Cette thèse présente la première réalisation expérimentale d'un condensat de Bose-Einstein d'hélium métastable. L'énergie interne de 20 eV des atomes d'hélium métastable permet l'utilisation d'un système détection électronique des atomes, très rapide et efficace. Ce manuscrit décrit la démarche expérimentale adoptée pour parvenir à la condensation, à partir du transfert dans le piége magnétique du nuage atomique prérefroidi. Des études du champ magnétique de piégeage, en particulier de la décroissance du champ à la coupure du piège, sont réalisées in situ en venant sonder directement les atomes. Des mesures de spectroscopie du piège magnétique sont également effectuées afin de tester l'équilibre des atomes dans le piège. Pour initier ensuite un refroidissement évaporatif efficace, il faut un taux de collisions élastiques entre atomes piégés suffisamment élevé. Ne disposant pas de donnée expérimentale suffisante pour connaître la valeur de ce taux de collisions, nous avons effectué des mesures de thermalisation sur l'échantillon atomique. Celles-ci consistent à placer le nuage piégé hors-équilibre, puis à regarder la dynamique de relaxation vers un nouvel équilibre, atteint sous l'influence des collisions entre atomes piégés. La modélisation de ces expériences permet de remonter, à partir des résultats expérimentaux, au taux de collisions élastiques. La valeur déduite nous a encouragés à poursuivre le refroidissement évaporatif du nuage atomique, aboutissant finalement à la formation d'un condensat de Bose-Einstein. L'allure des signaux expérimentaux observés, influencés par la coupure des champs magnétiques, est expliquée. L'exploitation de ces signaux permet de déduire une valeur de la longueur de diffusion. La visualisation du signal d'ions produits par le condensat constitue une méthode d'observation non-destructive du condensat, donnant accès à sa cinétique de formation.

Dans ce mémoire nous présentons une étude sur les sources atomiques pour des senseurs atomiques à long temps de vol ainsi que la construction de deux sources atomiques. Dans un premier temps nous montrons que les propriétés de collimation et de cohérence nécessaires à l'interférometrie atomique à long temps de vol peuvent être fournies par les gaz atomiques dégénérés et nous explicitons le lien entre le facteur d'échelle du senseur inertiel et la géométrie de l'interféromètre. Puis, nous étudions la possibilité de conduire des expériences de senseurs inertiels par interférométrie atomique en chute libre dans un avion. La microgravité ainsi créée peut permettre d'accéder à 4 secondes de temps d'interrogation, et nous explicitons un protocole pour tester le principe d'équivalence par interférométrie atomique pendant cette période de chute libre. Nous décrivons la source d'atomes froids que nous avons construit et testé en microgravité. Enfin, nous consacrons une part importante de ce mémoire à la description d'un nouveau montage expérimental dont le but est de produire un mélange bosons-fermions dégénéré. Nous décrivons et caractérisons les technologies développées, telles que les nouveaux lasers semiconducteurs accordables et le piège optique compressible. Nous présentons les premiers résultats de chargement d'atomes froids dans une pince optique utilisant un laser inédit pour le piégeage atomique, un laser à fibre à 1560nm. Nous utilisons le fort décalage lumineux, unique à notre système, pour développer une nouvelle technique d'imagerie, sélective en énergie potentielle.

