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Quantum technology is one of the most promising and challenging fields in contemporary science. Quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and more generally quantum information technologies claim that they, in the short ...

1 The Atmosphere. 2 Atmospheric Trace Constituents. 3 Chemical Kinetics. 4 Atmospheric Radiation and Photochemistry. 5 Chemistry of the Stratosphere. 6 Chemistry of the Troposphere. 7 Chemistry of the Atmospheric Aqueous...

The role of Mach's principle in physics is discussed in relation to the equivalence principle. The difficulties encountered in attempting to incorporate Mach's principle into general relativity are discussed. A modified ...

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black...

Landauer's principle is one of the pillars of the physics of information. It constitutes one of the foundations behind the idea that "information is physical". Landauer's principle establishes the smallest amount of ener...

There are a number of similarities between black-hole physics and thermodynamics. Most striking is the similarity in the behaviors of black-hole area and of entropy: Both quantities tend to increase irreversibly. In this...

Previous article Next article Fractional Brownian Motions, Fractional Noises and ApplicationsBenoit B. Mandelbrot and John W. Van NessBenoit B. Mandelbrot and John W. Van Nesshttps://doi.org/10.1137/1010093PDFBibTexSecti...

We present a sampling method for Brillouin-zone integration in metals which converges exponentially with the number of sampling points, without the loss of precision of normal broadening techniques. The scheme is based o...

Topological quantum computation has emerged as one of the most exciting approaches to constructing a fault-tolerant quantum computer. The proposal relies on the existence of topological states of matter whose quasipartic...

We shall present here the motivation and a general description of a method dealing with a class of problems in mathematical physics. The method is, essentially, a statistical approach to the study of differential equatio...

Abstract This book treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation, the text begins with a survey of cla...

We present an analysis of the performances of a parameter free density functional model (PBE0) obtained combining the so called PBE generalized gradient functional with a predefined amount of exact exchange. The results ...

This is a graduate text on turbulent flows, an important topic in fluid dynamics. It is up-to-date, comprehensive, designed for teaching, and is based on a course taught by the author at Cornell University for a number o...

"En esta tesis, se estudia el uso de iniciadores multifuncionales para la polimerización en masa de estireno. El objetivo general es desarrollar modelos matemáticos detallados, y a la vez genéricos, que permitan descr...

In December, 2019, a local outbreak of pneumonia of initially unknown cause was detected in Wuhan (Hubei, China), and was quickly determined to be caused by a novel coronavirus,1WHOWHO statement regarding cluster of pneu...

Abstract Within the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF is producing the ERA5 reanalysis which, once completed, will embody a detailed record of the global atmosphere, land surface and ocean waves from 1950 on...

Subjects / keywords: Big bang theory; Popular works; Cosmology; General relativity (Physics); Electronic books

Subjects / keywords: General relativity (Physics); History; 20th century; Physicists; Biography; Physics; Science; Social aspects; Science and civilization; Electronic books

A general type of fluctuation-dissipation theorem is discussed to show that the physical quantities such as complex susceptibility of magnetic or electric polarization and complex conductivity for electric conduction are...

Subjects / keywords: Estimator; Generalized method of moments; Mathematics; Sample (material); Statistics; Method of moments (probability theory); L-moment; Econometrics; Applied mathematics; Physics; Thermodynamics; Order statistic

Subjects / keywords: Statistical physics; Mathematics; Generalization; Tsallis statistics; Canonical ensemble; Entropy (arrow of time); Boltzmann constant; H-theorem; Boltzmann's entropy formula; Limit (mathematics); Microcanonical ensemble;...

Subjects / keywords: Physics; Dark energy; Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric; Deceleration parameter; Cosmology; Apparent horizon; General relativity; Equation of state; Friedmann equations; Entropy (arrow of time); Theoretic...

A generalization of the numerical renormalization-group procedure used first by Wilson for the Kondo problem is presented. It is shown that this formulation is optimal in a certain sense. As a demonstration of the effect...

Density functional approximations for the exchange-correlation energy EDFAxc of an electronic system are often improved by admixing some exact exchange Ex: Exc≊EDFAxc+(1/n)(Ex−EDFAx). This procedure is justified when...