Oxford University Press Current Trends in Atomic Physics: 107 (Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School)

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at Session CVII of the summer school in physics, entitled "Current Trends in Atomic Physics" and held in July, 2016 in Les Houches, France. Atomic physics provides a paradigm for exploring few-body quantum systems with unparalleled control. In recent years, this ability has been applied in diverse areas including condensed matter physics, high energy physics, chemistry and ultra-fast phenomena as well as foundational aspects of quantum physics. This book addresses these topics by presenting developments and current trends via a series of tutorials and lectures presented by international leading investigators. About the Author Antoine Browaeys is Senior Researcher at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, Université Paris Saclay, in Palaiseau, France. Thierry Lahaye is a researcher at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institute d'Optique, Université Paris Saclay, in Palaiseau, France. Trey Porto is an adjunct professor at the Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, USA. Charles S. Adams is a professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University and the Joint Quantum Center, in Durham, United Kingdom. Matthias Weidemüller, is Dean and a professor at the Physikalisches Institut, University of Heidelberg, in Heidelberg, Germany. Leticia F. Cugliandolo is a professor at the Sorbonne University Laboratory of Theoretical and High Energy Physics in Paris, France.