PHYS 1311: Advanced Intro. Physics I
... 2. Formulate hypothesis to explain phenomenon 3. Use hypothesis to predict other (related) phenomena 4. Perform experiment/observation to test hypothesis 5. Repeat (3) and (4) many times 6. If step (5) is all correct, then the hypothesis (2) may be regarded as a law or theory of nature 7. If (5) is ...
... 2. Formulate hypothesis to explain phenomenon 3. Use hypothesis to predict other (related) phenomena 4. Perform experiment/observation to test hypothesis 5. Repeat (3) and (4) many times 6. If step (5) is all correct, then the hypothesis (2) may be regarded as a law or theory of nature 7. If (5) is ...
Physics and the Search for Ultimate BuildingBlocks
... “There are quantum states and there are particle detectors. Quantum field theory enables us to predict probabilistically how a particular detector will respond to that state. That is all. That is all there can ever be in physics, because physics is about the observations and measurements that we can ...
... “There are quantum states and there are particle detectors. Quantum field theory enables us to predict probabilistically how a particular detector will respond to that state. That is all. That is all there can ever be in physics, because physics is about the observations and measurements that we can ...
Path integral in quantum mechanics
... lagrangian is manifestly Lorentz invariant and all the symmetries of a lagrangian are preserved by path integral lagrangian seems to be more fundamental specification of a quantum ...
... lagrangian is manifestly Lorentz invariant and all the symmetries of a lagrangian are preserved by path integral lagrangian seems to be more fundamental specification of a quantum ...
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... At the Planck scale, Quantum Mechanics is not wrong, but its interpretation may have to be revised, not only for philosophical reasons, but also to enable us to construct more concise theories, recovering e.g. locality (which appears to have been lost in string theory). The “random numbers”, inheren ...
... At the Planck scale, Quantum Mechanics is not wrong, but its interpretation may have to be revised, not only for philosophical reasons, but also to enable us to construct more concise theories, recovering e.g. locality (which appears to have been lost in string theory). The “random numbers”, inheren ...
Holography, de Sitter space and SUSY breaking
... normal region is dS with c.c. determined by number of quantum states in initial defect (TB, Fischler) Will outline (incomplete) quantum theory of eternal dS space, which describes asymptotic state of our universe (cf. Poincare invariant string theory of particle physics c. 1984-2000) ...
... normal region is dS with c.c. determined by number of quantum states in initial defect (TB, Fischler) Will outline (incomplete) quantum theory of eternal dS space, which describes asymptotic state of our universe (cf. Poincare invariant string theory of particle physics c. 1984-2000) ...
Symposium Spring 2015 Schedule
... notably the Young graph) in a more natural way. In this talk, I'll give a broad introduction to Gelfand-Zetlin theory and use it to outline the strategies used in the Okounkov-Vershik approach. ...
... notably the Young graph) in a more natural way. In this talk, I'll give a broad introduction to Gelfand-Zetlin theory and use it to outline the strategies used in the Okounkov-Vershik approach. ...
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... Poincaré, Weyl, viewed in conjunction with, or separate from, those of Einstein and Lorentz. This tradition is currently changing very rapidly with the major contributors being dedicated mathematicians. As there are so many excellent contributing mathematicians it is very hard to provide a short li ...
... Poincaré, Weyl, viewed in conjunction with, or separate from, those of Einstein and Lorentz. This tradition is currently changing very rapidly with the major contributors being dedicated mathematicians. As there are so many excellent contributing mathematicians it is very hard to provide a short li ...
KS-DFT formalism
... Our choice of wave functions is very limited; we only know how to use independent particle wave functions. The degree to which this limitation has invaded our thinking is marked by our constant use of concepts which have meaning only in terms of independent particle wave functions: shell structure, ...
... Our choice of wave functions is very limited; we only know how to use independent particle wave functions. The degree to which this limitation has invaded our thinking is marked by our constant use of concepts which have meaning only in terms of independent particle wave functions: shell structure, ...
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... Scalar filed d = 1, Fermion , d = 3/2 E.M field, d = 1 . Now consider in scalar theory ...
... Scalar filed d = 1, Fermion , d = 3/2 E.M field, d = 1 . Now consider in scalar theory ...
" Quantum gravity": an oxymoron
... Euclidean-Newtonian substrate of Galilean group of transformations; ii) the Minkowskian substrate of Lorentzian group of transformations; iii) any given, “rigid” Riemann-Einstein spacetime. We have correspondingly: i) the nonrelativistic quantum mechanics of the systems with a finite number of degre ...
... Euclidean-Newtonian substrate of Galilean group of transformations; ii) the Minkowskian substrate of Lorentzian group of transformations; iii) any given, “rigid” Riemann-Einstein spacetime. We have correspondingly: i) the nonrelativistic quantum mechanics of the systems with a finite number of degre ...
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography Sigma Pi Sigma INDUCTION
... fuzzy. We can no longer make predictions with certainty. Nature is intrinsically probabilistic. Objects have no clear position unless we look at them. Despite its strangeness, the theory of quantum mechanics has been passing all experimental tests and has been confirming various bizarre predictions. ...
... fuzzy. We can no longer make predictions with certainty. Nature is intrinsically probabilistic. Objects have no clear position unless we look at them. Despite its strangeness, the theory of quantum mechanics has been passing all experimental tests and has been confirming various bizarre predictions. ...