• In physics, Mermin's device or Mermin's machine is a thought experiment intended to illustrate the non-classical features of nature without making a direct...
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    quotations related to N. David Mermin. Mermin's homepage Greenberger, Daniel; Shimony, Abner (2003). "The Presence of David Mermin". Foundations of Physics...
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  • Fundamental Fysiks Group Leggett inequality Leggett–Garg inequality Mermin's device Mott problem PBR theorem Quantum contextuality Quantum nonlocality...
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  • education Physics education research Introduction to quantum mechanics Mermin's device List of textbooks about quantum mechanics Whether the apparent nondeterminism...
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  • three component Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger state, they showed that Mermin's device, a thought experiment model designed to explain entanglement, was equivalent...
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    relativity) Laplace's demon Maxwell's demon (thermodynamics) 1871 Mermin's device (quantum mechanics) Moving magnet and conductor problem Newton's cannonball...
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    electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices. When a battery is supplying power, its positive terminal is the cathode...
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    control a much larger current between the remaining two terminals, making the device capable of amplification or switching. BJTs use two p–n junctions between...
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    no delocalized states at the Fermi level, see for instance Ashcroft and Mermin. These definitions are equivalent to stating that metals conduct electricity...
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    1098/rspa.1932.0199. ISSN 0950-1207. S2CID 136574422. Ashcroft, Neil W.; Mermin, N. David (1976). Solid State Physics. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-03-083993-1...
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  • instance, Scarani lists Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction by N. David Mermin (2007), An Introduction to Quantum Computing by Kaye, Laflamme, and Mosca...
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    invented an electromagnetic pump, sound reproduction device, and several other household devices. While traveling, Einstein wrote daily to his wife Elsa...
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  • Semiconductor Devices". Power Electronics Handbook. Elsevier. p. 98. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811407-0.00005-2. ISBN 9780128114070. Ashcroft, Mermin. Solid State...
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  • doi:10.1063/1.5080662. ISSN 0021-9606. PMID 30646717. Ashcroft, N. W.; Mermin, N. D. (1988). Solid State Physics. New York (USA): Holt, Rineheart and...
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  • range ordering of the spins for an infinite system is prevented by the Mermin-Wagner theorem stating that spontaneous symmetry breaking required for magnetism...
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    antistatic agent used to prevent and remove static cling. Many semiconductor devices used in electronics are particularly sensitive to static discharge. Conductive...
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  • defining what might count as a measuring device, and the seeming reliance upon classical physics in describing such devices. Still, including all the variations...
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  • semiconductor devices, such as photodiodes, light-emitting diodes and laser diodes. They are also critical to a full analysis of p-n junction devices such as...
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    devices by many cultures. The system was abolished in 1806. A large variety of devices have been invented to measure time. The study of these devices...
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    hardware. Classical physics cannot explain the operation of these quantum devices, and a scalable quantum computer could perform some calculations exponentially...
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    particles. They play an important role in the operation of semiconductor devices such as transistors, diodes (including light-emitting diodes) and integrated...
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    Mermaid (section Mermin)
    compound word is formed from "mere" (sea), and "maid". Another English word "†mermin" (headword in the OED) for 'siren or mermaid' is older, though now obsolete...
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  • measuring device, they become entangled. As a result, the system does not end up in a definite eigenstate of the observable, and the measuring device does...
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    edition] ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-45416-8. Ashcroft, Neil W.; Mermin, N. David (1976). Solid state physics. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston...
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    under standard assumptions does not require entanglement. However, the device independent security of QKD is shown exploiting entanglement between the...
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    "Chem1 online textbook—States of matter". Retrieved 2016-09-19. Ashcroft and Mermin (1976). Solid State Physics. κρύσταλλος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott...
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  • speed of an object to the speed of sound. Machine A machine (or mechanical device) is a mechanical structure that uses power to apply forces and control movement...
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  • absorption, and forms the foundation of the understanding of all solid-state devices (transistors, solar cells, etc.). The formation of electronic bands and...
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  • bending models in solid-state electronics The behavior of a solid-state device is strongly dependent on the size of various Schottky barriers and band...
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