1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460439803321

Autore

Looman Mary D.

Titolo

A country called prison : mass incarceration and the making of a new nation / / Mary D. Looman, John D. Carl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-021105-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

365/.973

Soggetti

Imprisonment - United States - History

Prisons - United States - History

Prisoners - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100,000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated in the US prison system were a country, it would be the 102nd most populated nation in the world. Aside from looking at the numbers, if we could look at prison from a new viewpoint, as its own country rather than an institution made up of walls and wires, policies and procedures, and legal statutes, what might we be able to learn? In A Country Called Prison, Mary Looman and John Carl propose a paradigm shift in the way that American society views mass



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910350221503321

Autore

Wu Jie-qiang

Titolo

AdS3/CFT2 and Holographic Entanglement Entropy / / by Jie-qiang Wu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-3212-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 145 pages) : illustrations

Collana

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

Disciplina

539.725

Soggetti

Quantum field theory

String models

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral thesis accepted by Peking University, Beijing, China."

Nota di contenuto

Background -- Holographic Entanglement Entropy in a Finite System at Finite Temperature -- One Loop Partition Function -- Holographic Entanglement Entropy in a General System -- Conformal Block and the Holographic Description -- Conclusion and Outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on AdS3/CFT2, addressing different aspects of this correspondence in field theory and in gravity, including entanglement entropy, higher genus partition function, and conformal block. Holographic entanglement entropy is an important area in holographic and quantum information, which implies a deep relation between geometry and quantum entanglement. In this book, the authors use holographic entanglement entropy as a tool to investigate AdS3/CFT2. They study the entanglement entropy at high temperature in field theory and in holographics, and show that the results match each other in classical and one-loop order. In the AdS3/CFT2 system, they examine in detail the correspondence, exploring the higher genus partition function, entanglement entropy in a general system and conformal block, and they find good correspondence in field theory and gravity. The result strongly supports AdS3/CFT2 correspondence. In



addition, they develop several important techniques in 2d CFT and 3d gravity, which also offer inspiration for other fields.