The European Physical Journal D

Foreword p. I

Sisyphus cooling of rubidium atoms on the D₂ (F = 1 → F' = 1) line: The role of the neighbouring transitions p. 261

Semi-classical theory of laser cooling in two dimensions p. 269

Exotic quantum dark states p. 279

Generation of phase-coherent laser beams for Raman spectroscopy and cooling by direct current modulation of a diode laser p. 285

Buffer-gas loaded magnetic traps for atoms and molecules: A primer p. 289

White light transverse cooling of a helium beam p. 311

Direct measurement of fine structure changing collisional losses in cold trapped ⁸⁵Rb p. 317

Differential measurement of the ultracold Cs radiative escape and fine structure changing collision rates p. 323

Cold inelastic collisions between lithium and cesium in a two-species magneto-optical trap p. 331

A focussing funnel for metastable helium p. 341

Improving the specularity of magnetic mirrors for atoms p. 351

Microfabricated magnetic waveguides for neutral atoms p. 361

Pulsed standing wave deflection of sodium atoms p. 369

Trapping and cooling cesium atoms in a speckle field p. 373

Condensation of laser cooled gases p. 379

Ground state and vortex states of bosons in an anisotropic trap: A variational approach p. 391

Bose-Einstein condensates with vortices in rotating traps p. 399

Quantum backaction of optical observations on Bose-Einstein condensates p. 413

Pair correlation function of an inhomogeneous interacting Bose-Einstein condensate p. 425

BCS theory for trapped ultracold fermions p. 433

Collective excitations of a degenerate Fermi vapour in a magnetic trap p. 441

A diode-laser optical frequency standard based on laser-cooled Ca atoms: Sub-kilohertz spectroscopy by optical shelving detection p. 449

3d ²D_5/2 lifetime in laser cooled Ca⁺: Influence of cooling laser power p. 461

Saturation of the weak probe amplification in a strongly driven cold and dense atomic cloud p. 467