This review describes the methods of trapping cold atoms in electromagnetic fields and in
the combined electromagnetic and gravity fields. We discuss first the basic types of the …

Sensitivity of the precise measurement based on interaction between light and atoms can be
improved by prolonging spin-polarization lifetime of alkali-metal atoms. However, spin …

Alkali-metal magnetometers use the coherent precession of polarized atomic spins to detect
and measure magnetic fields. Recent advances have enabled magnetometers to become …

The spectroscopic hyperfine constants for all the alkali atoms are reported. For atoms from
lithium to cesium, only the long lived atomic isotopes are examined. For francium, the …

A consistent, up-to-date description of the extremely manifold and varied experimental
techniques which nowadays enable work with neutral particles. Th book lays the physical …

Optical experiments have demonstrated cases in which mirror symmetry in stable atoms is
broken during the absorption or emission of light. Such results, which are in conflict with …

Rather different problems can be lumped together under the general term'laser control of
atoms and molecules'. They include the laser selection of atomic and molecular velocities for …

We present lifetime measurements of the 7 p 2 P 3/2 and 7 p 2 P 1/2 levels of Fr. We use a
time-correlated single-photon counting technique on a cold sample of 210 Fr atoms in a …

We have demonstrated Zeeman slowing and capture of neutral Ra 225 and Ra 226 atoms in
a magneto-optical trap. The intercombination transition S 0 1→ P 1 3 is the only quasicycling …

We report on the successful extension of production of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) to
a rare atomic species. Despite its low natural abundance of 0.13%, 168 Yb is directly …