Atom Optics and Space Physics [Elektronisk resurs]

• Title page; In memoriam of Jurgen Ehlers; Indice; Preface; Gruppo fotografico dei partecipanti al Corso; Introduction to general relativity; Rotation in relativity and the propagation of light; Gravito-magnetism in one-body and two-body systems: Theory and experiments; Gravity Probe B; Tests of general relativity in the Solar System; Gravitational waves, diffusion and decoherence; How to detect gravitational waves; Detecting gravitational waves on ground; Variation of fundamental constants: Theory; Precisely engineered interactions between light and ultracold matter. 
• Perspectives of atomic quantum sensors on ground and in spaceAccelerometer using atomic waves for space applications; Cold ions in Space; Interferometry in Plebanski-Demianski space-times; Introduction to 5D optics for space-time sensors; Light-pulse atom interferometry; Gravitational physics experiments with ultracold atoms; Precision gravity measurement; Elenco dei partecipanti. 

• Discusses the field of atom optics and interferometry with its aspects ranging from fundamental physics to applications and the theory of relativity. This book offers an introduction to atom optics and Bose-Einstein condensation. It also discusses the theoretical foundations of cold atom interferometers and their use to test gravity. 

Ämnesord

Astrophysics --Congresses. 

Atoms --Congresses. 

Gravitational waves --Congresses. 

Interferometry --Congresses. 

Quantum optics --Congresses. 

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

QC446.15.I654 2009 (LCC)

539.7 (DDC)

Ucdg (kssb/8 (machine generated))