Novel collision experiments with metastable neon atoms in an atom trap

亚稳态氖原子在原子阱中的碰撞实验。该项目的目的是研究涉及长寿命激发态（亚稳态）原子的碰撞。该项目将利用磁光阱来研究电子-原子碰撞以及超冷原子的原子间碰撞。这些调查的结果扩展了这些重要过程的科学知识，并为测试基本散射理论提供了数据。这一科学知识可能导致进一步的技术进步，例如更有效的光源或可用于生产纳米级电路的亚稳态原子激光器。

Novel collision experiments with metastable neon atoms in an atom trap. The aim of this project is to investigate collisions involving atoms in long lived excited states (metastable states). The project will utilise a magneto-optical trap to investigate electron-atom collisions as well as interatomic collisions for ultra-cold atoms. The outcomes of such investigations extend scientific knowledge of these important processes as a well as provide data for testing fundamental scattering theories. This scientific knowledge may lead to further technological advances such as more efficient light sources or a metastable-atom laser that could be used for the production of nano-scale electric circuits.