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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 34: Poster 1

Q 34.57: Poster

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 16:30–19:00, Poster.I+II

A rate equation based model with exact two-body correlations — •Kilian Heeg and Jörg Evers — Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany

New methods to describe clouds of Rydberg atoms are developed and compared to existing rate equation [1] and mean-field calculations [2]. We are particularly interested in the modeling of higher order correlations, and evaluate the performance of the different models via advanced observables like the pair correlation function and the Mandel Q parameter. In particular, we present an enhanced version of the rate equation model [1] which takes into account exact two-body correlations.

[1] C. Ates et al., Phys. Rev. A 83, 041802(R) (2011)

[2] D. Tong et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 063001 (2004)