Cette thèse s'intéresse à la problématique de l'étude expérimentale du transport quantique d'ondes de matière avec des atomes froids. Ceux-ci étant facilement contrôlables, ils offrent la possibilité de créer des systèmes d'étude idéaux, notamment pour tester des théories de matière condensée. L'ensemble du système expérimental utilisé pour cela est décrit en détail dans le manuscrit. Il permet de réaliser des expériences aussi bien à une dimension qu'à trois dimensions, à partir de l'expansion cohérente d'ondes de matières issues d'un condensat de Bose-Einstein. Nous nous intéressons en particulier au problème du transport quantique dans les milieux désordonnés, qui conduit au phénomène de localisation d'Anderson. Nous rappelons ici les résultats récemment obtenus à une dimension, qui ont permis d'observer directement le phénomène avec des ondes de matière. Nous présentons ensuite les premières étapes d'une expérience ayant pour objectif l'observation directe de la transition d'Anderson, qui apparaît dans les systèmes tridimensionnels. Enfin, nous présentons une étude détaillée d'un laser à atomes guidés, qui pourrait se révéler être un outil particulièrement adapté à l'étude des phénomènes de transport quantique d'ondes de matière. Il permet en effet de contrôler de façon indépendante l'énergie des ondes de matière extraites, ainsi que le flux atomique à l'origine des interactions. Les limites d'un tel outil, liées à sa génération par une transition radiofréquence, aussi bien qu'à sa propagation dans un guide d'onde, sont données.

We numerically study the dynamics and interactions of vortex rings in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE). Single ring dynamics for both bright and dark vortex rings are explored including their traverse velocity, stability, and perturbations resulting in quadrupole oscillations. Multi-ring dynamics of dark vortex rings are investigated, including scattering and merging of two colliding rings, leapfrogging interactions of co-traveling rings, as well as co-moving steady-state multi-ring ensembles. Simulations of choreographed multi-ring setups are also performed, leading to intriguing interaction dynamics. Due to the inherent lack of a close form solution for vortex rings and the dimensionality where they live, efficient numerical methods to integrate the NLSE have to be developed in order to perform the extensive number of required simulations. To facilitate this, compact high-order numerical schemes for the spatial derivatives are developed which include a new semi-compact modulus-squared Dirichlet boundary condition. The schemes are combined with a fourth-order Runge-Kutta time-stepping scheme in order to keep the overall method fully explicit. To ensure efficient use of the schemes, a stability analysis is performed to find bounds on the largest usable time step-size as a function of the spatial step-size. The numerical methods are implemented into codes which are run on NVIDIA graphic processing unit (GPU) parallel architectures. The codes running on the GPU are shown to be many times faster than their serial counterparts. The codes are developed with future usability in mind, and therefore are written to interface with MATLAB utilizing custom GPU-enabled C codes with a MEX-compiler interface. Reproducibility of results is achieved by combining the codes into a code package called NLSEmagic which is freely distributed on a dedicated website.

The quantum dynamics and grand canonical thermodynamics of many-mode (one-, two-, and three-dimensional) interacting Bose gases are simulated from first principles. The model uses a lattice Hamiltonian based on a continuum second-quantized model with two-particle interactions, external potential, and interactions with an environment, with no further approximations. The interparticle potential can be either an (effective) delta function as in Bose-Hubbard models, or extended with a shape resolved by the lattice. Simulations are of a set of stochastic equations that in the limit of many realizations correspond exactly to the full quantum evolution of the many-body systems. These equations describe the evolution of samples of the gauge P distribution of the quantum state, details of which are developed. Conditions under which general quantum phase-space representations can be used to derive stochastic simulation methods are investigated in detail, given the criteria: 1) The simulation corresponds exactly to quantum mechanics in the limit of many trajectories. 2) The number of equations scales linearly with system size, to allow the possibility of efficient first-principles quantum mesoscopic simulations. 3) All observables can be calculated from one simulation. 