{"id":5010,"date":"2017-02-07T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/?page_id=5010"},"modified":"2017-02-07T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T16:17:27","slug":"abstract04-28-17-dennis-p-clougherty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract04-28-17-dennis-p-clougherty\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstract:04.28.17-Dennis P. Clougherty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>uri physics colloquium<\/h1>\n<h3><strong>Infrared Problem in Quantum Acoustodynamics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Dennis P. Clougherty, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics<\/em><em>, University of Vermont<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>abstract<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Classical mechanics predicts that a sufficiently slow-moving atom will always stick to a surface; simple quantum mechanical considerations however lead to the opposite conclusion: a slow-moving atom will never stick to a surface.\u00a0 Fortunately, \u00a0our experimental control of ultracold atoms has advanced to the level where a quantum theory of atomic adsorption can be tested in the lab. \u00a0 \u00a0With current efforts to develop new quantum technologies such as chip-scale atomic clocks, quantum computers, and high-precision nanoscale sensors, there is renewed interest in the quantum mechanics of ultracold atoms near surfaces. Our current understanding of ultracold atomic adsorption will be discussed.\u00a0 The parallels between quantum adsorption and radiative processes in quantum electrodynamics will be emphasized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<p id=\":1iy\" class=\"ajR\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ajT\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>uri physics colloquium Infrared Problem in Quantum Acoustodynamics Dennis P. Clougherty, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics, University of Vermont abstract Classical mechanics predicts that a sufficiently slow-moving atom will always stick to a surface; simple quantum mechanical considerations however lead to the opposite conclusion: a slow-moving atom will never stick to a surface.\u00a0 Fortunately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4861,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5010","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}