- Course Code: PHYS718
- Credits: 3
- Hours Distribution: (3crs.: 3lec.)
- Course Type: Elective Courses (EC)
Course Description
Bose and Fermi statistics. Experimental techniques (laser cooling, trapping, evaporative cooling) Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (or Gross - Pitaevskii Equation). Thomas-Fermi Approximation. Dressed atom picture (for an atom in a field) Quasiparticles (ie, low-lying excitations).