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Quantum mechanics concept assessment: Development and validation study
Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, 2015 As part of an ongoing investigation of students’ learning in first semester upper-division quantum mechanics, we needed a high-quality conceptual assessment instrument for comparing outcomes of different curricular approaches.
Homeyra R. Sadaghiani, Steven J. Pollock
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Experimental Test of the “Special State” Theory of Quantum Measurement
Entropy, 2012 An experimental test of the “special state” theory of quantum measurement is proposed. It should be feasible with present-day laboratory equipment and involves a slightly elaborated Stern–Gerlach setup.
Lawrence S. Schulman
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Frontiers in Physics, 2020 Quantum mechanics has irked physicists ever since its conception more than 100 years ago. While some of the misgivings, such as it being unintuitive, are merely aesthetic, quantum mechanics has one serious shortcoming: it lacks a physical description of ...
Sabine Hossenfelder, Tim Palmer
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Many body localization and thermalization in quantum statistical mechanics
, 2014 We review some recent developments in the statistical mechanics of isolated quantum systems. We provide a brief introduction to quantum thermalization, paying particular attention to the `Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis' (ETH), and the resulting ...
Huse, David A., Nandkishore, Rahul
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Nanothermometry in Living Cells: Physical Limits, Conceptual and Material Challenges
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Heat and temperature are fundamental to life. When nanothermometers began probing regions as small as a living cell, they triggered controversial claims of large intracellular temperature gradients. We review physical constraints energy‐conservation, entropy production, thermodynamic fluctuations, and molecular dynamics.
Taras Plakhotnik
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Quantum statistical mechanics of vortices
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2022 Abstract The asymptotic partition function for quantized abelian Higgs vortices at high temperature T is found to leading and subleading order, and from this the equation of state of the vortex gas is derived, including the first quantum correction.
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.We propose a suture‐complementary approach that integrates optical skin clearing with a strain‐programmable luminescent adhesive patch. Hyaluronic acid promotes transdermal delivery of tartrazine to improve optical clearing and stabilizes its interaction with a photosensitizer. Optical clearing increases the penetration depth of visible light into skin,
Seong‐Jong Kim +6 more
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Quantum Mechanics without Statistical Postulates [PDF]
, 2006 Latex,elsart preprint style, 14 pages, 4 ...
Geiger, H., Obermair, G., Helm, Ch.
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Photon Avalanching Nanoparticles: The Next Generation of Upconverting Nanomaterials?
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This Perspective outlines the mechanistic foundations that enable photon‐avalanche (PA) behavior in lanthanide nanomaterials and contrasts them with emerging application spaces and forward‐looking design strategies. By bridging threshold engineering, energy‐transfer dynamics, and materials engineering, we provide a coherent roadmap for advancing the ...
Kimoon Lee +7 more
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Hidden Variables in Quantum Mechanics from the Perspective of Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics
Quantum ReportsThis paper examines no-hidden-variables theorems in quantum mechanics from the point of view of statistical mechanics. It presents a general analysis of the measurement process in the Boltzmannian framework that leads to a characterization of (in ...
Dustin Lazarovici
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