The 66th Arthur H. Compton
Lecture Series 
Shining
Light on Ultracold Atoms - Illuminating Complex Matters
Every Saturday morning beginning September 29, through December 8, 2007, lectures start at 11:00 a.m. (No lecture on November 24th).
Lecturer: Dr. Nathan
Gemelke, James Franck Institute Research Associate and Grainger Fellow
Topic: "Shining Light on Ultracold Atoms: Illuminating
Complex Matters"
In recent years mankind has reached a new low - experiments with neutral atoms have reached closer to the absolute zero of temperature than any previous material, forcing particles into the lock-steps of Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity, and pressing entire fluids and gases into an intriguing quantum mechanical world. At the same time, we have come to understand individual atoms at an unprecedented level - a determined march in understanding and controlling the interaction of light with matter has pushed the boundaries in the science of measuring time and electromagnetic forces to hairpin accuracy, slowed light to a crawl, interfered macroscopic matter waves, and entangled the states of distant particles. The 66th Compton Lecture Series will describe how a cycle of understanding and control of cold atoms and quantum gases may ultimately unlock the intricacies of complex materials, tailor new forms of matter, and make possible the manipulation of quantum information.
Kersten Physics Teaching Center
Lectures:
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Audio / Video |
Slides |
Notes |
External Links |
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Sept 29, 2007 |
“The Cold Front” |
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1997/illpres http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2001/press.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2005/press.html
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Oct 6, 2007 |
“What Matters for Matter” |
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/ekspong/
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quacon.html#quacon
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Oct 13, 2007 |
“What Matters for Light” |
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http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2002/827/2
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Oct 20, 2007 |
“Taming Atoms with Light” |
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Oct 27, 2007 |
“The Reasons and Ways to Know Things Precisely” |
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http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html http://www.europhysicsnews.com/full/22/article1/article1.html |
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Nov 3, 2007 |
“Bose-Einstein Condensation with Ultracold Neutral Atoms” |
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Nov 10, 2007 |
“Fermionic Superfluids and Correlated Gases” |
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Nov 17, 2007 |
“Feshbach Resonance – the Magician in the World of Absolute Zero” With Guest lecturer Prof. Cheng Chin |
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Dec 1, 2007 |
“Quantum Information, Communication and Computation” |
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Dec. 8, 2007 |
“Quantum Computation – A Revolution in the Making?” |
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