4) Each stochastic realization is independent to allow straightforward use of parallel algorithms. Special emphasis is placed on allowing for simulation of open systems. In contrast to typical Monte Carlo techniques based on path integrals, the phase-space representation approach can also be used for dynamical calculations. Two major (and related) known technical stumbling blocks with such stochastic simulations are instabilities in the stochastic equations, and pathological trajectory distributions as the boundaries of phase space are approached. These can (and often do) lead to systematic biases in the calculated observables. The nature of these problems are investigated in detail. Many phase-space distributions have, however, more phase-space freedoms than the minimum required for exact correspondence to quantum mechanics, and these freedoms can in many cases be exploited to overcome the instability and boundary term problems, recovering an unbiased simulation. The stochastic gauge technique, which achieves this in a systematic way, is derived and heuristic guidelines for its use are developed. The gauge P representation is an extension of the positive P distribution, which uses coherent basis states, but allows a variety of useful stochastic gauges that are used to overcome the stability problems. Its properties are investigated, and the resulting equations to be simulated for the open interacting Bose gas system are derived. The dynamics of the following many-mode systems are simulated as examples: 1) Uniform one-dimensional and two-dimensional Bose gases after the rapid appearance of significant two-body collisions (e.g. after entering a Feshbach resonance). 2) Trapped bosons, where the size of the trap is of the same order as the range of the interparticle potential. 3) Stimulated Bose enhancement of scattered atom modes during the collision of two Bose-Einstein condensates. The grand canonical thermodynamics of uniform one-dimensional Bose gases is also calculated for a variety of temperatures and collision strengths. Observables calculated include first to third order spatial correlation functions (including at finite interparticle separation) and momentum distributions. The predicted phenomena are discussed. Improvements over the positive P distribution and other methods are discussed, and simulation times are analyzed for Bose-Hubbard lattice models from a general perspective. To understand the behavior of the equations, and subsequently optimize the gauges for the interacting Bose gas, single- and coupled two-mode dynamical and thermodynamical models of interacting Bose gases are investigated in detail. Directions in which future progress can be expected are considered. Lastly, safeguards are necessary to avoid biased averages when exponentials of Gaussian-like trajectory distributions are used (as here), and these are investigated.

The quantum dynamics and grand canonical thermodynamics of many-mode (one-, two-, and three-dimensional) interacting Bose gases are simulated from first principles. The model uses a lattice Hamiltonian based on a continuum second-quantized model with two-particle interactions, external potential, and interactions with an environment, with no further approximations. The interparticle potential can be either an (effective) delta function as in Bose-Hubbard models, or extended with a shape resolved by the lattice. Simulations are of a set of stochastic equations that in the limit of many realizations correspond exactly to the full quantum evolution of the many-body systems. These equations describe the evolution of samples of the gauge P distribution of the quantum state, details of which are developed. Conditions under which general quantum phase-space representations can be used to derive stochastic simulation methods are investigated in detail, given the criteria: 1) The simulation corresponds exactly to quantum mechanics in the limit of many trajectories. 2) The number of equations scales linearly with system size, to allow the possibility of efficient first-principles quantum mesoscopic simulations. 3) All observables can be calculated from one simulation. 4) Each stochastic realization is independent to allow straightforward use of parallel algorithms. Special emphasis is placed on allowing for simulation of open systems. In contrast to typical Monte Carlo techniques based on path integrals, the phase-space representation approach can also be used for dynamical calculations. Two major (and related) known technical stumbling blocks with such stochastic simulations are instabilities in the stochastic equations, and pathological trajectory distributions as the boundaries of phase space are approached. These can (and often do) lead to systematic biases in the calculated observables. The nature of these problems are investigated in detail. Many phase-space distributions have, however, more phase-space freedoms than the minimum required for exact correspondence to quantum mechanics, and these freedoms can in many cases be exploited to overcome the instability and boundary term problems, recovering an unbiased simulation. The stochastic gauge technique, which achieves this in a systematic way, is derived and heuristic guidelines for its use are developed. The gauge P representation is an extension of the positive P distribution, which uses coherent basis states, but allows a variety of useful stochastic gauges that are used to overcome the stability problems. Its properties are investigated, and the resulting equations to be simulated for the open interacting Bose gas system are derived. The dynamics of the following many-mode systems are simulated as examples: 1) Uniform one-dimensional and two-dimensional Bose gases after the rapid appearance of significant two-body collisions (e.g. after entering a Feshbach resonance). 