260020 VU Advanced Atomic Physics (2019S)

Continuous assessment of course work

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 04.02.2019 08:00 to Mo 25.02.2019 07:00
Deregistration possible until Th 21.03.2019 23:59

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Monday
    04.03.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    (Kickoff Class)
  
    Monday
    11.03.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    18.03.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    25.03.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    01.04.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    08.04.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    29.04.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    06.05.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    13.05.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    20.05.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    27.05.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    03.06.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    17.06.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
    
    Monday
    24.06.
    09:15 - 11:45
    Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

NOTE: THIS IS A COURSE IN ADVANCED ATOMIC PHYSICS
It shall bring you from the level of the previous E3 class up to the state of modern research in atomic physics. (Advanced "optical" and "molecular" physics are part of separate courses in the coming semester/s)

Recap Atoms: E3 physics
Atom-Light interactions in a 2-level system
Three-level systems
Atom traps
Atom cooling
Bose Einstein condensation
Ultracold Fermi gases
Atoms in optical lattices
Atoms in ion traps
Atomic clocks
Atoms in optical cavities (Kimble/Rempe)
Rydberg atoms in Cavities (Haroche)
Symmetry violations in atomic physics
Anti-matter physics

Assessment and permitted materials

Weekly exercises (ungraded) establish the required feedback. Presence in 80% of the exercises is mandatory
A written test at the end (2 hours duration) decides on the grade.
You pass the test with >50% of all possible points
The scale above that is linear.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1. Active attendance during 80% of all exercises is the admission requirement for the final test.
2. The final test is a 2 hours written exam. You pass with 50% of all possible points.
The grading scale above threshold is linear.
3. As required by the curriculum, there will be 6 possible test dates:
Date 1: last week of june, tba
Date 2: tba
Date 3. tba
Date 4: tba
Date 5: tba
Date 6. tba

Examination topics

All topics discussed in the lecture. For this course we do not admit any "1 page cheat sheets" or other documents.
However, we do not expect lengthy proofs or derivations either. You should know the physics and be able to work with it to solve a problem.

Reading list

Course Material provided online for course members by Markus Arndt & Thomas Juffmann

Association in the course directory

MaG 5, MaG 15, M-VAF A 2, M-VAF B

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:40