Introduction: Contemporary atomic physics. Atomic and molecular structure and spectra. Atom-light interaction. Atomic laser spectroscopy. Laser cooling and trapping. Ultracold atoms physics.
Research in atomic physics and applications.
- G.M. Tino, “Fisica Atomica-Lezioni all’Università di Firenze”.
I) Atomic structure and spectra
- H.G. Kuhn, "Atomic Spectra", Longmans, 1969.
- G.K. Woodgate, "Elementary atomic structure", Mc Graw Hill, 1970.
- C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, F. Laloe, "Quantum Mechanics, Vol. II", 1977.
- B.H. Bransden, C.J. Joachain, Physics of Atoms and Molecules, Prentice Hall, 2003.
- C.J. Foot, "Atomic Physics", Oxford University Press, 2005
II) Atom-light interaction
- P. Meystre, M. Sargent, "Elements of Quantum Optics", 3 ed., 1999.
- M. Sargent, M.O. Scully, W.E. Lamb, "Laser Physics", Addison Wesley, 1974.
- R. Loudon, "The quantum theory of light", 2 ed., Clarendon Press, 1983.
- M.O. Scully, M.S. Zubairy, "Quantum Optics", Cambridge Un. Press, 1997.
III) Laser spectroscopy
- A. Corney, "Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy", 1977.
- W. Demtroeder, "Laser Spectroscopy", Springer Verlag, 1996.
IV) Ultracold atoms physics
- G.M. Tino, M. Inguscio, "Fisica Atomica", in Enciclopedia Treccani, 2000.
- H.J. Metcalf, , P. van der Straten, "Laser Cooling and Trapping", Springer, 2001.
- G.M. Tino, M. Inguscio, "Experiments on Bose-Einstein condensation", Rivista Nuovo Cimento, 1999.
- S.A. Diddams , J.C. Bergquist , S.R. Jefferts , C.W. Oates, "Standards of time and frequency at the outset of the 21st century", Science, 306, 1318-1324, 2004.
- A. D. Cronin, J. Schmiedmayer, and D. E. Pritchard, "Optics and interferometry with atoms and molecules", Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1051 (2009).
C. Cohen-Tannoudji, D. Guery-Odelin, Advances in Atomic Physics: An Overview, World Scientific, 2011.
V) Molecular physics
- B.H. Bransden, C.J. Joachain, Physics of Atoms and Molecules, Prentice Hall, 2003.
Further information
prof. Guglielmo Tino
tel. 055 4572034
e-mail: <guglielmo.tino@unifi.it>