Leif Veseth

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Email leif.veseth@fys.uio.no
Room 452, East
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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 24 Fysikkbygningen 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1048 Blindern 0316 Oslo

Academic Interests

Modern atomic- and molecular physics. Ultracold atoms and molecules.

Molecular spectroscopy. Bose-Einstein Condensation. Manybody-theory.

Teaching

Mathematical methods in physics. Thermodynamics and statistical physics.

Group theory and quantum mechanics. Atomic- and molecular physics.

 

Courses:

FYS3140 Mathematical methods in physics

FYS2160 Thermodynamics and statistical physics

Higher education and employment history

Master of science (Cand. real.) UiO 1967, Philosophical doctor UiO 1971,

Associate professor Department of Physics, UiO 1973, professor from 1993.

Sabbatical stays at University of California, Berkeley, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, University og Aarhus, University of Florence (LENS).

Cooperation

Department of Physics, University of Ulm, Germany

 

Tags: Atomic Physics

Publications

  • Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2014). Quantum optimal control theory applied to transitions in diatomic molecules. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 90(6). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.063427. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2013). Molecular hyperfine parameters in the 1 3Σu+ and 1 3Σg+ states of Li2, Na2, K2 and Rb2. European Physical Journal D : Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. ISSN 1434-6060. 67(7). doi: 10.1140/epjd/e2013-40062-1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Takekoshi, T,; Strauss, Christine; Lang, F.; Denschlag, J. Hecker; Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2011). Hyperfine, rotational, and Zeeman structure of the lowest vibrational levels of the 87Rb2 (1) 3Σg+ state. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 83(6). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.062504.
  • Bjørgen, Håkon; Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2011). Index of refraction for cold lithium- and diatomic sodium waves traveling through cold noble gases. European Physical Journal D : Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. ISSN 1434-6060. 61(3), p. 593–608. doi: 10.1140/epjd/e2010-10531-2.
  • Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2011). Diatomic molecules in optical and microwave dipole traps. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 83(3). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.033407.
  • Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2010). Feshbach resonances and transition rates for cold homonuclear collisions between K-39 and K-41 atoms. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 81(3). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.032702.
  • Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2009). Ab initio calculation of Feshbach resonances in cold atomic collisions: s- and p-wave Feshbach resonances in Li-6(2). Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 79(6). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.062704.
  • Lysebo, Marius & Veseth, Leif (2008). cCold collisions between atoms and diatomic molecules. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 77. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.032721.
  • Roeggen, I; Røeggen, Inge & Veseth, Leif (2005). Interatomic potential for the Chi(1)Sigma(+)(g) state of Be-2, revisited. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. ISSN 0020-7608. 101.
  • Veseth, Leif (2003). Autoionisation of superexcited states in N2 to the N2+ B state. Chemical Physics Letters. ISSN 0009-2614. 372(1-2), p. 139–146.
  • Veseth, Leif (2003). Neutral dissociation of superexcited states in nitric oxide. Chemical Physics. ISSN 0301-0104. 293(1), p. 65–73.
  • Ruiz, J. Alvarez ; Erman, P.; Rachlew-Kallne, E.; Riu, J. Rius i; Stankiewicz, M. & Veseth, Leif (2002). Neutral dissociation of superexcited states in carbon monoxide. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. ISSN 0953-4075. 35, p. 2975–2983.
  • Veseth, Leif (2001). Molecular excitation energies computed with Kohn-Sham orbitals and exact exchange potentials. Journal of Chemical Physics. ISSN 0021-9606. 114(20), p. 8789–8795.
  • Riu, J. Rius i; Karawajczyk, A.; Stankiewicz, M.; Yoshiki Franzen, K. Yoshiki; Winiarczyk, P. & Veseth, Leif (2001). Non Franck-Condon effects in the photoionization of molecular oxygen to the O2+ X2Pig state in the 19-31eV photon energy region. Chemical Physics Letters. ISSN 0009-2614. 333, p. 91–95.
  • Riu, J. Rius i; Karawajczyk, A.; Stankiewicz, M.; Yoshiki Franzen, K. Yoshiki; Winiarczyk, L. & Veseth, Leif (2001). Non Franck-Condon effects in the photoionization of molecular nitrogen to the N2+ A2Piu state in the 19-31eV photon energy region. Chemical Physics Letters. ISSN 0009-2614. 338, p. 285–290.
  • Veseth, Leif (2001). Nobelprisen i fysikk 2001. Fra Fysikkens Verden. ISSN 0015-9247. 4, p. 108–110.
  • Veseth, Leif (2001). Computed photoionization cross sections of CO+. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. ISSN 0953-4075. 34, p. L773–L777.
  • Karawajczyk, A.; Erman, P.; Rachlew-Kallne, E.; Riu, J. Rius i; Stankiewicz, M. & Franzen, K.Y. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2000). Neutral fragmentation of superexcited oxygen molecules. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. A61.
  • Erman, P.; Karawajczyk, A.; Rachlew-Kallne, E.; Riu, J. Rius i; Stankiewicz, M. & Yoshiki Franzen, K. Yoshiki [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2000). Non Franck-Condon Effects in Photoionization of Molecular Oxygen. Physica Scripta. ISSN 0031-8949. 62, p. 294–300.
  • Karawajczyk, A.; Erman, P.; Rachlew-Kallne, E.; Riu, J. Rius i; Stankiewicz, M. & Yoshiki Franzen, K. Yoshiki [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2000). Neutral fragmentation of superexcited oxygen molecules. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 61(3), p. 032718–1.
  • Erman, P.; Karawajczyk, A.; Rachlew-Kallne, E.; Riu, J. Rius i; Stankiewicz, M. & Yoshiki Franzen, K. Yoshiki [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (1999). Neutral dissociation by non-Rydberg doubly excited ststes. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 60(1), p. 426–430.
  • Andersen, Tom; Bertelsen, K.A.; Raarup, M.K.; Rud, N.; Olsen, J. & Veseth, Leif (1999). Long-lived states of N2- : Formation, lifetimes, and identity. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (PRA). ISSN 1050-2947. 60(5), p. 3627–3632.
  • Veseth, Leif (1999). Affinities and photodetachment cross sections for the negative ions Si- and Ge-. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. ISSN 0953-4075. 32(24).

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  • Veseth, Leif (2008). Lys fra frosset nitrogen og nordlys, Lars Vegard : mennesket, forskeren og læreren. Bokbyen Forlag. ISSN 978-82-92920-03-9.
  • Veseth, Leif (2001). Molecular excitation energies computed with density functionals.
  • Veseth, Leif (2001). Bose-Einstein kondensasjon og stopping av lyset.
  • Veseth, Leif (2001). Molecular excitation energies computed with Kohn-Sham orbitals and exact exchange potentials.
  • Veseth, Leif (1999). Tetthetsfunksjonaler- kvanteteori for makrokosmos?
  • Veseth, Leif (1999). Nobelprisen i kjemi 1998 og 1999. Fra Fysikkens Verden. ISSN 0015-9247. p. 122–123.
  • Veseth, Leif (2011). Lectures on group theory: The Rotation Group R3 and the Special Unitary Group SU2, with Applications to Molecular Rotation. Leif Veseth.
  • Veseth, Leif (2011). Lecture notes on the spectroscopy of diatomic molecules. Leif Veseth.

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