Topological Superconductivity in Artificial Heterostructures
... the topological invariant of the system, called the Chern number or the TKNN invariant. A lot of effort has been taken to identify these invariant quantities for other systems and their interplay with symmetries has led to an exhaustive classification for non-interacting systems [4–7]. Topological ins ...
... the topological invariant of the system, called the Chern number or the TKNN invariant. A lot of effort has been taken to identify these invariant quantities for other systems and their interplay with symmetries has led to an exhaustive classification for non-interacting systems [4–7]. Topological ins ...
Resolving the Structure of Black Holes: Philosophizing with a Hammer
... We draw upon general relativity, supergravity, string theory and holographic field theory to extract universal ideas and structural features that we expect to be important in resolving the information problem and understanding the microstate structure of Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes. In partic ...
... We draw upon general relativity, supergravity, string theory and holographic field theory to extract universal ideas and structural features that we expect to be important in resolving the information problem and understanding the microstate structure of Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes. In partic ...
Ph.D. Thesis Giuseppe Prettico
... Quantum Information Theory studies how information can be processed and transmitted when encoded on quantum states. New information applications become possible when resorting to intrinsically quantum properties. Here we focus on the relations among some of these quantum properties. More precisely, ...
... Quantum Information Theory studies how information can be processed and transmitted when encoded on quantum states. New information applications become possible when resorting to intrinsically quantum properties. Here we focus on the relations among some of these quantum properties. More precisely, ...
Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics 2nd Ed.
... the interactions are large at the level of a bare many-body Hamiltonian, but effectively vanish for the low energy excitations. This takes place in quantum electrodynamics in (3 + 1) dimensions and in Fermi liquids, where scattering of quasi-particles on the Fermi surface changes only their phase (f ...
... the interactions are large at the level of a bare many-body Hamiltonian, but effectively vanish for the low energy excitations. This takes place in quantum electrodynamics in (3 + 1) dimensions and in Fermi liquids, where scattering of quasi-particles on the Fermi surface changes only their phase (f ...
Spacetime foam and modified dispersion relations
... It exhibits a phase transition: For densities smaller than a critical value ρc there are only clusters of finite size For densities larger than ρc clusters of infinite size also appear ...
... It exhibits a phase transition: For densities smaller than a critical value ρc there are only clusters of finite size For densities larger than ρc clusters of infinite size also appear ...
"Loop Quantum Gravity" (Rovelli)
... order to take into account what we have learned with both our present "fundamental" theories. The difference between the formulation of the problem of quantum gravity given by a highenergy physicist and a relativist derives therefore from a different evaluation of general relativity. For the first, ...
... order to take into account what we have learned with both our present "fundamental" theories. The difference between the formulation of the problem of quantum gravity given by a highenergy physicist and a relativist derives therefore from a different evaluation of general relativity. For the first, ...
Between classical and quantum
... of physics, and any interpretation of quantum mechanics has to clarify it. Our discussion of this relationship is partly historical and conceptual, but mostly technical and mathematically rigorous, including over 500 references. For example, we sketch how certain intuitive ideas of the founders of q ...
... of physics, and any interpretation of quantum mechanics has to clarify it. Our discussion of this relationship is partly historical and conceptual, but mostly technical and mathematically rigorous, including over 500 references. For example, we sketch how certain intuitive ideas of the founders of q ...
Algebraic Topology Foundations of Supersymmetry and Symmetry
... several, meaningful ways are key to linking abstract, quantum operator algebras and symmetry properties with actual numerical computations of quantum eigenvalues and their eigenstates, as well as a wide variety of numerical factors involved in computing quantum dynamics. The wellknown connection bet ...
... several, meaningful ways are key to linking abstract, quantum operator algebras and symmetry properties with actual numerical computations of quantum eigenvalues and their eigenstates, as well as a wide variety of numerical factors involved in computing quantum dynamics. The wellknown connection bet ...
Quantum Mechanics
... Quantum field theory is a cornerstone of our tentative of interpreting the data obtained by our senses and instruments - the extensions of our senses - that constitute what we call real world. Quantum field theory is a tentative to go into some of the inmost folds of these perceptions, a look at sca ...
