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Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

This group collects the Physics subcategory's members whose work concerns individual atoms, molecules and light: optics, lasers, spectroscopy, interferometry, atomic physics and the x-ray and photon experiments that probe matter at this scale. It is kept apart from Condensed Matter Physics, whose members study the collective behavior of matter in bulk rather than individual atoms or molecules, and from Quantum Physics And Quantum Information, whose members work on the general theoretical framework rather than a specific optical or atomic technique.

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1. Wikipedia: Atomic physics
WikipediaAtomic physics, Bohr model section
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The Bohr model, proposed by Niels Bohr in 1913, is a revolutionary theory describing the structure of the hydrogen atom.
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Charles Fabry (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Charles Fabry, Lead, field of work
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was a French physicist working on optics
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Wolfgang Ketterle (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Wolfgang Ketterle, Lead
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experiments that trap and cool atoms to temperatures close to absolute zero
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Serge Haroche (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Serge Haroche, Research
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Haroche works primarily in atomic physics and quantum optics.
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Walther Gerlach (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Walther Gerlach, Lead, Stern-Gerlach experiment
Quote, Has Member: Walther Gerlach, Lead, Stern-Gerlach experiment
co-discovered, through laboratory experiment, spin quantization in a magnetic field
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