Atom Optics and Space Physics: Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi": v. 168 (Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi” (IOS Press)) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586039903 ISBN 13: 9781586039905

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

The goal of this volume is to discuss the rapidly moving field of atom optics and interferometry with all its intricate aspects ranging from fundamental physics to applications and the theory of relativity. The breathtaking success in manipulating atoms using lasers has encouraged these two so far disjunct communities to move closer together and begin collaborations. After an introduction to atom optics and Bose-Einstein condensation, the theoretical foundations of cold atom interferometers, their use to test gravity, and their implementation in laboratory measurements of the Earth rotation and of Newton′s gravitational constant are discussed. Several papers discuss the characteristics of gyroscopes and interferometers as sensors for inertial forces, starting from gyroscopes based on light waves and comparing their sensitivity to those based on matter waves. The final topic is the variation of fundamental constants, a subject that during the last years has attracted a lot of attention from different communities of physics.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586039903
• ISBN 13: 9781586039905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Arimondo E., Ertmer W., Rasel Ernst M., Schleich Wolfgang P.