Difference between revisions of "Quantum gases"

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Techniques for ultralow temperatures
- Sub-Doppler and Sub-Recoil cooling
- Magnetic trapping
  - Further reading: W. K., D.S. Durfee, D.M. Stamper-Kurn, Varenna Lecture Notes 1999, pp. 80-89
- Evaporative cooling
  - Further reading:: W. Ketterle and N.J. van Druten, Adv. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 37, 181-236 (1986). Relevant pages: pp. 181-193
  - Slides on magnetic trapping and evaporative cooling
Bose-Einstein condensation
- Further reading: Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases, C.J. Pethick and H. Smith, selected pages
- On Bogoliubov transformation and collective excitation: pp. 205-214
- On nonlinear Schrödinger equation: pp. 146-156
- On hydrodynamics: pp. 165-179
Mott insulator transition
Ultracold Fermi gases
- Slides on MI transition and BEC-BCS crossover in ultracold fermions

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+**      [http://cua.mit.edu/8.422/HANDOUTS/AMO%20class%20III.pdf Slides on MI transition and BEC-BCS crossover in ultracold fermions]