... Quantum field theory is a cornerstone of our tentative of interpreting the data obtained by our senses and instruments - the extensions of our senses - that constitute what we call real world. Quantum field theory is a tentative to go into some of the inmost folds of these perceptions, a look at sca ...
Nonequilibrium entropy production in open and closed quantum
... an appropriate measure to quantify how far from equilibrium an arbitrary process operates in terms of the time averaged Bures length [Bur68, Bur69]. The definition of the Bures length will also serve as our starting point for the derivation of the generalized Heisenberg uncertainty relation [MT45, M ...
... an appropriate measure to quantify how far from equilibrium an arbitrary process operates in terms of the time averaged Bures length [Bur68, Bur69]. The definition of the Bures length will also serve as our starting point for the derivation of the generalized Heisenberg uncertainty relation [MT45, M ...
Quantum fluctuations in modulated nonlinear oscillators Vittorio Peano and M I Dykman
... transitions toward the extremum are larger than away from it. Therefore, depending on where the system was prepared initially, it would most likely move to one or the other extremum of g(Q, P). This is why the extrema correspond to the stable states of forced vibrations of the modulated oscillator i ...
... transitions toward the extremum are larger than away from it. Therefore, depending on where the system was prepared initially, it would most likely move to one or the other extremum of g(Q, P). This is why the extrema correspond to the stable states of forced vibrations of the modulated oscillator i ...
Between classical and quantum
... The relationship between classical and quantum theory is of central importance to the philosophy of physics, and any interpretation of quantum mechanics has to clarify it. Our discussion of this relationship is partly historical and conceptual, but mostly technical and mathematically rigorous, inclu ...
... The relationship between classical and quantum theory is of central importance to the philosophy of physics, and any interpretation of quantum mechanics has to clarify it. Our discussion of this relationship is partly historical and conceptual, but mostly technical and mathematically rigorous, inclu ...
Quantum Physics (UCSD Physics 130)
... The Potential Barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 ...
... The Potential Barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 ...
Quantum Mechanics as Quantum Information (and only a little more)
... is trying to tell us about nature itself. Let me try to give a better way to think about this by making use of Einstein again. What might have been his greatest achievement in building general relativity? I would say it was in his recognizing that the “gravitational field” one feels in an acceleratin ...
... is trying to tell us about nature itself. Let me try to give a better way to think about this by making use of Einstein again. What might have been his greatest achievement in building general relativity? I would say it was in his recognizing that the “gravitational field” one feels in an acceleratin ...
The Complete Idiot``s Guide to String Theory
... Einstein’s theories allow for time travel, so why aren’t we overrun with tourists from the year 2500? Time travel strikes most physicists as impossible, but it’ll take a unified theory to know for sure. ...
... Einstein’s theories allow for time travel, so why aren’t we overrun with tourists from the year 2500? Time travel strikes most physicists as impossible, but it’ll take a unified theory to know for sure. ...
Quantum Scattering Theory and Applications
... 9.2 Typical medium energy wavefunctions (j j2 is plotted) for 72 scatterers in a 1 1 Dirichlet bounded square. Black is high intensity, white is low. The scatterers are shown as black dots. For the top left wavefunction ` = :25 = :09 whereas ` = :48 = :051 for the bottom wavefunction. ` incr ...
... 9.2 Typical medium energy wavefunctions (j j2 is plotted) for 72 scatterers in a 1 1 Dirichlet bounded square. Black is high intensity, white is low. The scatterers are shown as black dots. For the top left wavefunction ` = :25 = :09 whereas ` = :48 = :051 for the bottom wavefunction. ` incr ...
Physics of the Large Hadron Collider Lecture 1: Fundamentals of the
... Model and gravity, the cutoff scale is ~MPl~1018 GeV, giving a finetuning of 10-34 To reduce finetuning to an “acceptable” 10% level, there must be new physics at around 1 TeV, i.e. within reach for the LHC! More about ideas for new physics that solves the hierarchy problem, in the next lecture! ...
... Model and gravity, the cutoff scale is ~MPl~1018 GeV, giving a finetuning of 10-34 To reduce finetuning to an “acceptable” 10% level, there must be new physics at around 1 TeV, i.e. within reach for the LHC! More about ideas for new physics that solves the hierarchy problem, in the next lecture! ...