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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2009
      December 2003
      ISBN:
      9780511535215
      9780521781213
      9780521036931
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535215
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.57kg, 230 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.381kg, 232 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Optics, Optoelectronics and Photonics, Physics and Astronomy, Atomic Physics, Molecular Physics and Chemical Physics
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    Cold and ultracold collisions occupy a strategic position at the intersection of several powerful themes of current research in chemical physics, in atomic, molecular and optical physics, and even in condensed matter. The nature of these collisions has important consequences for optical manipulation of inelastic and reactive processes, precision measurement of molecular and atomic properties, matter-wave coherences and quantum-statistical condensates of dilute, weakly interacting atoms. This crucial position explains the wide interest and explosive growth of the field since its inception in 1987. The author reviews elements of the quantum theory of scattering theory, collisions taking place in the presence of one or more light fields, and collisions in the dark, below the photon recoil limit imposed by the presence of any light field. Finally, it reviews the essential properties of these mesoscopic quantum systems and describes the key importance of the scattering length to condensate stability.

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    ‘… the strength of the book is in its references - over 450 of them, which admirable covers the field … the book provides a comprehensive overview and a source of original references for researchers in the field.‘

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