Research report 2008 - Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Experiments with extremely cold gases
Authors
Prof. Dr. Rempe, Gerhard; Dr. Dürr, Stephan
Departments
Quantendynamik (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rempe)
MPI für Quantenoptik, Garching
Summary
Gases with temperatures close to absolute zero make it possible to study a plethora of quantum mechanical effects which could not be seen at higher temperatures because of the thermal motion of the particles. These effects include Bose-Einstein condensation, reversible chemical reactions as well as a variety of effects in optical lattices.