NJIT Physics Department Seminar

December 14th, Monday

Long-range Interactions from Atoms to Neutrons

Dr. James F. Babb

Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

(Atomic/Nuclear Physics, Host: Schaden)

*TALK*: Tiernan 406, 11:30am - 12:30pm

(* SPECIAL TIME/ROOM and NO TEA TIME *)

*LUNCH*: Tiernan 409, 12:30pm - 4pm

Abstract:

The interactions between neutral particles at large distances is of interest for scattering and for spectroscopy in atomic, molecular, and optical physics. I will discuss some recent advances and applications and some simple physical models. New calculations from nuclear physics make it possible to extend the analysis to neutrons and I will discuss some results.