Cold and trapped metastable noble gases

2011/10/31 by Wim Null Vassen, W. Vassen, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji +14 · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Atom (system on chip) #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Atomic physics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Energetic neutral atom #Isotope #Metastability #Noble gas #Nuclear physics #Physics #Plasma #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Ultracold atom #Work (physics) #physics.atom-ph #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.84.175

published as Reviews of Modern Physics 84, 1 (2012) 175

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Abstract

Experimental work on cold, trapped metastable noble gases is reviewed. The aspects which distinguish work with these atoms from the large body of work on cold, trapped atoms in general is emphasized. These aspects include detection techniques and collision processes unique to metastable atoms. Several experiments exploiting these unique features in fields including atom optics and statistical physics are described. Precision measurements on these atoms including fine structure splittings, isotope shifts, and atomic lifetimes are also discussed.

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