PHYS626 Introduction to Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics
Course description
This course focuses on Modern Applications of Atomic Physics. The first half of the course will include introduction to fundamental atomic physics essential to the understanding of the other topics and approximation methods. The second part of the course will include selected topics in modern atomic physics: atomic clocks and their applications to the search for the variation of fundamental constants and dark matter, quantum information with atoms, and others.
Dirac-Hartree-Fock code. Second-order perturbation theory and running second-order code. Atomic calculations and the search for the variation of the fine-structure constant
Hydrogen atom in electric field. Quadratic Stark effect. Atomic polarizability. Emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation by atoms. Transition probabilities and selection rules. Lifetimes of atomic states