U.S.-Italy Cooperative Research: Reactive Collisions of Rydberg Atoms

该奖项将支持雅各布·利文塔尔教授的 圣路易斯的密苏里州大学进行研究合作 教授M。Allegrini和E.阿里蒙多大学 来自意大利的比萨。 合作的目的是研究 高激发态原子的相互作用， 理解原子的性质在经典的 和量子力学。 这项工作，这是一个合作的延续， 80年代初开始的工作， 原子相互作用的研究。 拟议的实验 将联合收割机的红外专业技术的意大利集团， 圣路易斯开发的生产技术， 高激发态原子 实验设置的基础 事实上，高度激发的原子，凭借它们的 敏感性和夸张的反应，提供有用的 原子性质的放大，使其可行， 研究难以观察到的影响。

This award will support Professor Jacob Leventhal of the University of Missouri at St. Louis in a research collaboration with Professors M. Allegrini and E. Arimondo of the University of Pisa, Italy. The purpose of the collaboration is to study the interaction of highly excited atoms in order to better understand atomic properties at the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics. The work, which represents a continuation of collaborative work starting in the early 80's, is producing significant research in atomic interactions. The proposed experiments will combine the infrared expertise of the Italian group with techniques developed in St. Louis for the production of highly excited atoms. Fundamental to the experimental set-up is the fact that highly excited atoms, by virtue of their sensitivity and exaggerated responses, provide useful amplification of atomic properties making it feasible to study effects that would otherwise be difficult to observe.