L騅y Statistics and Laser Cooling: How Rare Events Bring Atoms to Rest (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521004220)

This is a book about laser cooling, a new research field with many potential applications. The authors present an original approach, using the tools and concepts of statistical physics. A new understanding of laser cooling, both intuitive and quantitative, is obtained. The volume also comprises a case study allowing non-Gaussian (L vy) statistics, a technique being used more frequently in many different fields.

Author: Fran輟is Bardou, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Alain Aspect
ISBN-10: 0521004225
ISBN-13: 9780521004220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2001
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.32h x 7.00w x 0.45d