Photo courtesy of

Ken Abbott/CU Boulder 

Carl Wieman Research Group
JILA/University of Colorado440 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0440

Atomic Physics and BEC (Bose-Einstein Condensation)

JILA BEC Trapping and Cooling Apparatus

 

Scott Papp, Graduate Student

Josh Zirbel, Graduate Student

Kang-Kuen Ni, Graduate Student

Juan Pino, Graduate Student

 

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M. H. Anderson, J. R. Ensher, M. R. Matthews, C. E. Wieman and E. A. Cornell, “Observation of Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute atomic vapor,” Science 269, 198-201 (1995).

 

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C. S. Wood, S. C. Bennett, D. Cho. B. P. Masterson, J. L. Roberts, C. Tanner and C. E. Wieman, “Measurement of parity nonconservation and an anapole moment in cesium,” Science 275, 1759-1763 (1997).

 

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E.A. Donley, N.R. Claussen, S.T. Thompson and C.E. Wieman, “Atom-Molecule Coherence in a Bose-Einstein Condensate,” Nature, 417, 529-533, (2002).

 

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E.A. Cornell, C.E. Wieman, “Nobel Lectures in Physics 2001,” Rev. Mod. Phys., 74(3), 875-893 (2002).

 

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S.T. Thompson, E. Hodby, and C.E. Wieman, “Spontaneous Dissociation of 85 Rb Feshbach Molecules,” Phys Rev Lett 94, 020401 (2005).

 

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E. Hodby, S.T. Thompson, C.A. Regal, M. Greiner, A.C. Wilson, D.S. Jin, E.A. Cornell, and C.E. Wieman, “Production Efficiency of Ultracold Feshbach Molecules in Bosonic and Fermionic Systems,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 120402, 2005.

Physics Education Research and Physics Education Technology Project     

 

Kathy Perkins, Senior Research Associate

Linda Koch, Postdoc

Sarah (Sam) McKagan, Postdoc

Wendy Adams, Graduate Student

Kara Gray, Graduate Student

 

PhET (Physics Education Technology Project) is a project for the development and use of highly interactive online simulations for physics education.  There are currently 40 interactive applets on the PhET website, and more under development.  

 

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Katherine Perkins, Wendy Adams, Michael Dubson, Noah Finkelstein, Sam Reid, Carl Wieman, Ron LeMaster, “PhET: Interactive Simulations for Teaching and Learning Physics,” The Physics Teacher, in press, 2005. 

 

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Katherine Perkins and Carl Wieman, “WebWatch: Free online resource connects real-life phenomena with science,” Physics Education, January, 93-95, 2004.

 

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K.K. Perkins and C.E. Wieman, “The surprising impact of seat location on student performance,” The Physics Teacher, 43, 30 (2005)

 

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C. Wieman, “Engaging Students with Active Thinking,” Peer Review, Winter 2005.

 

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S. Singer, H. Dyasi, A. Eisenkraft, P. Hines, M. Lach, D.P. Licata, N. Pelaez, W. Sandoval, J. Spillane, C.E. Wieman, America’s Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science, Committee on High School Science Laboratories: Role and Vision, Susan R. Singer, Margaret L. Hilton, and Heidi A. Schweingruber, eds. Board on Science Education, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2005.

 

 
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