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21	The Quantum Dialectic Kelley, Logan 15 May 2011 (has links) A philosophic account of quantum physics. The thesis is divided into two parts. Part I is dedicated to laying the groundwork of quantum physics, and explaining some of the primary difficulties. Subjects of interest will include the principle of locality, the quantum uncertainty principle, and Einstein's criterion for reality. Quantum dilemmas discussed include the double-slit experiment, observations of spin and polarization, EPR, and Bell's theorem. The first part will argue that mathematical-physical descriptions of the world fall short of explaining the experimental observations of quantum phenomenon. The problem, as will be argued, is framework of the physical descriptive schema. Part I includes in-depth discussions of mathematical principles. Part II will discuss the Copenhagen interpretation as put forth by its founders. The Copenhagen interpretation will be expressed as a paradox: The classical physical language cannot describe quantum phenomenon completely and with certainty, yet this language is the only possible method of articulating the physical world. The paradox of Copenhagen will segway into Kant's critique of metaphysics. Kant's understanding of causality, things-in-themselves, and a priori synthetic metaphysics. The thesis will end with a conclusion of the quantum paradox by juxtaposing anti-materialist Martin Heidegger with quantum founder Werner Heisenberg. Our conclusion will be primarily a discussion of how we understand the world, and specifically how our understanding of the world creates potential for truth. quantum physics philosophy heisenberg heidegger uncertainty principle kant Continental Philosophy Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics Epistemology Logic and foundations of mathematics Metaphysics Other Physics Other Statistics and Probability Philosophy Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Science Quantum Physics
22	Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics / Kvantfysikens Matematiska Grunder Israelsson, Anders January 2013 (has links) No description available. Mathematics Physics Quantum Mechanics Uncertainty Principle Functional Self-adjoint Hermitian Hilbertspace Dynamics Commutator Hydrogen Atom Lower Bound Estimate Laplacian Matematik Fysik Kvantfysik Kvantmekanik Heisenberg Obestämdhetsrelation Schrödinger Planck Funktional Analys Självadjungerad Hermitisk Operator Hilbertrum Hamiltonian Dynamik Kommutator Väteatom Nedåtbegränsning Laplace
23	Princip komplementarity ve fyzice a jeho role při přípravě odborníků v oblasti ochrany obyvatelstva / Complementarity principle in Physics and its role at experts preparation in the area of population protection ČECH, František January 2018 (has links) This diploma thesis on the application of logical, empirical and statistical methods defined the role of the complementarity principle in the preparation of experts in the field of the protection of population in the framework of a quantitative research. The complementarity principle is characterized in the thesis in general (working with two expressions, both of them are necessary to explain the nature of the problem but cannot be used simultaneously, e.g. expressions "analysis" and "synthesis"). The diploma thesis then defined the physical aspect of the complementarity principle the wave-corpuscular dualism, the position and the momentum, the energy and the time. The comparison of the basics of the protection of population with the structure of the physical aspect of the complementarity principle followed. The performed comparison was adjusted to the needs and possibilities of future experts in the field of the protection of population on the basis of the theory of the curriculum process. The steps are clear from the set of objectives which were fulfilled gradually in the thesis: 1) To systematically describe the general form of the complementarity principle and its physical application from the point of view of the theory of the curriculum process. 2) To create a structure of the system of emergencies from the point of view of a scientific field of the protection of population and to focus on its educational aspect for the preparation of experts. 3) To perform the comparison of the physical aspect and emergencies with the general form of the complementarity principle. To transfer the findings, a theory of curriculum process was used. The link between a more generally approached complementarity principle and the protection of population was explained in the framework of a conceptual curriculum. The theory connecting these two different fields is the more generally approached complementarity principle and especially Bohr's complementarity principle linking not only the wave-corpuscular dualism but also Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. The physical aspect of emergencies was adjusted to the possibilities and needs of students (the intended curriculum) and written down in an educational text which was provided to students (the project curriculum). The practicality of the educational test was verified by an educational test the results of which were statistically processed (implemented curriculum). The statistical analysis of the test results confirmed the second hypothesis of this work. "The knowledge of future experts in the field of the protection of population will have, from the point of view of the role of the complementarity principle in their preparation, a theoretical division which will be close to the normal division." By confirming this hypothesis, the correctness and applicability of the curriculum process were confirmed as it was assumed by the first hypothesis: "Using the stages of a curriculum process, an educational basis of the role of the complementarity principle can be created within a quantitative research." The contributions of this work can be summarized by following points: 1) The use of an educational text in the preparation of experts in the field of the protection of population (a practical contribution of this diploma thesis). 2) The improvement of the applicability of the theory of the curriculum process in the field of the protection of population which has not been researched so far (the improvement of the theory of the curriculum process). 3) The definition of the link of the physical aspect of the complementarity principle to the general form of this principle (the theoretical contribution of this diploma thesis).
