Unusual quantum states: Non-locality, entropy, Maxwell's demon and fractals

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2055, 2005, Pages 733-753

  Bender, Carl M ^a,b   Brody, Dorje C ^a   Meister, Bernhard K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Fractals; Maxwell's demon; Non locality; Quantum measurement; Von Neumann entropy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 17144412639     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1351     Document Type: Article

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