2) Trapped bosons, where the size of the trap is of the same order as the range of the interparticle potential. 3) Stimulated Bose enhancement of scattered atom modes during the collision of two Bose-Einstein condensates. The grand canonical thermodynamics of uniform one-dimensional Bose gases is also calculated for a variety of temperatures and collision strengths. Observables calculated include first to third order spatial correlation functions (including at finite interparticle separation) and momentum distributions. The predicted phenomena are discussed. Improvements over the positive P distribution and other methods are discussed, and simulation times are analyzed for Bose-Hubbard lattice models from a general perspective. To understand the behavior of the equations, and subsequently optimize the gauges for the interacting Bose gas, single- and coupled two-mode dynamical and thermodynamical models of interacting Bose gases are investigated in detail. Directions in which future progress can be expected are considered. Lastly, safeguards are necessary to avoid biased averages when exponentials of Gaussian-like trajectory distributions are used (as here), and these are investigated.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:15:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 1995-01-27T00:00:00Z / Trata da satisfação dos enfermeiros no trabalho desenvolvido no Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, localizado na cidade de São Paulo. Aborda caracteísticas do hospital e da enfermagem deste hospital; assim como faz uma revisão literária sobre o comportamento organizacional, o trabalho, o trabalho em enfermagem, a satisfação no trabalho e a satisfação no trabalho em enfermagem. Apresenta a metodologia utilizada e os resultados obtidos apontando as áreas de deficiência na satisfação das necessidades psicossocias dos enfermeiros, assim como as áreas consideradas por eles, mais importantes

As teorias de gravitação invariante por escala propõem uma variação com relação ao tempo da constante gravitacional ou da massa dos objetos que constituem o universo. Desta forma a intensidade da interação gravitacional também se torna variável, modificando sensivelmente o comportamento do universo. Algumas teorias foram propostas no decorrer do século, porém, descartadas devido a problemas técnicos e de concordância com dados observacionais. trabalho a ser apresentado nesta dissertação está fundamentado em uma teoria de gravitação invariante por escala, a qual vem atualmente sendo desenvolvida e é denominada teoria penta-dimensional Espaço-Tempo-Massa. Tal teoria propõe a quantidade de massa de repouso como uma quantidade extensiva, de maneira a introduzi-la na métrica e torná-la variável. Diversos trabalhos foram realizados com esta teoria, incluindo alguns, o estudo de modelos cosmológicos. Investigaremos aqui a extensão do modelo cosmológico de Bianchi tipo V, que é um dos mais importantes modelos do universo. Duas métricas foram propostas e as soluções das equações de campo da teoria SD-Espaço-Tempo-Massa para tais métricas foram obtidas. Tais soluções correspondem a espaços não-planos. Um estudo sobre singularidades na métrica e na curvatura foi realizado para ambas as métricas, em adição, o tensor de energia-momento induzido foi obtido para as métricas e as suas propriedades investigadas. Através da análise do tensor de Kretschmann verificou-se a ausência de singularidades efetivas nos modelos 5D abordados, sugerindo uma distribuição finita de energia devido a inclusão da massa de repouso. / The scale invariant gravitational theories propose the time variation either in the gravitational constant or in the rest mass of the objects that constitute the universe. By this way the intensity of the gravitational interaction varies as well, changing accordingly the behavior of the universe. Several theories have been proposed in the literature, however most of them have been discharged due to drawbacks in thecnicalities or lack of agreement with observational data. The work conducted here takes into account a 5-dimensional theory called SpaceTime- Mass, which proposes that the rest mass be na extensible quantity that change with time. Severa! investigations have been done so far with this theory, some o f them including cosmological studies. Here we will investigate the 5D extension of the Bianchi type V cosmological model, which is one of the most important model of the universe. Two metrics are proposed and the solution of the corresponding 5D-Spae-Time-Mass field equations are found. Both solutions shown to be non-flat spaces. The singularity behavior of the metric and curvature were done, the induced energy-momentum tensor for both metrics were determined and their properties were investigated. Through the analysis of the Kretschmann tensor, it has been shown that there is no effective singularity in the space, which suggest that there is a finite distribution of energy due to the inclusion of the rest mass variable.

