This paper reviews recent experimental and theoretical progress concerning many-body
phenomena in dilute, ultracold gases. It focuses on effects beyond standard weak-coupling …

For the last decade it has been possible to cool atoms to microkelvin temperatures (~ 1 cm s-
1) using a variety of optical techniques. Light beams provide the very strong frictional forces …

I Introduction.-1 Review of Quantum Mechanics.-1.1 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory.-
1.2 The Rabi Two-Level Problem.-1.2. 1 Light Shifts.-1.2. 2 The Dressed Atom Picture.-1.2. 3 …

We describe manipulation of neutral atoms using the magnetic field of microfabricated
current-carrying conductors. It is shown how this method can be used to achieve adiabatic …

One of the most profound revolutions brought about by quantum mechanics is that it does
away with the distinction between waves and particles: atoms, in particular, can exhibit all …

We show how to create a novel two-dimensional trap for ultracold atoms from a conventional
magnetic trap. We achieve this by utilizing rf-induced adiabatic potentials to enhance the …

We give in this lecture an introduction to the physics of two-dimensional (2d) Bose gases.
We first discuss the properties of uniform, infinite 2d Bose fluids at non-zero temperature T …

We derive the life time and loss rate for a trapped atom that is coupled to fluctuating fields in
the vicinity of a room-temperature metallic and/or dielectric surface. Our results indicate a …

The exact N-particle ground-state wave function for a one-dimensional condensate of hard-
core bosons in a harmonic trap is employed to obtain accurate numerical results for the one …

We theoretically study specific schemes for performing a fundamental two-qubit quantum
gate via controlled atomic collisions by switching microscopic potentials. In particular we …