1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458717903321

Titolo

Reforming social sciences, humanities and higher education in eastern Europe and CIS after 1991 / / edited by Anatoli Mikhailov and Olga Breskaya ; contributors, Sjur Bergan [and eighteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6294-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

378.47

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Europe, Eastern

Education, Higher - Former Soviet republics

Electronic books.

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 at the end of each chapters and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254632503321

Autore

Lewis-Swan Robert J

Titolo

Ultracold Atoms for Foundational Tests of Quantum Mechanics / / by Robert J. Lewis-Swan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-41048-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 156 p. 35 illus., 14 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Quantum theory

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Condensed matter

Quantum Physics

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Quantum Gases and Condensates

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Background I: Physical Systems -- Background II: Phase-space Methods -- Proposal for Demonstrating the Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect with Matter Waves -- Proposal for a Motional-state Bell Inequality Test with Ultracold Atoms -- Sensitivity to Thermal Noise of Atomic Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement -- An Atomic SU(1,1) Interferometer Via Spin-changing Collisions -- On the Relation of the Particle Number Distribution of Stochastic Wigner Trajectories and Experimental Realizations -- Conclusion. .

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis presents a theoretical investigation into the creation and exploitation of quantum correlations and entanglement among ultracold atoms. Specifically, it focuses on these non-classical effects in two contexts: (i) tests of local realism with massive particles, e.g., violations of a Bell inequality and the EPR paradox, and (ii) realization of quantum technology by exploitation of entanglement, for example



quantum-enhanced metrology. In particular, the work presented in this thesis emphasizes the possibility of demonstrating and characterizing entanglement in realistic experiments, beyond the simple “toy-models” often discussed in the literature. The importance and relevance of this thesis are reflected in a spate of recent publications regarding experimental demonstrations of the atomic Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, observation of EPR entanglement with massive particles and a demonstration of an atomic SU(1,1) interferometer. With a separate chapter on each of these systems, this thesis is at the forefront of current research in ultracold atomic physics. .