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Relativistic quantum mechanics can be considered to have begun with a search for wave equations corresponding to each intrinsic spin. However, relativistic quantum physics differs fundamentally from the non-relativistic wave mechanics. It…

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Our present understanding of elementary particle interactions is the synergic result of developments of theoretical ideas and of experimental advances that lead to the theory known as the Standard Model of particle physics. Despite the…

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The physical meaning of the operators is not reducible to the intrinsic relations of the quantum system, since unitary transformations can find other operators satisfying the exact same relations. The physical meaning is determined…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-10 Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica

This paper is a shortened version of the full paper that was published in the journal Frontiers of Psychology in May 2022. In recent decades, the scientific study of consciousness has significantly increased our understanding of this…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-02-21 Nir Lahav , Zachariah A. Neemeh

For a century, quantum theorists have been reading the mathematical entrails of quantum mechanics (QM) to divine the nature of quantum reality. But to little avail. In this paper a different approach is taken, namely to identify and explain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 David Ellerman

The present paper presents a new general conception of interaction between physical systems, differing significantly from that of both classical physics and quantum physics as generally understood. We believe this conception could provide…

General Physics · Physics 2007-12-18 Danil Doubochinski , Jonathan Tennenbaum

Physical theories must stem from observation. The possibility that perceived events are simulated, not real, raises a crucial dilemma about the credibility of known physics, known as the simulation hypothesis. To analyze this hypothesis in…

General Physics · Physics 2024-01-08 Francesco Sisini

I partially review our current knowledge on microquasars, making special emphasis on radio interferometric observations, and I comment on emerging trends in this field of astrophysics.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Ribo

In this article a revised, to some extent, version of the Information concept as utmost fundamental essence ("The Information and the Matter",v1) is presented - a little more logical grounds and may be of a philosophy, the correction and…

General Physics · Physics 2008-05-27 S. V. Shevchenko , V. V. Tokarevsky

(2+1)-dimensional relativistic fractional spin particles are considered within the framework of the group-theoretical approach to anyons starting from the level of classical mechanics and concluding by the construction of the minimal set of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Mikhail S. Plyushchay

This is a short introduction to the Standard Model and the underlying concepts of quantum field theory.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-16 W. Buchmüller , C. Lüdeling

A rough overview is given over the most essential structures underlying all working quantum theoretical models as well as axiomatic and algebraic quantum field theory .

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-15 W. Luecke

In this article, we define the notion of a filtration and then give the basic theorems on initial and progressive enlargements of filtrations.

Probability · Mathematics 2007-12-06 Delia Coculescu , Ashkan Nikeghbali

We introduce the group field theory formalism for quantum gravity, mainly from the point of view of loop quantum gravity, stressing its promising aspects. We outline the foundations of the formalism, survey recent results and offer a…

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In this essay we wish to seek a unifying thread between the basic forces. We propose that there exists a universal force which is shared by all that physically exists. Universality is characterized by the two properties: (i) universal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Naresh Dadhich

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Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-18 Ward Struyve

The basic concepts of neutrino physics are presented at a level appropriate for integration into elementary courses on quantum mechanics and/or modern physics.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Wick C. Haxton , Barry R. Holstein

In this paper, we propose an approach based on the theory of an axiomatic $S$ matrix and partially switching on an interaction, which is extremely suitable for describing the phenomenon of oscillations within the framework of quantum field…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-14 Maxim Libanov

I have been asked to write brief, gentle introduction to the basic idea behind the field of "quantum gravity" in 1500 words or less. Doing so appears to be almost as great a challenge as coming up with a consistent theory of quantum…

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