U.S.-Italy Cooperative Research: Chaos in Atomic Systems

这个为期三年的奖项将支持学生参与美国-意大利在原子系统混沌方面的合作研究，该研究由密苏里大学圣路易斯分校的Jacob Leventhal和意大利比萨大学的Maria Allegrini和Ennio Arimondo教授共同完成。研究的重点将是从物理系统从有序运动到混沌运动转变的现代概念的角度，检查特殊制备的原子，里德伯原子对交变电场的响应。合作的美国方面带来了实验方法方面的专业知识，重点是在各种应用中利用里德伯原子的独特性质。意大利合作者对过渡到混沌行为的研究和他们在实验原子物理学方面的专业知识补充了这一点。他们研究了红外激光器，并设计了对这些实验方法至关重要的可选二氧化碳激光器。＊＊＊

9415505 Leventhal This three-year award will support student participation in U.S.- Italy cooperative research in chaos in atomic systems between Jacob Leventhal of the University of Missouri - Saint Louis, and Professors Maria Allegrini and Ennio Arimondo at the University of Pisa, Italy. The focus of the research will be on examining the responses of specially prepared atoms, Rydberg atoms, to alternating electric fields from the perspective of modern conceptions of transitions of physical systems from ordered to chaotic motion. The U.S. side of the collaboration brings expertise in experimental methods focusing on exploitation of the unique properties of Rydberg atoms in a variety of applications. This is complemented by the Italian collaborators' studies of transitions to chaotic behavior and their expertise in experimental atomic physics. They have worked with infrared lasers, and have designed the line selectable carbon dioxide laser crucial to the method of these experiments. ***