Quantum fluctuations in the chirped pendulum

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Murch, K W ^a   Vijay, R ^a   Barth, I ^b   Naaman, O ^a   Aumentado, J ^c   Friedland, L ^b   Siddiqi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; PENDULUMS; SUPERCONDUCTING RESONATORS;

AMPLITUDE OF FLUCTUATIONS; ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT SENSITIVITY; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 79551645503     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1867     Document Type: Article

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