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We propose a method for measuring entangled vibronic quantum states of a trapped atom. It is based on the nonlinear dynamics of the system that appears by resonantly driving a weak electronic transition. The proposed technique allows the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. Wallentowitz , R. L. de Matos Filho , W. Vogel

We theoretically analyze the dynamics of an atomic double-well system with a single ion trapped in its center. We find that the atomic tunnelling rate between the wells depends both on the spin of the ion via the short-range spin-dependent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Jannis Joger , Antonio Negretti , Rene Gerritsma

We study light-assisted collisions in an ensemble containing a small number (~3) of cold Rb87 atoms trapped in a microscopic dipole trap. Using our ability to operate with one atom exactly in the trap, we measure the one-body heating rate…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Fuhrmanek , R. Bourgain , Y. R. P. Sortais , A. Browaeys

Electron correlation effects are essential for an accurate ab initio description of molecules. A quantitative a priori knowledge of the single- or multi-reference nature of electronic structures as well as of the dominant contributions to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-18 Katharina Boguslawski , Paweł Tecmer , Örs Legeza , Markus Reiher

Correlation functions play an important role for the theoretical and experimental characterization of many-body systems. In solid-state systems, they are usually determined through scattering experiments whereas in cold-gases systems,…

We describe the collisional interaction between two different atoms that are trapped in a harmonic potential. The atoms are exposed to a magnetic field, which is modulated in the vicinity of an s-wave Feshbach resonance, and we study the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-06-29 Jesper Fevre Bertelsen , Klaus Molmer

By using a step-like potential, it is possible to mimic the Rydberg short range part of the interaction between two atoms. It is easy in this case to establish an analytical solution of the Schr\"{o}dinger equation. In this contribution, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-04 Leila Chia , Nabila Grar

We consider two heteronuclear atoms interacting with a short-range $\delta$ potential and confined in a ring trap. By taking the Bethe-ansatz-type wavefunction and considering the periodic boundary condition properly, we derive analytical…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-08-02 Xing Chen , Liming Guan , Shu Chen

We present a quantum theory of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) from first principles based on the quantum kinetic equation for the atomic density matrix with taking into account the recoil effects caused by the interaction of atoms with the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-11 O. N. Prudnikov , A. V. Taichenachev , V. I. Yudin , L. Zhou , M. S. Zhan

Characterizing the correlated behavior of nucleons inside atomic nuclei constitutes a long-standing challenge, both experimentally and theoretically. It has recently been understood that two-particle correlations in the azimuthal…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-04 Stavros Bofos , Benjamin Bally , Thomas Duguet , Mikael Frosini

Analysis of various mass relations connected with neutron-proton correlations in atomic nuclei is carried out. On the example of $N = Z$ chain it is shown that for self-adjoint nuclei various formulas proposed in literature for $ np $…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-11 B. S. Ishkhanov , S. Sidorov , T. Tretyakova , E. Vladimirova

Measurements of interactions between cold molecules and ultracold atoms can allow for a detailed understanding of fundamental collision processes. These measurements can be done using various experimental geometries including where both…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-03-25 N. J. Fitch , L. P. Parazzoli , H. J. Lewandowski

We establish a new geometric wave function that combined with a variational principle efficiently describes a system of bosons interacting in a one-dimensional trap. By means of a a combination of the exact wave function solution for…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-04-03 B. Wilson , A. Foerster , C. C. N. Kuhn , I. Roditi , D. Rubeni

We utilize the generalized contact formalism in conjunction with the Woods-Saxon mean-field description of the long-range part of the nuclear wave function to assess the relative prevalence of short-range correlation pairs within atomic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-23 Raz Yankovich , Ehoud Pazy , Nir Barnea

Coulomb charges confined by a harmonic potential display a rich structure at strong coupling, both classical and quantum. A simple density functional theory is reviewed showing the essential role of correlations in forming shell structure…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-05 Jeffrey Wrighton , James Dufty

The analysis of correlation energy of the simplest first approximation of a variational method for the intrashell states of two-electron atoms is the purpose of the present work. This method allows to divide energy of atom on Coulomb and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-10-23 V. V. Kavera

Probabilities of various final states are determined numerically for a number of {\ss}- decaying light atoms. In our evaluations of the final state probabilities we have used the highly accurate atomic wave functions constructed for each…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Alexei M. Frolov , Maria Belen Ruiz

The "avalanche mechanism" has been used to relate Efimov trimer states to certain enhanced atom loss features observed in ultracold atom gas experiments. These atom loss features are argued to be a signature of resonant atom-molecule…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-07-21 Ming-Guang Hu , Ruth S. Bloom , Deborah S. Jin , Jonathan M. Goldwin

Correlation measurements on the states of two-level atoms having passed through a micromaser at different times can be used to infer properties of the quantum state of the radiation field in the cavity. Long(short) correlation length in…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-02-03 Per Elmfors , Benny Lautrup , Bo-Sture Skagerstam

Pairing gaps for fermionic atoms in harmonic oscillator traps are calculated for a wide range of interaction strengths and particle number, and compared to pairing in nuclei. Especially systems, where the pairing gap exceeds the level…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Heiselberg