ADVANCES IN ATOMIC PHYSICS: AN OVERVIEW - Softcover

Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude; Guery-Odelin, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9812774971 ISBN 13: 9789812774972

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011

Synopsis

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the spectacular advances seen in atomic physics during the last 50 years. The authors explain how such progress was possible by highlighting connections between developments that occurred at different times. They discuss the new perspectives and the new research fields that look promising. The emphasis is placed, not on detailed calculations, but rather on physical ideas. Combining both theoretical and experimental considerations, the book will be of interest to a wide range of students, teachers and researchers in quantum and atomic physics.

About this title

About the Author:

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji was born in 1933. He is honorary Professor of Atomic and Molecular Physics at the Collège de France in Paris. With his collaborators he has written 4 books on Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Electrodynamics, Quantum Optics, Lévy Statistics and about 200 theoretical and experimental papers on various problems of atomic physics. He is a member or a foreign associate of several other Academies in the world. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Phillips, for his work on the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.

David Guery-Odelin is an atomic physicist with research interests in cold atom manipulation, atom lasers and superfluidity. After graduating from ENS (Paris), he received his Ph.D. from the physics department under the supervision of Professor Jean Dalibard for work on Bose- Einstein condensation of alkali atoms. He is currently professor at University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France) and is a member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Review:

The single volume constitutes a guide, a handbook, a textbook, and an encyclopedia of atomic physics. Throughout, the voice of Claude Cohen-Tannoudji - whose own contributions were seminal to this transformation - rings through with the elegance and transparency that rank him as among the great teachers of our time. -- Daniel Kleppner "Center for Ultracold Atoms, MIT"

This book describes the breathtaking advances of atomic physics during the last decades. The authors have played a major role in these developments and describe them with unique lucidity. -- Wolfgang Ketterle "MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms"

I think that this book will be of high value for the scientific community involved in atomic physics and in general for students and researchers interested in the last applications of quantum physics, both from an experimental and theoretical perspective. -- Sandro Stringari "CNR-INO Center on Bose-Einstein Condensation, University of Trento, Italy"

For young students just beginning an education in atomic physics to experienced researchers like myself who have lived through many of the exciting and still ongoing developments recounted here, and for all those in between, this book presents an inviting feast. Bon app tit! -- William D Phillips "Nobel Laureate, 1997, University of Maryland"

It is a most-interesting collection of topics organized in a unique and interesting way. -- Steve Harris "Stanford University"

French Nobel Laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is second to none in his understanding of the modern theory and application of atom-photon interactions. He is also known for his lucid and accessible writing style. Advances in Atomic Physics is an impressive and wonderful-to-read reference text. -- Jook Walraven "University of Amsterdam"

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9812774971
• ISBN 13: 9789812774972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 796