University of Toronto
Physics Department
Quantum Optics and Condensed Matter
University of Toronto
Physics Department
Quantum Optics and Condensed Matter
| Speaker : | PROF. N. Bigelow Department of Physics and Laboratory for Laser Energetics University of Rochester, Rochester, New York |
| Topic : | WHEN 1 + 1 DOESN'T EQUAL 2: ULTRACOLD BOSE-CONDENSED ATOMIC MIXTURES |
| Time : | Monday, November 2, 1998 at 12:30 p.m. |
| Place : | Room 408, Burton Tower 60 St. George Street / 255 Huron Street |
Abstract
Since the first observations of laser cooling in the 1980s a great deal of activity has focussed on the study of the interatomic interactions within dilute quantum gases. With the discovery of BEC in trapped alkali gases in 1995, the ultracold gas was taken into a new regime, that of the "degenerate" quantum gas. In this talk, I will describe progress on a related but new class of systems: that of an ultracold mixture of two different kinds of Bose atoms . I will give an introductory survey of recent experimental and theoretical work on these mixtures ,with particular emphasis on results from Rochester.
Contact: Dr. A. Griffin
(416-978-5199)
See http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~qocmp