The quantum potential or quantum potentiality is a central concept of the de Broglie–Bohm formulation of quantum mechanics, introduced by David Bohm in...
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released from a potential well if sufficient energy is added to the system such that the local maximum is surmounted. In quantum physics, potential energy may...
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The quantum harmonic oscillator is the quantum-mechanical analog of the classical harmonic oscillator. Because an arbitrary smooth potential can usually...
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A quantum computer is a computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena. On small scales, physical matter exhibits properties of both particles and...
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of all quantum physics, which includes quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science. Quantum mechanics...
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colors vary depending on the exact composition of the QD. Potential applications of quantum dots include single-electron transistors, solar cells, LEDs...
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In physics, quantum tunnelling, barrier penetration, or simply tunnelling is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an object such as an electron or...
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"contact potential") Double delta potential Step potential Periodic potential Barrier potential Gaussian potential Eckart potential Quantum well Potential well...
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A quantum well is a potential well with only discrete energy values. The classic model used to demonstrate a quantum well is to confine particles, which...
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Basil Hiley (category British quantum physicists)
in the causal interpretation of the quantum theory introduced by Bohm in 1952 the concept of a quantum potential leads to the notion of an "unbroken wholeness...
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Particle in a box (redirect from Infinite potential well)
In quantum mechanics, the particle in a box model (also known as the infinite potential well or the infinite square well) describes the movement of a free...
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finite potential well (also known as the finite square well) is a concept from quantum mechanics. It is an extension of the infinite potential well, in...
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Quantum chemistry, also called molecular quantum mechanics, is a branch of physical chemistry focused on the application of quantum mechanics to chemical...
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In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian of a system is an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system, including both kinetic energy and potential...
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De Broglie–Bohm theory (redirect from Bohmian quantum mechanics)
detection. In Bohm's 1952 papers he used the wavefunction to construct a quantum potential that, when included in Newton's equations, gave the trajectories of...
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Superconducting quantum computing is a branch of solid state physics and quantum computing that implements superconducting electronic circuits using superconducting...
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of a non-relativistic quantum-mechanical system.: 1–2 Its discovery was a significant landmark in the development of quantum mechanics. It is named...
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The quantum Hall effect (or integer quantum Hall effect) is a quantized version of the Hall effect which is observed in two-dimensional electron systems...
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analogous to the Lennard-Jones potential. Like the quantum harmonic oscillator, the energies and eigenstates of the Morse potential can be found using operator...
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In quantum mechanics and scattering theory, the one-dimensional step potential is an idealized system used to model incident, reflected and transmitted...
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Pilot wave theory (category Interpretations of quantum mechanics)
{V}}=V+Q\;,} the usual potential with an extra quantum potential Q {\displaystyle Q} . The quantum potential is the potential of the quantum force, which is...
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suggesting that potential applications might instead be for near-distance surveillance or biomedical scanning. A microwave-range model of a quantum radar was...
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QC next introduces the idea of a quantum potential; using the time-independent Schrödinger equation, a potential surface is constructed which has the...
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In quantum mechanics the delta potential is a potential well mathematically described by the Dirac delta function - a generalized function. Qualitatively...
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commute with the classical potential energy part of the original glass. The whole process can be simulated in a computer using quantum Monte Carlo (or other...
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to merge theoretical and experimental quantum research with online community efforts to explore the potential for online citizen science in this otherwise...
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capacitance, because it is related to the electrons' chemical potential. The ideas behind quantum capacitance are closely linked to Thomas–Fermi screening...
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Quantum chaos is a branch of physics focused on how chaotic classical dynamical systems can be described in terms of quantum theory. The primary question...
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A quantum dot display is a display device that utilizes quantum dots (QDs), semiconductor nanocrystals, which can produce pure monochromatic red, green...
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Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment (category Thought experiments in quantum mechanics)
delayed-choice experiment describes a family of thought experiments in quantum physics proposed by John Archibald Wheeler, with the most prominent among...
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