Ultracold atoms in optical lattices : simulating quantum many-body systems /

Ultracold atoms in optical lattices : simulating quantum many-body systems /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lewenstein, Maciej, 1955-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 479 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Quantum optics. Optical lattices. Many-body problem. Quantum theory. Many-body problem. Optical lattices. Quantum optics. Quantum theory. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301533

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Varying Form of Title:	Simulating quantum many-body systems
Other authors / contributors:	Sanpera, Anna. Ahufinger, Verònica.
ISBN:	9780191626999 0191626996 1283576813 9781283576819 9780191775048 0191775045 9780199573127 0199573123
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-470) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This title explores the physics of atoms frozen to ultralow temperatures and trapped in periodic light structures. It introduces the reader to the spectacular progress achieved on the field of ultracold gases and describes present and future challenges in condensed matter physics, high energy physics, and quantum computation.
Other form:	Print version: Lewenstein, Maciej, 1955- Ultracold atoms in optical lattices. 1st ed. Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012 9780199573127
Standard no.:	9786613889263

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Statistical physics of condensed matter: basic concepts
3. Ultracold gases in optical lattices: basic concepts
4. Quantum simulators of condensed matter
5. Bose-Hubbard models: methods of treatment
6. Fermi and Fermi-Bose Hubbard models: methods of treatment
7. Ultracold spinor atomic gases
8. Ultracold dipolar gases
9. Disordered ultracold atomic gases
10. Frustrated ultracold atom systems
11. Ultracold atomic gases in 'artificial' gauge fields
12. Many-body physics from a quantum information perspective
13. Quantum information with lattice gases
14. Detection of quantum systems realized with ultracold atoms
15. Perspectives: beyond standard optical lattices.