Current Trends in Atomic Physics

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.

1 - Quantum optics with diamond color centers coupled to nanophotonic devices
2 - Searches for new, massive particles with AMO experiments
3 - Molecular-physics aspects of cold chemistry
4 - Frequency Combs and precision spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen
5 - Collective effects in Quantum systems
6 - Macroscopic scale atom interferometers
7 - Quantum jumps, Borns's rule, and objective classical reality vs.quantum Darwinism
8 - Generation of high-order harmonics and attosecond pulses
9 - Ultrafast electron dynamics as a route to explore chemical processes
10 - Matter-wave physics with nanoparticles and biomolecules
11 - Schrodinger Cat States in Circuit QED
12 - Hanbury Brown and Twiss, Hong Ou and Mandel effects and other landmarks in quantum optics

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.