Universität Wien

260020 VU Advanced Atomic Physics (2019S)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 26 - Physik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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).

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