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Atomic reflection from a magnetic mirror: Beyond the adiabatic approximation

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We present theoretical calculations for the reflection of atoms from a magnetic surface with a sinusoidal magnetization. A fully quantum mechanical treatment is possible because the problem may be reduced to an effective one-dimensional one. Results of numerical wave-packet calculations are presented and compared with an analytical model in which the atoms separate into different internal state components which follow classical paths in different potentials.

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  1. Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, 8000 Århus C, Denmark, , , , , , DK

    U.V. Poulsen & K. Mølmer

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Received 21 October 1999 and Received in final form 18 January 2000

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Poulsen, U., Mølmer, K. Atomic reflection from a magnetic mirror: Beyond the adiabatic approximation. Eur. Phys. J. D 11, 151–157 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530070078

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