Experiments with imprisoned atoms and cooled atomic beams

• Grant number: 93/03501-5
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: April 01, 1994 - March 31, 1997
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Grantee: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Home Institution: Instituto de Física e Química de São Carlos (IFQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated grant(s): 96/03788-0 - 1) optical control of cold collisions and their implications in bose-einstein condensation., AR.EXT; 95/00499-5 - Kristian P. Helmerson | National Institute of Standards and Technology - Estados Unidos, AV.EXT; 94/02147-6 - Weakly interacting bose gas and optical manipulation of the gas properties., AR.EXT

Abstract

We propose to carry out experiments involving decelerated and trapped cold atoms. Using the techniques we developed and studied in recent years, we will study the formation of spatial structures with cold atoms, collisional processes, ion trapping, and others. (AU)