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* [[Techniques for cooling to ultralow temperatures]]
 
* [[Techniques for cooling to ultralow temperatures]]
 
** Magnetic trapping and evaporative cooling (2009 [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/9/98/Magnetic_trappping_and_evaporative_cooling.pdf Class notes])
 
** Magnetic trapping and evaporative cooling (2009 [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/9/98/Magnetic_trappping_and_evaporative_cooling.pdf Class notes])
* Ultracold Bosons
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* [[Ultracold Bosons]]
 
** 2009 [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/a/a6/AMO_class_BEC_09-05-04_short.pdf Class notes]
 
** 2009 [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/a/a6/AMO_class_BEC_09-05-04_short.pdf Class notes]
 
** Further reading:  Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases, C.J. Pethick and H. Smith, selected pages
 
** Further reading:  Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases, C.J. Pethick and H. Smith, selected pages
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***            On hydrodynamics:  [http://cua.mit.edu/8.422/HANDOUTS/BECinDiluteGases165-179.pdf pp. 165-179]
 
***            On hydrodynamics:  [http://cua.mit.edu/8.422/HANDOUTS/BECinDiluteGases165-179.pdf pp. 165-179]
 
** Superlfuid to Mott insulator transition:  [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/b/b9/PRA_Stoof_MI_e053601.pdf Original paper on analytic decoupling solution]
 
** Superlfuid to Mott insulator transition:  [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/b/b9/PRA_Stoof_MI_e053601.pdf Original paper on analytic decoupling solution]
* [[Superfluid to Mott insulator transition]]
 
 
 
* Ultracold Fermi gases  
 
* Ultracold Fermi gases  
 
** 2009 [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/3/31/AMO_Fermions_2009.pdf Class notes]
 
** 2009 [https://cua-admin.mit.edu:8443/wiki/images/3/31/AMO_Fermions_2009.pdf Class notes]

Revision as of 12:54, 7 May 2009

In this chapter, we discuss the three paradigmatic accomplishment of the field of cold atoms: Bose-Einstein condensation, the superfluid to Mott insulator transition, and superfluid Fermi gases., These are three current frontiers of research, all made possible by the combination of laser cooling and evaporative cooling. In the first section of this chapter, we present evaporative cooling and magnetic trapping, the two key techniques to achieve the nanokelvin temperature range (although more recently, evaporative cooling in optical traps has been used).

We hope that in the near future, we can add another section to this chapter, the study of magnetism in spin systems, realized with ultracold bosons and fermions. This goal is currently pursued in several labs.