Buch, Englisch, 133 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 232 g
Reihe: Springer Geophysics
Buch, Englisch, 133 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 232 g
Reihe: Springer Geophysics
ISBN: 978-3-030-42840-2
Verlag: Springer
This book explains the fundamental concepts necessary to understand atom manipulation by photons, including the principles of quantum mechanics. It is conceived as a road that leads the reader from classical physics (mechanics and electromagnetism, considered as a common scientific background of geodesists and geophysicists), tothe basics of quantum mechanics in order to understand the dynamics of atoms falling in the gravity field, while interacting with suitably resonant laser beams. There are different types of measurements of gravity based on the manipulation of ultra-cold atoms; the book presents the principles of the instruments based on stimulated Raman transition, which can be easily worked out analytically. However, the concepts explained in the text can provide a good starting point to understand also the applications based on the so-called Block oscillations or on the Bose–Einstein condensation.
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1 Recalls of classical mechanics.- 2 Recalls of the classical theory of the electromagnetic ?eld.- 3 The crisis of classical physics and the dawn of quantum physics.- 4 The principles of quantum mechanics.- 5 First applications of quantum theory.- 6 The quantum measurement of gravity.