Module 1 : History of Atomic & Molecular Physics and basic backgrounds
Lecture 1 : Introduction to Atomic & Molecular Physics
 
  • Wide ranging scales make the field of Atomic & Molecular Physics more interesting today than it was ever.
  • We also see that the study of atomic and molecular physics is at the heart of every interdisciplinary research.
  • An understanding of the structure of atoms and molecules is therefore a prerequisite for entering into several of the areas discussed earlier.
Various scales in AM Physics:

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Fusion Plasma and stellar environment, Spectroscopy and dynamics of highly charged ions, Diagnostic techniques for plasma


Molecular interactions in astrophysical ices, Formation of complex molecules in interstellar environment, Fundamental question on formation of molecules which have relevance to origin of life


Atomic and Molecular beams, Clusters


Laser cooled atoms, Atomic clock based on Cs fountain, Nano-fabrication using cold atoms,


Quantum degenerate atomic gases, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Fermi Sea, Quantum many body physics, Matter wave optics, Atom interferometry, Atomic Physics as basis of condensed matter physics