The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997

Credits and References for the 1997 Physics Nobel Poster

Editors:
Solgerd Björn-Rasmussen and Margareta Wiberg Roland, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Authors:
Prof. Carl Nordling, Uppsala University, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Dr. Anders Kastberg, Stockholm University.

Layout :
Andreas Lilius, Typoform.

Printed by:
Tryckindustri 1997.

Web Adapted Version:
Nobelprize.org

Every effort has been made by the publisher to credit organizations and individuals with regard to the supply of photographs and illustrations. The publishers apologize for any omissions which will be corrected in future editions.

Contents:
Introduction » Deceleration of atoms » MOT » Optical molasses » The Doppler limit » New cooling mechanisms » Below the recoil limit » Rings on the water » Further reading »
Based on materials from the 1997 Nobel Poster for Physics. Credits and references for the poster »