Perspectives on Astrophysics Based on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Techniques
Atomic Physics
2018-11-16 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Applied Physics
Chemical Physics
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Abstract
About two generations ago, a large part of AMO science was dominated by experimental high energy collision studies and perturbative theoretical methods. Since then, AMO science has undergone a transition and is now dominated by quantum, ultracold, and ultrafast studies. But in the process, the field has passed over the complexity that lies between these two extremes. Most of the Universe resides in this intermediate region. We put forward that the next frontier for AMO science is to explore the AMO complexity that describes most of the Cosmos.
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@article{arxiv.1811.06157,
title = {Perspectives on Astrophysics Based on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Techniques},
author = {Daniel Wolf Savin and James F. Babb and Paul M. Bellan and Crystal Brogan and Jan Cami and Paola Caselli and Lia Corrales and Gerardo Dominguez and Steven R. Federman and Chris J. Fontes and Richard Freedman and Brad Gibson and Leon Golub and Thomas W. Gorczyca and Michael Hahn and Sarah M. Hörst and Reggie L. Hudson and Jeffrey Kuhn and James E. Lawler and Maurice A. Leutenegger and Joan P. Marler and Michael C. McCarthy and Brett A. McGuire and Stefanie N. Milam and Nicholas A. Murphy and Gillian Nave and Aimee A. Norton and Anthony Papol and John C. Raymond and Farid Salama and Ella M. Sciamma-O'Brien and Randall Smith and Chad Sosolik and Clara Sousa-Silva and Phillip C. Stancil and Frank Timmes and Virginia L. Trimble and Bradford J. Wargelin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.06157},
year = {2018}
}
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White paper submission to the Decadal Assessment and Outlook Report on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Science (AMO 2020)