Current Trends in Atomic Physics (Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School)

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at Session CVII of the summer school in physics, entitled "Current Trends in Atomic Physics" and held in July, 2016 in Les Houches, France.

Atomic physics provides a paradigm for exploring few-body quantum systems with unparalleled control. In recent years, this ability has been applied in diverse areas including condensed matter physics, high energy physics, chemistry and ultra-fast phenomena as well as foundational aspects of quantum physics. This book addresses these topics by presenting developments and current trends via a series of tutorials and lectures presented by international leading investigators.

Antoine Browaeys, Senior Researcher at CNRS an Director of Research, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, France,Thierry Lahaye, CNRS Researcher, Institut d'Optique, France,Trey Porto, Adjunct Professor, Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland, USA,Charles S. Adams, Professor, Durham University and Joint Quantum Center, United Kingdom,Matthias Weidemuller, Dean, Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg, Germany,Leticia F. Cugliandolo, Professor, Sorbonne Universite, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies, France

Antoine Browaeys is Senior Researcher at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, Universite Paris Saclay, in Palaiseau, France.


Thierry Lahaye is a researcher at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institute d'Optique, Universite Paris Saclay, in Palaiseau, France.


Trey Porto is an adjunct professor at the Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, USA.


Charles S. Adams is a professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University and the Joint Quantum Center, in Durham, United Kingdom.


Matthias Weidemuller, is Dean and a professor at the Physikalisches Institut, University of Heidelberg, in Heidelberg, Germany.


Leticia F. Cugliandolo is a professor at the Sorbonne University Laboratory of Theoretical and High Energy Physics in Paris, France.