V klasické fyzice m·že být ustavena statická rovnováha v soustavě, která obsahuje extrémně nabité zdroje gravitačního a elektromagnetického pole. Udivujícím faktem je, že tato situace m·že nastat i pro černé díry v relativis- tické fyzice. Tato práce vyšetřuje speciální případ nekonečně dlouhé, extrémně nabité struny, zkoumá geometrii prostoročasu, elektrogeodetiky, vlastnosti zdroje a srovnává řešení se situací v klasické fyzice. Dále se zabýváme analogickou situací v dynamickém prostoročase s kosmologickou konstantou, a řešení porovnáváme s jeho statickou verzí. Nakonec zkoumáme periodické řešení Laplaceovy rovnice, které odpovídá nekonečně mnoha extremálním bodovým zdroj·m rozloženým v pravidelném rozestupu podél přímky. Vyšetřujeme vlastnosti elektrostatického potenciálu a ukazujeme, že v limitě velké vzdálenosti od osy tvořené zdroji pře- chází toto řešení v nabitou strunu. 1

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T15:15:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ThiagoBRFO_DISSERT.pdf: 776732 bytes, checksum: 79a4002c3c2d724d3d1651680816802b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-07-01 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / In this dissertation, after a brief review on the Einstein s General Relativity Theory and its application to the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) cosmological models, we present and discuss the alternative theories of gravity dubbed f(R) gravity. These theories come about when one substitute in the Einstein-Hilbert action the Ricci curvature R by some well behaved nonlinear function f(R). They provide an alternative way to explain the current cosmic acceleration with no need of invoking neither a dark energy component, nor the existence of extra spatial dimensions. In dealing with f(R) gravity, two different variational approaches may be followed, namely the metric and the Palatini formalisms, which lead to very different equations of motion. We briefly describe the metric formalism and then concentrate on the Palatini variational approach to the gravity action. We make a systematic and detailed derivation of the field equations for Palatini f(R) gravity, which generalize the Einsteins equations of General Relativity, and obtain also the generalized Friedmann equations, which can be used for cosmological tests. As an example, using recent compilations of type Ia Supernovae observations, we show how the f(R) = R ? fi/Rn class of gravity theories explain the recent observed acceleration of the universe by placing reasonable constraints on the free parameters fi and n. We also examine the question as to whether Palatini f(R) gravity theories permit space-times in which causality, a fundamental issue in any physical theory [22], is violated. As is well known, in General Relativity there are solutions to the viii field equations that have causal anomalies in the form of closed time-like curves, the renowned G?del model being the best known example of such a solution. Here we show that every perfect-fluid G?del-type solution of Palatini f(R) gravity with density and pressure p that satisfy the weak energy condition + p 0 is necessarily isometric to the G?del geometry, demonstrating, therefore, that these theories present causal anomalies in the form of closed time-like curves. This result extends a theorem on G?del-type models to the framework of Palatini f(R) gravity theory. We derive an expression for a critical radius rc (beyond which causality is violated) for an arbitrary Palatini f(R) theory. The expression makes apparent that the violation of causality depends on the form of f(R) and on the matter content components. We concretely examine the G?del-type perfect-fluid solutions in the f(R) = R?fi/Rn class of Palatini gravity theories, and show that for positive matter density and for fi and n in the range permitted by the observations, these theories do not admit the G?del geometry as a perfect-fluid solution of its field equations. In this sense, f(R) gravity theory remedies the causal pathology in the form of closed timelike curves which is allowed