Module 1: Atomic and molecular physics, 10 lectures, Ben Sauer Collision physics at low temperature,...
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Module 1: Atomic and molecular physics, 10 lectures, Ben SauerCollision physics at low temperature, 4 lectures, Misha Ivanov
Module 2:Laser cooling and trapping of neutrals, 8 lectures, Ed HindsCold molecules, 7 lectures, Mike Tarbutt
Review of hydrogen • gross structure• fine structure and perturbation theory• hyperfine structure
Structure of helium• central fields• direct and exchange integrals
Angular momentum• symmetry and transformation• rotations and angular momentum• addition of angular momentum• spherical tensors and Wigner-Eckart theorem• transitions
Atomic and molecular physics
Why bother? Rb: a two level atom
Doppler broadened
Doppler free
Textbooks
David J. Griffiths, Introduction to quantum mechanics, 2nd edition, 2005.Cohen-Tannoudji, Die, Laloë, Quantum mechanics (2 volumes, 1500 pages)Sakurai, Modern quantum mechanicsMerzbacher, Quantum mechanics
Woodgate, Elementary atomic structure
Zare, Angular momentumEdmonds, Angular momentum in quantum mechanicsWeissbluth, Atoms and molecules
