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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155239103321

Autore

Stanescu Tudor D. <1967->

Titolo

Introduction to topological quantum matter and quantum computation / / Tudor D. Stanescu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-351-72228-X

1-315-18150-9

1-4822-4594-9

9781315181509

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

530.1201/514

Soggetti

Quantum theory - Data processing

Topology

Quantum computing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Quantum theory: some fundamentals -- The geometric phase -- Quantum mechanics and information science -- Symmetry and topology in condensed matter physics -- Topological insulators and superconductors -- Interacting topological phases -- Theories of topological quantum matter -- Majorana zero modes in solid state heterostructures -- Topological phases in cold atom systems -- Topological quantum computation -- Elements of quantum information theory -- Introduction to quantum computation -- Anyons and topological quantum computation.

Sommario/riassunto

What is "topological" about topological quantum states? How many types of topological quantum phases are there? What is a zero-energy Majorana mode, how can it be realized in a solid state system, and how can it be used as a platform for topological quantum computation? What is quantum computation and what makes it different from classical computation?   Addressing these and other related questions, Introduction to Topological Quantum Matter & Quantum Computation provides an introduction to and a synthesis of a fascinating and rapidly



expanding research field emerging at the crossroads of condensed matter physics, mathematics, and computer science. Providing the big picture, this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers entering this field as it allows for the fruitful transfer of paradigms and ideas amongst different areas, and includes many specific examples to help the reader understand abstract and sometimes challenging concepts.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911141458503321

Autore

Richardson Chad <1943->

Titolo

On the edge of the law : culture, labor, and deviance on the south Texas border / / Chad Richardson & Rosalva Resendiz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2006

ISBN

0-292-79544-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ResendizRosalva

Disciplina

306/.109721

Soggetti

Subculture - Texas

Subculture - Mexican-American Border Region

Mexicans - Texas - Social conditions

Mexicans - Mexican-American Border Region - Social conditions

Labor - Texas

Labor - Mexican-American Border Region

Crime - Texas

Crime - Mexican-American Border Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-342) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: earthquakes and volcanoes along the south Texas border -- Traditional health care practices / with Cristina De Juana -- Other cultural beliefs and practices / with Ana Leos and Maria Isabel Ayala -- Displaced workers / with Priti Verma -- Undocumented workers / with Alberto Rodriguez -- Immigration enforcement issues / with Cristina De Juana -- Drug smuggling / with Lupe Trevino -- Property crime (shoplifting and auto theft) along the border / with Jesse Garcia and



Hector Garcia -- American lives, Mexican justice / with Juan Jose Bustamante -- Dropping out / with John Cavazos -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions. Despite a booming economy fueled by free trade and rapid population growth, the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low per capita income. The region has the highest rate of drug seizures in the United States, yet its violent crime rate is well below national and state averages. The Valley's colonias are home to the poorest residents in the nation, but their rates of home ownership and intact two-parent families are among the highest in the country for low-income residential areas. What explains these apparently irreconcilable facts? Since 1982, faculty and students associated with the Borderlife Research Project at the University of Texas-Pan American have interviewed thousands of Valley residents to investigate and describe the cultural and social life along the South Texas-Northern Mexico border. In this book, Borderlife researchers clarify why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions as they delve into issues that are "on the edge of the law"—traditional health care and other cultural beliefs and practices, displaced and undocumented workers, immigration enforcement, drug smuggling, property crime, criminal justice, and school dropout rates. The researchers' findings make it plain that while these issues present major challenges for the governments of the United States and Mexico, their effects and contradictions are especially acute on the border, where residents must daily negotiate between two very different economies; health care, school, and criminal justice systems; and worldviews.