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Space-time localization diagrams ``unlock" subtle aspects of $\nu$ oscillations such as coherence and entanglement. Observability of propagation decoherence in oscillating neutrino state is discussed. The sizes of WPs of reactor and source…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-21 Alexei Y Smirnov

This chapter presents an ab initio perspective on giant resonances in atomic nuclei and surveys the principal theoretical frameworks that aim to describe these collective excitations from first principles. While the study of nuclear giant…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-09 Sonia Bacca , Francesco Marino , Andrea Porro

What effect do particle-emitting resonances have on the scattering cross section? What physical considerations are necessary when modelling these resonances? These questions are important when theoretically describing scattering experiments…

Coherence is a familiar concept in physics: It is the driving force behind wavelike phenomena such as the diffraction of light. Moreover, wave-particle duality implies that all quantum objects can exhibit coherence, and this quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Brendon W. Lovett , Ahsan Nazir

Resonance plays critical roles in the formation of many physical phenomena, and several methods have been developed for the exploration of resonance. In this work, we propose a new scheme for resonance by solving the Dirac equation in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-16 Niu Li , Min Shi , Jian-You Guo , Zhong-Ming Niu , Haozhao Liang

In this Review, the theory and applications of optical micro and nanoresonators are presented from the underlying concept of their natural resonances, the so-called quasi-normal modes (QNMs). The latter are the basic constituents governing…

One of the most fundamental questions in the field of relativistic heavy ion physics is how to reach and explore densities which are needed to cross the chiral and/or the deconfinement phase transition. In this analysis we investigate the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Sascha Vogel , Joerg Aichelin , Marcus Bleicher

We study nuclear spin dynamics in a quantum dot close to the conditions of electron spin resonance. We show that at small frequency mismatch the nuclear field detunes the resonance. Remarkably, at larger frequency mismatch its effect is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jeroen Danon , Yuli V. Nazarov

Nuclear resonances provide a rich and versatile testbed for exploring fundamental aspects of physics, particularly within the domain of strongly correlated many-body systems. The overarching goal of the theory is to develop a consistent and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-08 Elena Litvinova

Feshbach resonances, first studied in the context of nuclear reactions, have since become a cornerstone of modern atomic physics. They offer a remarkable degree of control over interatomic (and even intermolecular) interactions by tuning…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-05-22 Ettore Vitali , Gino Gamboni

A theory for stabilization of quantum resonances by a mechanism similar to one leading to classical resonances in nonlinear systems is presented. It explains recent surprising experimental results, obtained for cold Cesium atoms when driven…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Shmuel Fishman , Italo Guarneri , Laura Rebuzzini

In this article, we discuss the remarkable connection between two very different fields, number theory and nuclear physics. We describe the essential aspects of these fields, the quantities studied, and how insights in one have been…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-11-16 Frank W. K. Firk , Steven J. Miller

Shake-up phenomena, rooted in the sudden approximation and many-body quantum dynamics, unveil critical characteristics of quantum systems, with wide-ranging applications in molecular spectroscopy and electronic structure studies. Here, this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 Vahid Azimi-Mousolou , Anna Delin , Erik Sjöqvist , Olle Eriksson

Nuclear physics has a long and productive history of application to astrophysics which continues today. Advances in the accuracy and breadth of astrophysical data and theory drive the need for better experimental and theoretical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Carl R. Brune

The most important law of radioactivity is that of the exponential decay. In the realm of quantum mechanics, however, this decay law is neither rigorous nor fundamental. The deviations from the exponential decay have been observed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-26 S. M. Wang , W. Nazarewicz , A. Volya , Y. G. Ma

Resonance is a general phenomenon which can happen in classic or quantum systems. An unbound many-body quantum system can undergo a self-resonant process. It has long been a challenge how to describe unbound many-body quantum systems in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-01-23 B. S. Hu , Q. Wu , Z. H. Sun , F. R. Xu

It is shown that coherence resonance, a phenomenon in which regularity of noise-induced oscillations in nonlinear excitable systems is maximized at a certain optimal noise intensity, can be observed in quantum dissipative systems. We…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-04-12 Yuzuru Kato , Hiroya Nakao

The phenomenon of resonant energization of a relativistic quantum particle, moving in unison with an intense ElectroMagnetic Wave, is demonstrated in a semiclassical calculation. The wave nature of the quantum particle is of essence because…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-21 Swadesh M. Mahajan

Quantum mechanics is a special kind of description of motion. The concept of wave function itself implies the openness of quantum system. We show that quantum mechanics describes the quantum correlation, i.e., entanglement, and information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-04 Dong-Sheng Wang

Nearing a century since its inception, quantum mechanics is as lively as ever. Its signature manifestations, such as superposition, wave-particle duality, uncertainty principle, entanglement and nonlocality, were long confronted as weird…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-06 Gerardo Adesso , Rosario Lo Franco , Valentina Parigi