What is the Gibbs Paradox - History of Quantum Physics
... masses of the same gas, they would also mix, but there would be no increase of entropy. [. . . ] But if such considerations explain why the mixture of gases of the same kind stands on a different footing from the mixture of gases of different kinds, the fact is no less significant that the increase ...
... masses of the same gas, they would also mix, but there would be no increase of entropy. [. . . ] But if such considerations explain why the mixture of gases of the same kind stands on a different footing from the mixture of gases of different kinds, the fact is no less significant that the increase ...
Quantum Computational Complexity - Cheriton School of Computer
... devices, and to a significant extent it is their study that motivates and directs research on computational complexity. The predominant example is the class of polynomial-time computable functions, which ultimately derives its relevance from physical considerations; for it is a mathematical abstract ...
... devices, and to a significant extent it is their study that motivates and directs research on computational complexity. The predominant example is the class of polynomial-time computable functions, which ultimately derives its relevance from physical considerations; for it is a mathematical abstract ...
2 - Introduction of a Quantum of Time ("chronon"), and its
... 1906; and Dirac, 1938a,b; as well as Einstein, 1915; Frenkel, 1926, 1926–28; Lattes et al., 1947; and Ashauer, 1949, among others) actually presents many serious problems except when the field of the particle is neglected.4 By replacing Dirac’s differential equation with two finitedifference equatio ...
... 1906; and Dirac, 1938a,b; as well as Einstein, 1915; Frenkel, 1926, 1926–28; Lattes et al., 1947; and Ashauer, 1949, among others) actually presents many serious problems except when the field of the particle is neglected.4 By replacing Dirac’s differential equation with two finitedifference equatio ...
Effective Field Theories for Topological states of Matter
... theories for quantum Hall liquids[13, 14] and the BF-theories for superconductors and topological insulators[15, 16]. The third type, the effective actions for external fields, or effective response actions, are in a strict sense not effective theories, since they does not have any dynamical content ...
... theories for quantum Hall liquids[13, 14] and the BF-theories for superconductors and topological insulators[15, 16]. The third type, the effective actions for external fields, or effective response actions, are in a strict sense not effective theories, since they does not have any dynamical content ...
A Quantum-mechanical Model of Histone Modification in Gene
... acetate or other groups bound to the modified residues the torsion angles of the nearby histone chain are supposed to participate in the quantum transition cooperatively. The transition rate W is calculated based on the non-radiative quantum transition theory in adiabatic approximation. By using W’s ...
... acetate or other groups bound to the modified residues the torsion angles of the nearby histone chain are supposed to participate in the quantum transition cooperatively. The transition rate W is calculated based on the non-radiative quantum transition theory in adiabatic approximation. By using W’s ...
Quantum Position Verification in the Random Oracle Model
... is illustrated in Figure 2, where dotted lines show where xi are known and solid lines show from where information can reach Vi . ...
... is illustrated in Figure 2, where dotted lines show where xi are known and solid lines show from where information can reach Vi . ...
The Facets of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory1
... accounting for certain regularities observed in the phenomena. Local gauge symmetry is the most prominent instance of such a feature. The invariance of all interactions of the Standard Model under local gauge transformations of its quantum fields determines the form of this theory to a large extent. ...
... accounting for certain regularities observed in the phenomena. Local gauge symmetry is the most prominent instance of such a feature. The invariance of all interactions of the Standard Model under local gauge transformations of its quantum fields determines the form of this theory to a large extent. ...
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... the corresponding positions sampled in the classical trajectory. This is, indeed, what is typically done.9,34,35,52 However, the statistical fluctuations in the actual simulation for computing the potential of mean force is typically as large as, or even greater than, the isotope effect itself, result ...
... the corresponding positions sampled in the classical trajectory. This is, indeed, what is typically done.9,34,35,52 However, the statistical fluctuations in the actual simulation for computing the potential of mean force is typically as large as, or even greater than, the isotope effect itself, result ...
Quantum Designs - Gerhard Zauner
... This thesis initiated with a series of investigations into the probabilistic structures that lie at the foundation of quantum theory. During the course of this research, new relations to combinatorial design theory were discovered. Just as quantum mechanics is a non-commutative generalization of cla ...
... This thesis initiated with a series of investigations into the probabilistic structures that lie at the foundation of quantum theory. During the course of this research, new relations to combinatorial design theory were discovered. Just as quantum mechanics is a non-commutative generalization of cla ...
Physics at the FQMT`11 conference
... processes during experiments on nano-size systems which must be, due to their contacts, understood as open systems. These transients, switching-on or off processes, generally start from highly non-equilibrium quantum initial states. The proper understanding of formulation of the initial state (i.e. ...
... processes during experiments on nano-size systems which must be, due to their contacts, understood as open systems. These transients, switching-on or off processes, generally start from highly non-equilibrium quantum initial states. The proper understanding of formulation of the initial state (i.e. ...
Singularity of the time-energy uncertainty in adiabatic perturbation
... include the Born-Oppenheimer approximation9 of decoupling the fast electronic motion from the slow ionic one, and adiabatic quantum computation10, an alternative to the quantum circuit model for quantum computing. The adiabatic theorem dictates that as long as a system changes slowly enough, a quant ...
... include the Born-Oppenheimer approximation9 of decoupling the fast electronic motion from the slow ionic one, and adiabatic quantum computation10, an alternative to the quantum circuit model for quantum computing. The adiabatic theorem dictates that as long as a system changes slowly enough, a quant ...
Quantum collision theory with phase-space distributions
... the use of quantum-mechanical phase-space distributions for the formulation and solution of scattering and production problems. These distributions, which are quantum generalizations of Boltzmann's N-particle distribution fN(PtR" ... ,pNRN,t), provide an intuitive picture of complex collision proces ...
... the use of quantum-mechanical phase-space distributions for the formulation and solution of scattering and production problems. These distributions, which are quantum generalizations of Boltzmann's N-particle distribution fN(PtR" ... ,pNRN,t), provide an intuitive picture of complex collision proces ...
On the conundrum of deriving exact solutions from approximate
... these variables, the same is true for the cumulants in Eq. (37) and, consequently, only the terms with ‘ = 1, 2 contribute to this expansion. Evaluating the expansion coefficients explicitly, one finds that they are identical to those of the second-order time-local master equation (15). The equivalence ...
... these variables, the same is true for the cumulants in Eq. (37) and, consequently, only the terms with ‘ = 1, 2 contribute to this expansion. Evaluating the expansion coefficients explicitly, one finds that they are identical to those of the second-order time-local master equation (15). The equivalence ...
Macroscopic Distinguishability Between Quantum States
... In the case of quantum phase transitions (QPTs) [4], which occur at zero temperature and are driven by purely quantum fluctuations, the study of the ground state fidelity has been first conducted on the examples of the Dicke and XY models [5]. Note that in this case, the ground states are pure quant ...
... In the case of quantum phase transitions (QPTs) [4], which occur at zero temperature and are driven by purely quantum fluctuations, the study of the ground state fidelity has been first conducted on the examples of the Dicke and XY models [5]. Note that in this case, the ground states are pure quant ...