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Nonlinear Quantum Resonances in Atom Optics
Shmuel Fishman
Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Resonances are among the most typical manifestations of quantum mechanical
behavior and are very sensitive to values of parameters (for example in
standard atomic spectroscopy). Recently resonances, that are stable with
respect to variation of parameters, were discovered experimentally for the
dynamics of laser cooled Cesium atoms when driven in the presence of
gravity. A theoretical explanation of this surprising observation will be
presented. Further theoretical predictions that were verified
experimentally will be presented as well. The theory makes use of
invariance properties of the system, that are similar to the ones of
solids, as well as of the theory of dynamical systems.
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