in General Relativity. We also examine the violation of causality of G?del-type by considering a single scalar field as the matter content. For this source, we show that Palatini f(R) gravity gives rise to a unique G?deltype solution with no violation of causality. Finally, we show that by combining a perfect fluid plus a scalar field as sources of G?del-type geometries, we obtain both solutions in the form of closed time-like curves, as well as solutions with no violation of causality / Nesta disserta??o, ap?s uma breve revis?o sobre a Teoria da Relatividade Geral de Einstein e suas aplica??es para os modelos cosmol?gicos de Friedmann-Lemaitre- Robertson-Walker (FLRW), apresentamos e discutimos as teorias alternativas de gravidade denominadas de gravidade f(R). Estas teorias surgem quando substitu?mos na a??o de Einstein-Hilbert o escalar de curvatura de Ricci R por qualquer fun??o f(R) n?o-linear bem comportada. Elas fornecem uma maneira alternativa para explicar a acelera??o c?smica atual sem necessitar envolver qualquer componente de energia escura ou a exist?ncia de dimens?es espaciais extras. Quando lidamos com gravidade f(R), dois diferentes princ?pios variacionais podem ser seguidos, a saber, o formalismo m?trico e o de Palatini, os quais levam a equa??es de movimento muito diferentes. Descrevemos brevemente o formalismo m?trico e ent?o nos concentramos no princ?pio variacional de Palatini para a a??o da gravidade. Fazemos uma deriva??o sistem?tica e detalhada das equa??es de campo para a gravidade f(R) de Palatini, as quais generalizam as equa??es de Einstein da Relatividade Geral. Em seguida obtemos as equa??es de Friedmann generalizadas, que podem ser usadas para testes cosmol?gicos. Para exemplificar, usamos compila??es recentes de observa??es de supernovas do tipo Ia e mostramos como a classe de teorias de gravidade f(R) = R ? /Rn explica a recente acelera??o observada do universo quando colocamos v?nculos razo?veis sobre os par?metros livres e n. Examinamos tamb?m a quest?o de como teorias f(R) de gravidade em Palatini permitem espa?os-tempos em que a causalidade, um resultado fundamental em qualquer teoria f?sica [22], ? violada. Como ? bem conhecido, na Relatividade Geral existem solu??es para as equa??es de campo que possuem anomalias causais na forma de curvas tipo-tempo fechadas, sendo o modelo de G?del o exemplo mais bem conhecido de tais solu??es. Aqui mostramos que toda solu??o do tipo-G?del de gravidade f(R) em Palatini com fluido perfeito, caracterizado por densidade e press?o p, satisfazendo a condi??o de energia fraca + p 0, ? necessariamente isom?trica ? geometria de G?del, demonstrando, portanto, que essas teorias apresentam anomalias causais na forma de curvas tipo-tempo fechadas. Esses resultados ampliam um teorema sobre modelos tipo-G?del para a estrutura das teorias de gravidade f(R) de Palatini. Derivamos uma express?o para o raio cr?tico rc (al?m do qual a causalidade ? violada) para uma teoria arbitr?ria de gravidade f(R) de Palatini. A express?o encontrada tornou claro que a viola??o da causalidade depende da forma de f(R) e dos componentes do conte?do de mat?ria. Examinamos objetivamente as solu??es tipo-G?del de um fluido perfeito na classe f(R) = R ? /Rn das teorias de gravidade de Palatini e mostramos que, para uma densidade de mat?ria positiva e para e n em um intervalo permitido pelas observa??es, essas teorias n?o admitem como solu??es de suas equa??es de campo a geometria de G?del juntamente com um fluido perfeito. Nesse sentido, teorias de gravidade f(R) remediam a patologia causal na forma de curvas tipotempo fechadas que ? permitido na Relatividade Geral. Examinamos tamb?m essa viola??o de causalidade ao considerar um campo escalar como conte?do material. Para essa fonte, mostramos que a gravidade f(R) em Palatini d? origem a uma ?nica solu??o do tipo-G?del sem viola??o de causalidade. Finalmente, mostramos que a combina??o de um fluido perfeito mais um campo escalar como fontes de geometrias tipo-G?del, levam a solu??es na forma de curvas tipo-tempo fechadas como a solu??es sem viola??o de causalidade