Lévy Statistics and Laser Cooling: How Rare Events Bring Atoms to Rest

by François Bardou, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Alain Aspect, et al.

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Laser cooling of atoms provides an ideal case study for the application of L?vy statistics in a privileged situation where the statistical model can be derived from first principles. This book demonstrates how the most efficient laser cooling techniques can be simply and quantitatively understood in terms of non-ergodic random processes dominated by a few rare events. L?vy statistics are now recognised as the proper tool for analysing many different...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521004225

ISBN13:9780521004220

Release Date:February 2002

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:214 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Astronomy Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy & Space Science Atomic & Nuclear Physics Electrical & Electronics Electricity Electromagnetism Engineering Mathematical Physics Nuclear Physics

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