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We show that the space of long knots in an euclidean space of dimension larger than three is a double loop space, proving a conjecture by Sinha. We construct also a double loop space structure on framed long knots, and show that the map…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Paolo Salvatore

A particular Riemannian metric which originally has been obtained for a well-known coordinate system in the Euclidean 3-space, is shown to specify, in fact, a manifold with boundary. There are two ways to make the manifold complete. One is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Z. Ya. Turakulov

A new concept for spinning unmagnetized plasma is demonstrated experimentally. Plasma is confined by an axisymmetric multi-cusp magnetic field and biased cathodes are used to drive currents and impart a torque in the magnetized edge.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-05-31 C. Collins , N. Katz , J. Wallace , J. Jara-Almonte , I. Reese , E. Zweibel , C. B. Forest

The origin of thermal and quantum entanglement in a class of three-dimensional spin models, at low momenta, is traced to purely topological reasons. The establishment of the result is facilitated by the gauge principle which, when used in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-10-27 V. V. Sreedhar

We study the dynamics of entanglement in the one-dimensional spin-1/2 XY model in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. A pair of spins are considered as an open quantum system, while the rest of the chain plays the role of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-10-22 Z. Saghafi , Z. Shadman , E. Hosseini Lapasar , S. Mahdavifar

In this paper, we study the entanglement entropy in string theory in the simplest setup of dividing the nine dimensional space into two halves. This corresponds to the leading quantum correction to the horizon entropy in string theory on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-01-07 Song He , Tokiro Numasawa , Tadashi Takayanagi , Kento Watanabe

In a system where two identical two-level atoms interact with their common one-mode cavity field, it is shown that entanglement can become abruptly frozen in time, remaining at a constant value for a period of time until it begins to thaw…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-10 Luchang Niu , Joseph H. Eberly

Inspired by its fundamental importance in quantum mechanics, we define and study the notion of entanglement for abstract physical theories, investigating its profound connection with the concept of superposition. We adopt the formalism of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-11 Guillaume Aubrun , Ludovico Lami , Carlos Palazuelos

Knotted and tangled structures frequently appear in physical fields, but so do mechanisms for untying them. To understand how this untying works, we simulate the behavior of 1,458 superfluid vortex knots of varying complexity and scale in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-07-20 Dustin Kleckner , Louis H. Kauffman , William T. M. Irvine

Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen discussed their paradox in terms of measuring the positions or momenta of two particles. These degrees of freedom can become entangled upon scattering, but how much entanglement can be created in this process?…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Yimeng Wang , Christiane P. Koch

We introduce a notion of stability for non-autonomous Hamiltonian flows on two-dimensional annular surfaces. This notion of stability is designed to capture the sustained twisting of particle trajectories. The main Theorem is applied to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-30 Theodore D. Drivas , Tarek M. Elgindi , In-Jee Jeong

In mathematics, a knot is a single strand of string crossed over itself any number of times, and connected at the ends. The Reidemeister Moves have been proven to be the three core moves necessary to fully untangle a knot. Some knots can be…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-02-08 Dana Foley

Entanglement entropy is crucial for understanding the link between quantum mechanics and information theory. This thesis investigates how energy fluctuations and acceleration affect entanglement entropy through three key scenarios. First,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-28 Felipe Diaz

We show how it is possible to formulate Euclidean two-dimensional quantum gravity as the scaling limit of an ordinary statistical system by means of dynamical triangulations, which can be viewed as a discretization in the space of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Ambjorn , J. Jurkiewicz , Y. Watabiki

This letter details a simple scheme to entangle two neutrons by successive scattering from a macroscopic sample. In zero magnetic field the entanglement falls as the sample size increases. However, by applying a field and tuning the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 M. Avellino , S. Bose , A. J. Fisher

Considering two-dimensional electron gases under a perpendicular magnetic field, we pinpoint a specific kind of long-range bipartite entanglement of the electronic motions. This entanglement is achieved through the introduction of bicomplex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-10 T. Champel , D. Hernangómez-Pérez , S. Florens

We investigate the entanglement in the ground state of systems comprising two and three qubits with random interactions. Since the Hamiltonians also contain deterministic one-body terms, by varying the interaction strength, one can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-20 Paulo Freitas Gomes , Marcel Novaes , Fernando Parisio

Cables are ubiquitous in many settings and it is often useful to untangle them. However, cables are prone to self-occlusions and knots, making them difficult to perceive and manipulate. The challenge increases with cable length: long cables…

Electromagnetic waves, solving the full set of Maxwell equations in vacuum, are numerically computed. These waves occupy a fixed bounded region of the three dimensional space, topologically equivalent to a toroid. Thus, their fluid dynamics…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 Claudia Chinosi , Lucia Della Croce , Daniele Funaro

This paper explores the connections between particle scattering and quantum information theory in the context of the non-relativistic, elastic scattering of two spin-1/2 particles. An untangled, pure, two-particle in-state is evolved by an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. L. Harshman