A survey of the physics of ultracold atoms and molecules, taking into consideration the latest research on phenomena close to the absolute zero of termperature, such as Bose Einstein condensation, degenerate Fermi gases and ultracold atoms in lattices. This textbook covers recent experimental results on atomic and molecular quantum gases as well as the theoretical treatment. From the Contents ? Optical Cooling ? Quantum Collisions ? Frozen Rydberg Gases ? Cold Molecules ? Introduction to Bose–Einstein Condensation ? Ultracold Fermi Gases: Properties and Techniques ? Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices ? Tutorial on Experimental Physics of Ultracold Gases Matthias Weidemuller is Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Heidelberg, where he holds the Chair for Quantum Dynamics of Atomic and Molecular Systems. After studying Physics in Bonn, Munich and Paris he attained his doctorate in 1995 at the Max–Planck–Institute for...