24	Caracterização de crime ambiental de poluição por meio de abordagem multiparamétrica e incorporando incerteza de amostragem / A multiparameter approach to characterize environmental pollution crime incorporating the uncertainty of sampling BARBIERI, CRISTINA B. 22 June 2016 (has links) Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2016-06-22T13:58:45Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T13:58:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP DETERMINISTIC ESTIMATION CALCULATION METHODS PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS SAFETY ANALYSIS UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE DATA COVARIANCES CRIME DETECTION POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS HYDROCARBONS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS STABLE ISOTOPES METALS POLLUTANTS INDUSTRIAL WASTES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
25	Caracterização de crime ambiental de poluição por meio de abordagem multiparamétrica e incorporando incerteza de amostragem / A multiparameter approach to characterize environmental pollution crime incorporating the uncertainty of sampling BARBIERI, CRISTINA B. 22 June 2016 (has links) Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2016-06-22T13:58:45Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T13:58:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / As agressões ao meio ambiente, num contexto de esgotamento de recursos naturais, vêm recebendo crescente importância aos olhos da sociedade e, nesse cenário, o meio ambiente passou a ser protegido pelo Direito Penal. Assim, muitas destas agressões, como a poluição, passaram a ser qualificadas como crimes ambientais tornando se necessária a produção de prova técnica para o seu devido julgamento. Este trabalho apresenta uma nova estratégia para caracterização de crimes ambientais de poluição e correlatos baseado em abordagem multiparamétrica. Para isso foram utilizadas análises de diferentes parâmetros como metais, razões de isótopos estáveis e compostos orgânicos (hidrocarbonetos aromáticos policíclicos), e análise estatística multivariada, com o intuito de obter uma assinatura química robusta dos poluentes da fonte suspeita e assim estabelecer correspondência com os mesmos parâmetros determinados no compartimento ambiental receptor. Ainda, foram incorporados alguns conceitos de metrologia, como o cálculo de incerteza de amostragem, conforme preceituam as novas tendências de desenvolvimento conceitual e metodológico das ciências forenses. Os sedimentos de um curso dágua altamente impactado por descargas diversas foram o objeto das investigações como sendo o compartimento receptor e o percolado de um aterro de resíduos industriais perigosos envolvido em um crime ambiental foi analisado como possível fonte. A abordagem multiparamétrica utilizada neste trabalho proporcionou uma melhor discriminação dos pontos de coleta com base na sua localização com relação às fontes de poluição por meio da Análise de Componentes Principais e as análises de metais realizadas nos sedimentos permitiram caracterizar um crime de poluição ambiental. As estimativas de incerteza de amostragem evidenciaram variações nos resultados principalmente decorrentes da heterogeneidade da distribuição dos contaminantes no meio o que implica que as incertezas devem, preferencialmente, ser estimadas e reportadas nas medições no âmbito forense para um efetivo apoio às tomadas de decisões nelas baseadas. / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP deterministic estimation calculation methods probabilistic estimation multivariate analysis safety analysis uncertainty principle data covariances crime detection polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons hydrocarbons organic compounds stable isotopes metals pollutants industrial wastes environmental impacts environmental policy environmental protection
26	Procedimento para avaliação de conformidade baseado em analogia com o princípio da incerteza / Moraes, Celso Francisco de January 2020 (has links) Orientador: Messias Borges Silva / Resumo: Avaliação de conformidade é um tema de grande importância em diversos ramos, tais como gestão de operações e de qualidade, desenvolvimento e certificação de produtos, de processos e de sistemas, certificação e acreditação de organizações, comércio internacional, entre outros. Esta tese reporta a introdução e validação de um procedimento inovador, denominado FCAUP, para planejamento e implementação de avaliação de conformidade baseado em uma analogia conceitual com o Princípio da Incerteza de Heisenberg relativo à Mecânica