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Index 331

Bose–Einstein condensation 316–18
of photons 315–16
Stern–Gerlach experiment 35, 114–15
stopping distance 181–2
sub-Doppler cooling 190, 203–4
motion-induced orientation 207
see alsoSisyphus cooling technique
sub-recoil cooling
Raman cooling 210–11
velocity-selective coherent
population trapping 211
see alsoevaporative cooling
sub-shell, definition 61
superconducting magnetic traps 219
superfluidity 239–40
healing length 240
symmetric wavefunctions 48–52
sympathetic cooling 266–7
synchrotrons 10–11

tellurium, use in laser calibration
169–70
temperature
critical in BEC 237
determination in ions 269
meaning of 208
terms, inLS-coupling scheme 81
Thomas precession factor 37, 101
Thomas–Fermi regime 235–7
Thompson, J. J. 14
three-grating interferometer 251–2
comparison with Raman
interferometer 257
time dilation 167

time-dependent perturbation theory

(TDPT) 29, 123

tin, Doppler-free laser spectroscopy 114

transformations, parity 33

transit-time broadening 154

transit time in two-photon

spectroscopy 165

transitions

in alkaline earths 90

in alkalis 74–5

in helium 52–3

in hydrogen atom 29–30

parity 32–4

selection rules 30–2

trapped atoms, harmonic potential 235

trapping

effect on transition frequency

measurement 211–12

see alsoion trapping; magnetic

traps; magneto-optical trap

triangle rule 42

tunable lasers 168

two-level atom 123–4

two-photon spectroscopy 163–8

two-photon transition 313–14

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atomic 18–19

uranium, ionization of 276

vacuum fluctuations 40

vector model 37, 83–4, 90

vector operator 83–4, 90

velocity selection by Raman transitions

208–10

velocity-selective coherent population

trapping 211

vibrational energy levels 277–9

volume shift between isotopes 106–8

wave–particle duality 246

wavefunctions

angular 25–6

radial 27–9

symmetric and antisymmetric 48–52

wavenumbers 2

Wigner–Eckart theorem 83

X-ray spectra 7–11

X-rays, discovery of 14

Young’s double-slit experiment 133–4,

246–8

ytterbium ion transitions 270

Zeeman effect 13–16

and hyperfine structure 108–9

intermediate fields 111

of hydrogen 109–10, 112–13

strong fields 110–12

weak fields 109–10, 112

anomalous 35

experimental observation 17–18

in alkalis 75

inLS-coupling scheme 90–2

normal 13–16, 35, 91

Zeeman slowing 182–4

Zeeman sub-levels 93