"Version: 20170601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-22).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Optical lattices -- 2.2. Theory of atoms in optical lattices -- 2.3. Preparing ultracold atoms in optical lattices -- 3. Current directions -- 3.1. Simulating conductor-to-insulator transitions with transport experiments -- 3.2. Momentum distributions and many-body lo…
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Physics of Mott insulators. 1 Electrons in crystalline solids -- 1.1 Periodic structure of solids and Bragg scattering -- 1.2 The direct lattice and the reciprocal lattice -- 1.3 Metallic solid : a container of free electron gas -- 1.4 Electron waves in the periodic ionic-potential of a solid : Bloch's theorem -- …