Quântica. FCAUP significa “Framework for Conformity Assessment inspired by the Uncertainty Principle” (Procedimento para Avaliação de Conformidade inspirado pelo Princípio da Incerteza). Este procedimento original emprega técnicas quantitativas e qualitativas para análise, classificação, amostragem intencional e execução de duplas inspeções a fim de reduzir os efeitos da incerteza inerentes às atividades de avaliação de conformidade. Uma verificação teórica preliminar foi conduzida por meio de releitura de casos reais relativos a três avaliações de conformidade realizadas em diferentes indústrias de fabricação. Em seguida, para consolidação da teoria, foi efetuada uma implementação piloto em uma indústria de fabricação de reboques para barcos em Maryville, Tennessee, Estados Unidos da América. Por último, o procedimento FCAUP foi validado por meio de um estudo de campo realizado de forma bem-sucedida em uma empresa de metrologia em São José dos Campos/SP. Os... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Doutor Avaliação de conformidade Analogia com o princípio da incerteza Procedimento FCAUP Estudo de campo Conformity assessment Uncertainty principle analogy FCAUP procedure Field study Incerteza de medição (Estatísticas) Programas de compilance Gestão da qualidade total.
27	Conceptual understanding of quantum mechanics : an investigation into physics students' depictions of the basic concepts of quantum mechanics Ejigu, Mengesha Ayene 07 1900 (has links) Not only is Quantum Mechanics (QM) conceptually rich, it is also a theory that physics students have found abstract and technically formidable. Nevertheless, compared to other classical topics of physics, university students’ understanding of QM has received minimal attention in the physics education literature. The principal purpose of this study was to characterize the variation in the ways that undergraduate physics students depict the basic concepts of QM and to extrapolate the results to scaffold possible changes to instructional practices at the university that provided the context for the study. In so doing, an adaptation of a developmental phenomenographic perspective was chosen. Empirically, the study was approached through in-depth interviews with 35 physics students from two Ethiopian governmental universities after they had been exposed to the traditional QM course for one-third of a semester. Interview responses were analyzed using phenomenographic approach where a picture of students’ depictions was established for each quantum concept by expounding the given responses. For each basic quantum concept addressed, the structure of the description categories was separately constructed, and overall, it was found that naive, quasi-classical ontology and/or variants of classical ways of visualization are dominant in students’ responses. For example, it was found that students’ depictions of the photon concept could be described with three distinct categories of description, which are (a) classical intuitive description, (b) mixed model description and (c) quasi-quantum model description. Similarly, the findings revealed that it is possible to establish three qualitatively different categories of description to picture students’ depictions of matter waves, namely, (a) classical and trajectory-based description, (b) an intricate blend of classical and quantum description and (c) incipient quantum model description. Likewise, it was found that students’ depictions of uncertainty principle can be described as: (a) uncertainty as classical ignorance, (b) uncertainty as measurement disturbance and (c) uncertainty as a quasi-quantum principle. With regard to learning QM, the categories of description made clear several issues: most students did not have enough knowledge to depict the basic concepts of QM properly; they were influenced by the perspective of classical physics and their perceptions in making explanations about QM; and they also applied mixed ideas, one based on their classical model and the other from newly introduced QM. These results are also supported by the findings of previous studies in similar domains. Findings from the study were used to guide the design of multiple representations-based instructions and interactive learning tutorials on the conceptual aspects of QM that has been shown to address specific difficulties identified in the study. Theoretical and practical implications of the study, as well as potential future considerations are drawn. / Mathematics, Science and Technology Education / D. Phil. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education) Quantum mechanics Photon concept Matter waves Uncertainty principle Conceptual understanding Phenomenography Developmental phenomenography Classical ontology Classical ignorance Measurement disturbance Mixed model Trajectory-based model Blended model Inappropriate depictions Research-based instructional strategies Multiple representations Interactive quantum learning tutorials 530.12 Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher) Quantum theory -- Study and teaching
