Robin Kaiser (Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, France)
Christoph Westbrook (Institut d'Optique, Orsay, France)

Description of the School:

Rapid progress is being made in the study of quantum effects in atomic systems. Due largely to the development of laser cooling during the years 1980-1990 the 1990's have witnessed several breakthroughs: Bose Einstein condensation, the production of "Schrödinger cat states", and the beginning of the study of the propagation of atomic de Broglie waves in complex media which exhibit chaos, localization etc. This school is intended to bring together several leading researchers in these areas to give a series of lecture courses aimed at advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students in order to familiarize them with the frontiers of this research.

The lectures

Bose condensed atomic gases: simple theoretical results: Y. CASTIN

 Spinor Condensates and Light Scattering from Bose-Einstein Condensates, W. KETTERLE
 
 Field Theory for Trapped Atomic Gases, H. T. C. STOOF
 
 Atom Interferometry, S. CHU

 Techniques and results of experimental Bose-Einstein Condensation: E. CORNELL

 Mesoscopic Light Scattering in Atomic Physics, B. VAN TIGGELEN

 Quantum Chaos in Atomic Physics, D. DELANDE

 Quantum and nonlinear optics in a photonic band gap: S. JOHN

 Environment-induced Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical, J.-P. PAZ & W. ZUREK

 Cavity QED experiments, entanglement and quantum measurement: M. BRUNE

 Basic Concepts in Quantum Computations, A. EKERT 

Seminars

 Coherent Backscattering of Light from a Cold Atomic Cloud, G. LABEYRIE 

 Atom Optics with Bose-Einstein Condensates, W. PHILLIPS 

Seminars by participants (approximate titles)

A. Beige: Coherent manipulation of two dipole interacting atoms Wellens: Quantum stochastic resonance in the micromaser

R. Folman: Symmetry breaking and decoherence Paraoanu: Fidelity for squeezed thermal states

G. Delannoy: RF-induced evaporation in a high magnetic field

K. Bongs: Bouncing BEC

S. Burger: Loading a BEC into a waveguide Schreck: Experiments towards a degenerate gas of fermionic lithium

J. Thywissen: A quantum point contact for atoms

A. Browaeys: Trapping and cooling metastable helium atoms

D. McKinsey: Magnetic trapping of neutrons

S. Bize: An atomic fountain with rubidium atoms: applications

N. Nygaard: Bose condensates and degererate (T=0) Fermi gases

F. Barra de la Guardia: Non-linear Schroedinger flow in a periodic potential

M. Moore: Theory of condensate superradiance

Organizers and Lecturers Address List:

ORGANIZERS

DAVID François
SPht, CEA Saclay 91191 GIF SUR YVETTE France
david@spht.saclay.cea.fr

KAISER Robin
I.N.L.N Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 1361 route des Lucioles 06560 VALBONNE France
kaiser@inln.cnrs.fr

WESTBROOK Chris.
Institut d’Optique Centre Scientifique d’Orsay, Bât. 503 BP 147 91403 ORSAY CEDEX France
christoph.westbrook@iota.u-psud.fr


LECTURERS

BRUNE Michel
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, E.N.S, 24 Rue Lhomond 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 France
michel.brune@physique.ens.fr

CASTIN Yvan
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel,EN.S, 24 Rue Lhomond 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 France
yvan.castin@physique.ens.fr

CHU Steven
Physics Department, Stanford University, STANFORD CA 94305 USA
schu@leland.stanford.edu

CORNELL Eric
JILA, University of Colorado, Campus Box 440, BOULDER CO 80309-0440 USA
ecornell@jilau1.colorado.edu

DELANDE Dominique
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, E.N.S, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 France
delande@spectro.jussieu.fr

EKERT Artur
Center for Quantum Computation, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road OXFORD, OX1 3PU, United-Kingdom
a.ekert1@physics.ox.ac.uk

JOHN Sajeev
Department of Physics, 06 Saint George Street, University of Toronto, TORONTO,ONTARIO Canada M5S 1A7
john@physics.utoronto.ca

KETTERLE Wolfgang
MIT Room 26-243, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 USA
Ketterle@mit.edu

