1. Module 1: Atomic and molecular physics, 10 lectures, Ben Sauer Collision physics at low temperature, 4 lectures, Misha Ivanov Module 2: Laser cooling and trapping of neutrals, 8 lectures, Ed Hinds Cold molecules, 7 lectures, Mike Tarbutt

2. Review of hydrogen gross structure fine structure and perturbation theory hyperfine structure Structure of helium central fields direct and exchange integrals Angular momentum symmetry and transformation rotations and angular momentum addition of angular momentum spherical tensors and Wigner-Eckart theorem transitions Atomic and molecular physics

3. Why bother? Rb: a two level atom Doppler broadened Doppler free

4. Textbooks David J. Griffiths, Introduction to quantum mechanics, 2 nd edition, 2005. Cohen-Tannoudji, Die, Laloë, Quantum mechanics (2 volumes, 1500 pages) Sakurai, Modern quantum mechanics Merzbacher, Quantum mechanics Woodgate, Elementary atomic structure Zare, Angular momentum Edmonds, Angular momentum in quantum mechanics Weissbluth, Atoms and molecules