Quantum Non-integrability

Quantum Non-integrability
Author: Da-hsuan Feng
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 562
Release: 1992-09-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9814635685

Recent developments in nonlinear dynamics has significantly altered our basic understanding of the foundations of classical physics. However, it is quantum mechanics, not classical mechanics, which describes the motion of the nucleons, atoms, and molecules in the microscopic world. What are then the quantum signatures of the ubiquitous chaotic behavior observed in classical physics? In answering this question one cannot avoid probing the deepest foundations connecting classical and quantum mechanics. This monograph reviews some of the most current thinkings and developments in this exciting field of physics.

The Electron

The Electron
Author: D. Hestenes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401135703

techniques, and raises new issues of physical interpretation as well as possibilities for deepening the theory. (3) Barut contributes a comprehensive review of his own ambitious program in electron theory and quantum electrodynamics. Barut's work is rich with ingenious ideas, and the interest it provokes among other theorists can be seen in the cri tique by Grandy. Cooperstock takes a much different approach to nonlinear field-electron coupling which leads him to conclusions about the size of the electron. (4) Capri and Bandrauk work within the standard framework of quantum electrodynamics. Bandrauk presents a valuable review of his theoretical approach to the striking new photoelectric phenomena in high intensity laser experiments. (5) Jung proposes a theory to merge the ideas of free-free transitions and of scattering chaos, which is becoming increasingly important in the theoretical analysis of nonlinear optical phenomena. For the last half century the properties of electrons have been probed primarily by scattering experiments at ever higher energies. Recently, however, two powerful new experimental techniques have emerged capable of giving alternative experimental views of the electron. We refer to (1) the confinement of single electrons for long term study, and (2) the interaction of electrons with high intensity laser fields. Articles by outstanding practitioners of both techniques are included in Part II of these Proceedings. The precision experiments on trapped electrons by the Washington group quoted above have already led to a Nobel prize for the most accurate measurements of the electron magnetic moment.

Chaos in Atomic Physics

Chaos in Atomic Physics
Author: R. Blümel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1997-07-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521455022

This book provides a coherent introduction to the manifestations of chaos in atoms and molecules.

Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2006-01-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080460259

This volume of Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics continues the tradition of the Advances series. It contains contributions from experts in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. The articles contain some review material, but are intended to provide a comprehensive picture of recent important developments in AMO physics. Both theoretical and experimental articles are included in the volume. International experts Comprehensive articles New developments

Precision Microwave Frequency-Offset Separated-Oscillatory-Fields Measurement of the 2^3 P_1to-2^3 P_2 Fine-Structure Interval in Atomic Helium

Precision Microwave Frequency-Offset Separated-Oscillatory-Fields Measurement of the 2^3 P_1to-2^3 P_2 Fine-Structure Interval in Atomic Helium
Author: Kosuke Kato
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN:

The 2^3P_1-to-2^3P_2 fine-structure interval in atomic helium is measured using the frequency-offset separated-oscillatory-fields (FOSOF) technique. Two temporally separated microwave fields set up excitation paths that accumulate different quantum-mechanical phases. To detect the atoms that have changed states due to the microwaves, these atoms are excited to a Rydberg state and Stark ionized. The number of resulting ions is counted on a channel electron multiplier. In a typical SOF experiment, the relative phase between the two microwave pulses is toggled between 0 and 180, and the change in the signal amplitude between the two phases is detected as a function of applied microwave frequency. In the FOSOF technique, two microwave pulses with a slight frequency offset are applied to the atoms. The relative phase seen by the atoms changes continuously due to the frequency offset, leading to a sinusoidally oscillating atomic signal. The phase of the oscillating signal is measured with respect to the phase of a reference generated by combining the frequency-offset microwaves. The phase difference between the oscillating atomic signal and reference signal crosses zero at resonance and changes linearly as a function of applied microwave frequency. Major signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) enhancement has been achieved by employing a two-dimensional magneto-optical trap and by using Stark-ionization detection. The excellent SNR allows for a very extensive study of systematic effects. A wide range of experiment parameters has been investigated. The final measured result is 2 291 176 590(25) Hz. This is the most precise measurement of the interval to date and thus the most precise test of the two-electron quantum-electrodynamics theory. When the 2^3P_0-to-2^3P_1 transition is measured at the same level of precision and the combined result of the 2^3P_0-to-2^3P_2 fine-structure interval is compared with a sufficiently precise theory, a sub-part-per-billion determination of the fine-structure constant using a two-electron system will become possible for the first time. Comparison with other fine-structure constant measurements could lead to tests of possible beyond-the-Standard-Model physics.