Title :
Ultracold hydrogen. From BEC to QED
Author_Institution :
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The hydrogen atom played an illustrious role in the development of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. Hydrogen spectroscopy relentlessly advanced the frontiers of metrology and ultraprecise measurements. Hydrogen also helped launch the search for Bose-Einstein condensation in an atomic gas. Today, these paths are converging to a new focus: the physics of ultracold hydrogen.
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; hydrogen; laser cooling; measurement errors; quantum electrodynamics; quantum optics; spectroscopy; BEC; Bose-Einstein condensation; QED; atomic gas; hydrogen atom; hydrogen spectroscopy; metrology; quantum electrodynamics; quantum mechanics; ultracold hydrogen physics; ultraprecise measurements; Detectors; Fluorescence; Gunshot detection systems; Hydrogen; Photomultipliers; Power lasers; Power measurement; Spatial resolution; Temperature sensors; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906825
