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Trapped atomic particles in action

K. N. Drabovich

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract: A review of recent papers on research on trapped ions cooled by laser radiation is given. Experiments are described on observing quantum jumps in atoms and on investigating antibunching and sub-Poisson statistics of photons of fluorescence radiation from single atoms. Experiments on phase transitions in a system of cold ions are discussed.

UDC: 539.186.3

PACS: 32.80.Pj, 42.50.Dv, 42.50.Lc, 42.50.Ar, 32.50.+d

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0158.198907e.0499

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1989, 32:7, 622–628