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ICAP'08 SUMMER SCHOOL ON ATOMIC PHYSICS
Sponsored by the MIT-Harvard
Center for Ultracold Atoms
Organizers: I. Chuang, J. Doyle, and D. Pritchard
MIT - Cambridge, MA
July 21 - 25, 2008
General Course Information
This school presents an introductory course in
atomic physics, for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate
students with an interest in pursuing research in atomic,
molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. It may also be of interest
to others who are moving into these areas of research. The assumed
background is an upper level undergraduate course in quantum
mechanics. There will be four ninety-minute lectures a day.
The course will be presented the week of 21-25 July, at MIT,
in Cambridge, MA, preceding the International Conference on Atomic
Physics, at the University of Connecticut, July 27 - August
1, 2008
There
will be no examinations, and no formal academic credit will be
awarded.
Registration & Local Information
This summer school will be held on the MIT campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lectures will in room 32-155, at the MIT Stata
Center.
Registration: The registration fee for the summer school is
$110. ICAP'08 Summer School on Atomic Physics registration is now closed.
Transportation: The summer school (and MIT dormitories) can be
reached by public transportation from Boston's Logan airport, or by Taxi
(~$30). Bus Service will be available from MIT to ICAP (in Storrs
Connecticut) on Sunday July 27 for $50. To sign up for this bus service,
please go to the main ICAP site.
Also, a sign-up list will be
available at the school for rides with people going from Cambridge to the
conference in private or rental cars.
Housing:: Air-conditioned dormitory rooms are available at MIT for
summer school atendees.
Lectures
The lectures in the school have been selected to coherently
introduce important concepts in atomic physics, establishing a
foundation for introductions into contemporary research subjects,
including Bose-Einstein condensates, connections with condensed
matter physics, precision measurement, and quantum information
science.
Course notes: [ Part
1 | Part
2 ]
School lecturers include AMO faculty at MIT and
Harvard, and the invited
lecturers Ehud
Altman (Weizmann), David
Demille (Yale), and Jun Ye
(JILA / Boulder).
Tentative schedule (Week of July 21-25):
| Day |
Time |
Lecture |
Speaker |
Subject |
| Monday |
8:30 - 9:00 |
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Registration |
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9:00 |
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Kleppner |
Welcome |
|
9 - 10:30 |
Lecture 1 |
Doyle |
Introduction to AMO; Fundamentals I |
|
11 - 12:30 |
Lecture 2 |
Vuletic |
Laser Cooling I (atoms and radiation) |
|
2 - 3:30 |
Lecture 3 |
Altman |
Condensed Matter Theory I |
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4 - 5:30 |
Lecture 4 |
Lukin |
Quantum Optics I |
| Tuesday |
9 - 10:30 |
Lecture 5 |
Doyle |
Fundamentals II & Molecules I |
|
11 - 12:30 |
Lecture 6 |
Altman |
Condensed Matter Theory II |
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2 - 3:30 |
Lecture 7 |
Vuletic |
Laser Cooling II (light forces) |
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4 - 5:30 |
Lecture 8 |
Chuang |
Quantum Information |
| Wednesday |
9 - 10:30 |
Lecture 9 |
Lukin |
Quantum Optics II |
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11 - 12:30 |
Lecture 10 |
Ye |
Precision Measurement I |
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2 - 3:30 |
Lecture 11 |
Ketterle |
Bose-Einstein Condensates I |
|
4 - 5:30 |
Lecture 12 |
Chuang |
Open Quantum Systems |
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6:30 - 8:00 |
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Social Event |
| Thursday |
9 - 10:30 |
Lecture 13 |
Ketterle |
Bose-Einstein Condensates II |
|
11 - 12:30 |
Lecture 14 |
Lukin |
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics |
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2 - 3:30 |
Lecture 15 |
Demille |
AMO Physics Beyond the Standard Model |
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4 - 5:30 |
Lecture 16 |
Ye |
Precision Measurement II |
| Friday |
9 - 10:30 |
Lecture 17 |
Zwierlein |
BEC-BCS Crossover |
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11 - 12:30 |
Lecture 18 |
Demille |
Advanced Molecules |
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2 - 3:30 |
Lecture 19 |
Ketterle |
Bose-Einstein Condensates III |
In addition, there will be lab tours on July 25 and August 1. They will
start at MIT immediately folllowing the summer school, and will be at MIT
from 4:00-5:30pm, and at Harvard from 5:30-7:00pm.
For more information, email icap2008summerschool@gmail.com
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