Overview
- P?rovides geodesists and geophysicists with a background to go from classical mechanics and electromagnetism to the quantum measurement of gravity
- Presents a scientific background for future researches in geodesy and geophysics
- Contains applications of the quantum theory
Part of the book series: Springer Geophysics (SPRINGERGEOPHYS)
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About this book
This book explains the fundamental concepts necessary to understand atom manipulation by photons, including the principles of quantum mechanics. It is conceived as a road that leads the reader from classical physics (mechanics and electromagnetism, considered as a common scientific background of geodesists and geophysicists), tothe basics of quantum mechanics in order to understand the dynamics of atoms falling in the gravity field, while interacting with suitably resonant laser beams. There are different types of measurements of gravity based on the manipulation of ultra-cold atoms; the book presents the principles of the instruments based on stimulated Raman transition, which can be easily worked out analytically. However, the concepts explained in the text can provide a good starting point to understand also the applications based on the so-called Block oscillations or on the Bose–Einstein condensation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Measurement of Gravity for Geodesists and Geophysicists
Authors: Fernando Sansò, Federica Migliaccio
Series Title: Springer Geophysics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42838-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42837-2Published: 10 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42840-2Published: 10 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42838-9Published: 09 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2364-9119
Series E-ISSN: 2364-9127
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 133
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Quantum Physics, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials