molecular Motion
The method of laser cooling has opened the door to low temperature physics of dilute gases. Despite the great success of this method, it has been limited to a small set of atoms in the periodic table. I will describe in this talk new approaches to trapping of atoms and molecules that do not require lasers and are hence applicable to most atoms. I will then describe how the trapped atoms can be further cooled in an experimental realization of Maxwell's demon. Applications of these methods to fundamental physics and chemistry will be described.
| What | Norman Hascoe Distinguished Lecture Series |
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| When |
2008-04-21 16:00
2008-04-21 17:00
2008-04-21 from 16:00 to 17:00 |
| Where | Gant Science Complex, Physics Building, Room P038 |
| Note | Refreshments will follow in the Gant Complex, Physics Library, Room P-103 |
| Contact | R. Cote |
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