Theories for cold atomic collisions in light fields
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- 28 December 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Vol. 29 (24) , 5981-6007
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/29/24/008
Abstract
I describe the current theories for cold collisions between laser-cooled and trapped neutral atoms in light fields. The emphasis is on the dynamical nature of the problem, i.e. on the collisional loss of atoms from the trap or collisional heating of the atomic cloud. The recent work on optical shielding of collisions is also reviewed.Keywords
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