School of Physics & Astronomy
... This module develops the physics of stellar interiors and atmospheres from the basic equations of stellar structure introduced in AS2001. Topics include: the equation of state that provides pressure support at the high temperatures and densities found in normal and white-dwarf stars; the interaction ...
... This module develops the physics of stellar interiors and atmospheres from the basic equations of stellar structure introduced in AS2001. Topics include: the equation of state that provides pressure support at the high temperatures and densities found in normal and white-dwarf stars; the interaction ...
Extended criticality, phase spaces and enablement in biology
... role of symmetries and criticality, which will suggest some possible ways out. 2. Phase Spaces and Symmetries We understand the historically robust “structure of determination of physics” (which includes unpredictability) by recalling that, since Noether and Weyl, physical laws may be described in t ...
... role of symmetries and criticality, which will suggest some possible ways out. 2. Phase Spaces and Symmetries We understand the historically robust “structure of determination of physics” (which includes unpredictability) by recalling that, since Noether and Weyl, physical laws may be described in t ...
Quantum Phenomena Modeled by Interactions between Many
... probability density for the initial world configuration [2,14]. From a Bayesian perspective, this dual role is not easy to reconcile [15]. In the Everett or MW interpretation, the worlds are orthogonal components of a universal wave function [3]. The particular decomposition at any time, and the ide ...
... probability density for the initial world configuration [2,14]. From a Bayesian perspective, this dual role is not easy to reconcile [15]. In the Everett or MW interpretation, the worlds are orthogonal components of a universal wave function [3]. The particular decomposition at any time, and the ide ...
Quantum Measurements with Dynamically Bistable Systems
... oscillator. They lead to switching even before the control parameter reaches its bifurcational value. This is analogous to activated switching out of a potential well studied by Kramers [13]. However, in the case of an oscillator the stable states are not minima of a potential, and there is no stati ...
... oscillator. They lead to switching even before the control parameter reaches its bifurcational value. This is analogous to activated switching out of a potential well studied by Kramers [13]. However, in the case of an oscillator the stable states are not minima of a potential, and there is no stati ...
Physics - Kenyon College
... (Electronics). Other options may include independent study and special topics courses related to astronomy. Note that College rules prohibit a student from receiving a minor in the same department as his or her major. Thus, a physics major may not elect to minor in astronomy. ...
... (Electronics). Other options may include independent study and special topics courses related to astronomy. Note that College rules prohibit a student from receiving a minor in the same department as his or her major. Thus, a physics major may not elect to minor in astronomy. ...
On Quantum vs. Classical Communication Complexity
... One can consider classical communication models with shared entanglement, which can be interesting only in the case of SMP (as otherwise teleportation can “emulate” quantum communication). As well, one may consider the quantum SMP model with shared ...
... One can consider classical communication models with shared entanglement, which can be interesting only in the case of SMP (as otherwise teleportation can “emulate” quantum communication). As well, one may consider the quantum SMP model with shared ...
quantum computer graphics algorithms
... The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 introduces the basic principles of quantum computing emphasizing on how information is represented, quantum logical gates and properties of quantum computation that allow for the formulation of powerful quantum algorithms. In Section 3 we briefly overvie ...
... The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 introduces the basic principles of quantum computing emphasizing on how information is represented, quantum logical gates and properties of quantum computation that allow for the formulation of powerful quantum algorithms. In Section 3 we briefly overvie ...
Optical and Quantum Communications
... single-ended optical cavity. An abstract representation of the relevant hyperfine levels for such a memory is given in Fig. 2(a). A 795 nm photon in an arbitrary polarization can be absorbed, transferring the qubit from the photon to the degenerate B levels of Fig. 2(a), and thence to longlived stor ...
... single-ended optical cavity. An abstract representation of the relevant hyperfine levels for such a memory is given in Fig. 2(a). A 795 nm photon in an arbitrary polarization can be absorbed, transferring the qubit from the photon to the degenerate B levels of Fig. 2(a), and thence to longlived stor ...
Max Born
Max Born (German: [bɔɐ̯n]; 11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was a German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics and supervised the work of a number of notable physicists in the 1920s and 30s. Born won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his ""fundamental research in Quantum Mechanics, especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function"".Born was born in 1882 in Breslau, then in Germany, now in Poland and known as Wrocław. He entered the University of Göttingen in 1904, where he found the three renowned mathematicians, Felix Klein, David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the subject of ""Stability of Elastica in a Plane and Space"", winning the University's Philosophy Faculty Prize. In 1905, he began researching special relativity with Minkowski, and subsequently wrote his habilitation thesis on the Thomson model of the atom. A chance meeting with Fritz Haber in Berlin in 1918 led to discussion of the manner in which an ionic compound is formed when a metal reacts with a halogen, which is today known as the Born–Haber cycle.In the First World War after originally being placed as a radio operator, due to his specialist knowledge he was moved to research duties regarding sound ranging. In 1921, Born returned to Göttingen, arranging another chair for his long-time friend and colleague James Franck. Under Born, Göttingen became one of the world's foremost centres for physics. In 1925, Born and Werner Heisenberg formulated the matrix mechanics representation of quantum mechanics. The following year, he formulated the now-standard interpretation of the probability density function for ψ*ψ in the Schrödinger equation, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954. His influence extended far beyond his own research. Max Delbrück, Siegfried Flügge, Friedrich Hund, Pascual Jordan, Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim, Robert Oppenheimer, and Victor Weisskopf all received their Ph.D. degrees under Born at Göttingen, and his assistants included Enrico Fermi, Werner Heisenberg, Gerhard Herzberg, Friedrich Hund, Pascual Jordan, Wolfgang Pauli, Léon Rosenfeld, Edward Teller, and Eugene Wigner.In January 1933, the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, and Born, who was Jewish, was suspended. He emigrated to Britain, where he took a job at St John's College, Cambridge, and wrote a popular science book, The Restless Universe, as well as Atomic Physics, which soon became a standard text book. In October 1936, he became the Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, where, working with German-born assistants E. Walter Kellermann and Klaus Fuchs, he continued his research into physics. Max Born became a naturalised British subject on 31 August 1939, one day before World War II broke out in Europe. He remained at Edinburgh until 1952. He retired to Bad Pyrmont, in West Germany. He died in hospital in Göttingen on 5 January 1970.