ADVANCES IN QUANTUM SYSTEMS RESEARCH

ADVANCES IN QUANTUM SYSTEMS RESEARCH

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Chapter 1: HYPOTHETICAL PARTICLE OF LIFE: PREDICTIONS AND MATHEMATICAL MODEL

Abstract

Introduction

2. Dynamical Model of L2-Particle

3. Dynamical Model of L3-Particle

4. Biological Interpretation of L-Particles

5. Application to Differential Games

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 2: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON

1. Introduction

2. Non Relativistic Spinning Particle

3. Lorentz Covariant Spin Fiber Bundle

4. Search for the Relativistic Lagrangian, Free Theory

5. Minimal Action: Lagrangian Analysis

6. Minimal Action: Hamiltonian Analysis

7. Quantum Mechanics of Spinning Relativistic Particle

8. Interaction with Arbitrary Electro-Magnetic Field

9. Spinning Particle in Curved Space-Time

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1. Some Identities

Appendix 2. Dirac Brackets

References

Chapter 3: INFORMATION THEORY, MOLECULAR EQUILIBRIA AND PATTERNS OF CHEMICAL BONDS

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Rudiments of the Information-Theoretic Approach

3. Minimum-Energy and Extremum-Information Principles

4. Classical Information Displacements in Molecules

5. Contra-Gradience Criterion for Bond Localization

6. Orbital Communications and Bond Multiplicities

7. Localized Bonds of Diatomic Fragments

8. Through-Space and Through-Bridge Bond Components

References

Chapter 4: HUNTER’S MOLECULAR ENVELOPES

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Anatomy of an Envelope

3. Pushing the Envelope

4. Sealing the Envelope

5. CPK Redux

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Chapter 5: ATHEORETICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE STRUCTURAL AND VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE ANTICONVULSANT AGENT PREGABALIN USING DFT CALCULATIONS

Abstract

Introduction

Computational Details

Results and Discussion

Bands Assignments

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 6: ECOLOGICALLY PURE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DIRECT OXIDATION OF MOLECULAR NITROGEN TO NITRIC ACID

Abstract

Introduction

2. Theoretical Concept of the Mechanism of Molecular Nitrogen Activation and Conversion to Nitric Acid

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 7: ENTANGLEMENT ANALYSIS OF VIBRATIONS IN MOLECULAR SYSTEMS: ALGEBRAIC METHODS

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Qubit Systems and Quantum Logic Operations

3. Dynamical Properties of Small Molecules: Entanglement, Decoherence and Energy Transfer

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 8: STOCHASTIC MODELS IN CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Throws of a Die and Other Unstable Processes

3. Statistical Mechanics

4. Characteristic Features of Classical Stochastic Models

5. Passage of Polarized Light Through a Crystal of Tourmaline

6. Interference of Light According to the ClassicalWave Theory

7. Wave-Particle Duality

8. Behavior of Material Particles

9. Quantum Mechanics

10. Spooky Action at a Distance

11. Schr¨odinger’s Cat Could Play Dice

12. Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Appendix. Positronium Annihilation

References

Chapter 9: DECOHERENCE, ENTANGLEMENT AND COSMIC EVOLUTION

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Entanglement, Decoherence and Quantum Cosmology

3. Late Time Cosmology and the Problem of Dark Energy

4. Cosmological Entangled States

5. The Entangled State Ansatz

6. The Von Neumann Entropy as a Source for Running Dark Energy

7. Extending CDM through Entanglement Measures: The Case of Negativity

Conclusion

References

Chapter 10: THE ONTOLOGICAL STATUS OF OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. States and Expectation Values in Quantum Mechanics

3. Reduced States in Decoherence

4. Decoherence in the Whole and the Parts

5. The Study of Expectation Values as an Alternative to the Study of the State in EID

Conclusion

References

References for Abstract

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