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Experiments and theory in cold and ultracold collisions

John Weiner, Vanderlei S. Bagnato, Sergio Zilio, and Paul S. Julienne

John Weiner

  • Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Vanderlei S. Bagnato and Sergio Zilio

  • Instituto de Física de São Carlos Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo 13560, Brazil

Paul S. Julienne

  • Atomic Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, 1 – Published 1 January, 1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.71.1

Abstract

The authors review progress in understanding the nature of atomic collisions occurring at temperatures ranging from the millidegrees Kelvin to the nanodegrees Kelvin regime. The review includes advances in experiments with atom beams, light traps, and purely magnetic traps. Semiclassical and fully quantal theories are described and their appropriate applicability assessed. The review divides the subject into two principal categories: collisions in the presence of one or more light fields and ground-state collisions in the dark.

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