PAZ Juan-Pablo
Departmento de Fisica FCEN UBA, Pabellon 1 Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 BUENOS AIRES Argentina
paz@dfuba.df.uba.ar

PHILLIPS Bill
NIST, 100 Bureau Dr, Stop 8424, Building 221, Room A155, GAISTHERSBURG MD 20899-8424
wphillips@nist.gov

STOOF H.
Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Faculteit Natuur en Sterrenkunde, University Utrecht, Princetonplein 5, 3584 UTRECHT The Netherlands
H.T.Cstoof@phys.uu.nl

VAN TIGGELEN Bart
Laboratoire de Physique de Modélisation des Systèmes Condensés. Université Joseph Fourier, Maison des Magistères, BP 166 38042 GRENOBLE France
tiggelen@belledonne.polycnrs-gre.fr

ZUREK Woijech
Mail stop B288, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LOS ALAMOS NM 87545 USA
whz@t6-serv.lanl.gov

Participants List

BARRA DE LA GUARDA Felipe
Centre pour Phénomènes non-linéaires et systèmes complexes, Service de Chimie Physique, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Campus plaine CP 231 Boulevard du triomphe B-1050 BRUXELLES Belgique
fbarra@ulb.ac.be

BEIGE Almut
Optics Section, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, LONDON WA2 8NL United-Kingdom
a.beige@ic.ac.uk

BHATTACHARYA Nandini
Van der Waal- Zeeman Institute, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands
nandini@wins.uva.nl

BIZE Sébastien
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, E.N.S, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 France
bize@physique-ens.fr

BONGS Kai
Institute für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 HANNOVER Germany
bongs@pallas.amp.uni-hannover.de

BROWAEYS Antoine
Institut d’Optique Théorique et Appliquée, Bât. 503, Université Paris XI, BP 147, 91403 ORSAY France
Antoine.Browaeys@iota.upsud.fr

BURGER Sven
Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 HANNOVER, Germany
burger@pallas.amp.uni-hannover.de

CACCIAPUOTI Luigi
LENS, Dip. Di Fisica, Universita di Firenze, Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 FIRENZE Italy
tinostud@na.infn.it

CAPUZZI Pablo
Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, BUENOS AIRES Argentina
capuzzi@df.uba.ar

CREN Philippe
Ecole Normale Supérieure, 45 Rue d’Ulm, 75005 PARIS France
cren@ens.fr

DALVIT Diego
Los Alamos National Laboratory, T-6 Theoretical Astrophysics, MS 288, LOS ALAMOS NM 87545 USA
dalvit@lanl.gov

DELANNOY Guillaume
Institut d’Optique Théorique et Appliquée, Université Paris XI, Bât. 503, BP 147,91403 ORSAY France
guillaume.delannoy@iota.u-psud.fr

DI FIDIO Christian
Universität Rostock, Arbeitsgruppe Quantenoptik- Fachbereich Physik, Universitätsplatz 3, 18051 ROSTOCK Germany
difidio@physik5.uni-rostock.de

DI STEFANO Andrea
Laboratoire de Physiques des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, Université de Lille 1, Bât. P5, USTL, 59655 VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ France
dist@lsh.univ-lille1.fr

DIECKMANN Kai
FOM-Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics, (AMOLF), Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ AMSTERDAM The Netherlands
dieckmann@amolf.nl

FISCHER Martin
Department of Physics, University of Texas, AUSTIN TX 78712 USA
fischer@physics.utexas.edu

FLOEGEL Filip
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Appelstrasse 7, 30167 HANNOVER Germany
floegel@itp.uni-hannover.de

FOLMAN Ron
Institute for Experimental Physik, University of Innsbruck, Techniker strasse 25, INNSBRUCK Austria
ron.folman@cern.ch
ron.folman@uibk.ac.at

HARTING Jens
Carl von Ossietzky, University Oldenburg, Physics Department, Finik. Systems Group, PO Box, 26211 OLDENBURG Germany
Harting@uni-oldenburg.de

JACKSON Brian
Department of Physics, University of Durham, Rochester Building, Sciences Laboratory, South Road, DURHAM DH 3LE United-Kingdom
Brian.Jackson@durham.ac.uk

JONCKHEERE Thibaut
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, Tour 12, 1^er étage, 75252 PARIS CEDEX 5 France
thibaut@spectro.jussieu.fr