28	Conceptual understanding of quantum mechanics : an investigation into physics students' depictions of the basic concepts of quantum mechanics Ejigu, Mengesha Ayene 07 1900 (has links) Not only is Quantum Mechanics (QM) conceptually rich, it is also a theory that physics students have found abstract and technically formidable. Nevertheless, compared to other classical topics of physics, university students’ understanding of QM has received minimal attention in the physics education literature. The principal purpose of this study was to characterize the variation in the ways that undergraduate physics students depict the basic concepts of QM and to extrapolate the results to scaffold possible changes to instructional practices at the university that provided the context for the study. In so doing, an adaptation of a developmental phenomenographic perspective was chosen. Empirically, the study was approached through in-depth interviews with 35 physics students from two Ethiopian governmental universities after they had been exposed to the traditional QM course for one-third of a semester. Interview responses were analyzed using phenomenographic approach where a picture of students’ depictions was established for each quantum concept by expounding the given responses. For each basic quantum concept addressed, the structure of the description categories was separately constructed, and overall, it was found that naive, quasi-classical ontology and/or variants of classical ways of visualization are dominant in students’ responses. For example, it was found that students’ depictions of the photon concept could be described with three distinct categories of description, which are (a) classical intuitive description, (b) mixed model description and (c) quasi-quantum model description. Similarly, the findings revealed that it is possible to establish three qualitatively different categories of description to picture students’ depictions of matter waves, namely, (a) classical and trajectory-based description, (b) an intricate blend of classical and quantum description and (c) incipient quantum model description. Likewise, it was found that students’ depictions of uncertainty principle can be described as: (a) uncertainty as classical ignorance, (b) uncertainty as measurement disturbance and (c) uncertainty as a quasi-quantum principle. With regard to learning QM, the categories of description made clear several issues: most students did not have enough knowledge to depict the basic concepts of QM properly; they were influenced by the perspective of classical physics and their perceptions in making explanations about QM; and they also applied mixed ideas, one based on their classical model and the other from newly introduced QM. These results are also supported by the findings of previous studies in similar domains. Findings from the study were used to guide the design of multiple representations-based instructions and interactive learning tutorials on the conceptual aspects of QM that has been shown to address specific difficulties identified in the study. Theoretical and practical implications of the study, as well as potential future considerations are drawn. / Mathematics, Science and Technology Education / D. Phil. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education) Quantum mechanics Photon concept Matter waves Uncertainty principle Conceptual understanding Phenomenography Developmental phenomenography Classical ontology Classical ignorance Measurement disturbance Mixed model Trajectory-based model Blended model Inappropriate depictions Research-based instructional strategies Multiple representations Interactive quantum learning tutorials 530.120711 Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher) Quantum theory -- Study and teaching
29	Contribution à la théorie des ondelettes : application à la turbulence des plasmas de bord de Tokamak et à la mesure dimensionnelle de cibles / Contribution to the wavelet theory : Application to edge plasma turbulence in tokamaks and to dimensional measurement of targets Scipioni, Angel 19 November 2010 (has links) La nécessaire représentation en échelle du monde nous amène à expliquer pourquoi la théorie des ondelettes en constitue le formalisme le mieux adapté. Ses performances sont comparées à d'autres outils : la méthode des étendues normalisées (R/S) et la méthode par décomposition empirique modale (EMD).La grande diversité des bases analysantes de la théorie des ondelettes nous conduit à proposer une approche à caractère morphologique de l'analyse. L'exposé est organisé en trois parties.Le premier chapitre est dédié aux éléments constitutifs de la théorie des ondelettes. Un lien surprenant est établi entre la notion de récurrence et l'analyse en échelle (polynômes de Daubechies) via le triangle de Pascal. Une expression analytique générale des coefficients des filtres de Daubechies à partir des racines des polynômes est ensuite proposée.Le deuxième chapitre constitue le premier domaine d'application. Il concerne les plasmas de bord des réacteurs de fusion de type tokamak. Nous exposons comment, pour la première fois sur des signaux expérimentaux, le coefficient de Hurst a pu être mesuré à partir d'un estimateur des moindres carrés à ondelettes. Nous détaillons ensuite, à partir de processus de type mouvement brownien fractionnaire (fBm), la manière dont nous avons établi un modèle (de synthèse) original reproduisant parfaitement la statistique mixte fBm et fGn qui caractérise un plasma de bord. Enfin, nous explicitons les raisons nous ayant amené à constater l'absence de lien existant entre des valeurs élevées du coefficient d'Hurst et de supposées longues corrélations.Le troisième chapitre est relatif au second domaine d'application. Il a été l'occasion de mettre en évidence comment le bien-fondé d'une approche morphologique couplée à une analyse en échelle nous ont permis d'extraire l'information relative à la taille, dans un écho rétrodiffusé d'une cible immergée et insonifiée par une onde ultrasonore / The necessary scale-based representation of the world leads us to explain why the wavelet theory is the best suited formalism. Its performances are compared to other tools: R/S analysis and empirical modal decomposition method (EMD). The great diversity of analyzing bases of wavelet theory leads us to propose a morphological approach of the analysis. The study is organized into three parts. The first chapter is dedicated to the constituent elements of wavelet theory. Then we will show the surprising link existing between recurrence concept and scale analysis (Daubechies polynomials) by using Pascal's triangle. A general analytical expression of Daubechies' filter coefficients is then proposed from the polynomial roots. The second chapter is the first application domain. It involves edge plasmas of tokamak fusion reactors. We will describe how, for the first time on experimental signals, the Hurst coefficient has been measured by a wavelet-based estimator. We will detail from fbm-like processes (fractional Brownian motion), how we have established an original model perfectly reproducing fBm and fGn joint statistics that characterizes magnetized plasmas. Finally, we will point out the reasons that show the lack of link between high values of the Hurst coefficient and possible long correlations. The third chapter is dedicated to the second application domain which is relative to the backscattered echo analysis of an immersed target insonified by an ultrasonic plane wave. We will explain how a morphological approach associated to a scale analysis can extract the diameter information Ondelettes Principe d'incertitude de Heisenberg Pavage temps-Fréquence Moments Régularité Support compact Fonction d'échelle Fonction d'ondelette Approximations Détails Résolution Filtre QMF Coefficients de Daubechies Analyse Reconstruction Précurseur Algorithme de Mallat Convolution Décimation Symétrisation Orthogonalisation Gram Schmidt Filtres frontières Complexité Décomposition modale empirique Méthode R/S Analyse des fluctuations redressées Fractal Auto-Similarité Plasma Bruit Gaussien fractionnaire Mouvement Brownien fractionnaire Ultrason Wavelets Heisenberg uncertainty principle Time-Frequency tiles Vanishing moments Regularity Compact support Scaling function Wavelet function Approximations Details Resolution QMF filters Daubechies coefficients Analysis Reconstruction Precursor Mallat algorithm Convolution Decimation Mirroring Orthogonalization Gram Schmidt Boundary filters Complexity Empirical Modal Decomposition R/S method Detrended fluctuations Analysis Fractal Self-Similarity Plasma Fractional Gaussian noise Fractional Brownian motion Ultrasound 530.44 515.243 3

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