JONSELL Svante
Department of Quantum Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 518, 75120 UPPSALA Sweden
jonsell@kvac.uu.se

KARKUSZEWSKI Zbigniew
Department of Physics at Jagiellonian University, Ul. Reymonta 4, CRACOW Poland
zbyszek@drum.if.uj.edu.pl

KIM Jae-Wan
Physics Department, 25-110, Seoul National University, SEOUL 151-742 Korea
jwkim1@phya.snu.ac.kr

LAU David Chung
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052 VICTORIA Australia
lau@mst.csiro.au

McKINSEY Daniel
Harvard University, Physics Department, 17 Oxford Street, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 USA
dan@jsbach.harvard.edu

MONASTRA Alejandro
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques, Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Bât. 100 91405 ORSAY CEDEX France
monastra@ipno.in2p3.fr
MOORE Michael
Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, TUCSON AZ 85721 USA
mgm@wotan.opt-sci.arizona.edu

MUELLER Cord Axel
Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, 1361 Route des Lucioles 06560 VALBONNE France
mueller@inln.cnrs.fr

NYGAARD Nicolai
Institute of Physiks & Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, 8000 AARHUS C Denmark
nygaard@dfi.aau.dk

OSNAGHI Stefano
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, E.N.S, 24, Rue Lhomond, 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 France
stefano.osnaghi@physique.ens.fr

PARAOANU Gheorghe-Sorin
Department of Physics, Loomis Laboratory, 1110 W. Green Street, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign URBANA IL 61801 USA
paraoanu@physics.uiuc.edu

PATRA Michael
Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Universiteit Leiden, Postbus 9506, 2300 RA LEIDEN The Netherlands
patra@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

PERRIN Hélène
DRECAM/SPEC CEA Saclay 91191 GIF SUR YVETTE CEDEX France
perrin@spec.saclay.cea.fr

POULSEN Uffe
Institute of Physics & Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Bygn 520-526, Ny Munkegade, 8000 AARHUS C Denmark
uvp@ifa.au.dk

RAUSCHENBEUTEL Arno
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, E.N.S, 24 Rue Lhomond 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 France
Arno.Rauschenbeutel@physique.ens.fr

SACHA Krysztof
Uniwersity Jagiellonski, Instytut Fizyki im.M. Smoluchowskiego, Ul. Reymonta 4, 30-059 KRAKOW Poland
sacha@chaos.if.uj.edu.pl

SCHMIDT Piet
Eichenweg22, 74653 KUENZELSAU Germany
Piet.Schmidt@uni-konstanz.de

SCHRECK Florian
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, E.N.S, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 France
florian.schreck@physique.ens.fr

SHVARCHUCK Igor
FOM Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ AMSTERDAM The Netherlands
igor@amolf.nl

TAICHENACHEV Alexei
Laser Physics Laboratory, Research Department, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, NOVOSIBIRSK 630090 Russia
llf@admin.nsu.ru

TASNADI Tamas
Research Group for Statiscal Physics, Eötvös University, 1518 BUDAPEST PO Box 32 Hungary
tasnadi@galahad.elte.hu

TAYLOR Jacob
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 USA
jmtaylor@fas.harvard.edu

THYWISSEN Joseph
Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17A Oxford Street CAMBRIDGE MA02138 USA
Joseph_thywissen@post.harvard.edu

TORII Yoshio
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University, 1-5-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, TOKYO 171-8588 Japan
yoshio.torii@gakushuin.ac.jp

TÖRMÄ Päivi
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25/2, 6020 INNSBRUCK Austria
Paivi.Torma@uibk.ac.at

VERNOOY David
Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics, Mail-stop 12-33, Caltech PASADENA CA 91125 USA
dvernooy@cco.caltech.edu
VIVERIT Luciano
Niels Bohr Institute FAPG, Orsted Laboratory, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 COPENHAGEN Denmark
viverit@nbi.dk

WEINSTEIN Jonathan
Harvard University, Physics Department, 17A Oxford Street, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 USA
jonathan@jsbach.harvard.edu

WELLENS Thomas
MOI für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Nothnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 DRESDEN Germany
tsw@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de

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