After an elementary derivation of Bell’ s inequality, classical, quantum mechanical , and stronger-than-quantum correlation functions for 2-particle-systems are discussed. Special functions are investigated which give rise to an extreme violation of Bell’ s inequality by the value of 4. Referring to a specific quantum system it is shown that under certain conditions such an extreme violation wo...

In this letter, we analyse the following apparent paradox: as has been recently proved by Hastings (2004 Phys. Rev. 69 104431), under a general set of conditions, if a local Hamiltonian has a spectral gap above its (unique) ground state (GS), all connected equal-time correlation functions of local operators decay exponentially with distance. On the other hand, statistical mechanics provides us ...

(1) God exists in the understanding but not in reality. (Supposition) (2) Existence in reality is greater than existence in the understanding alone. (Premise) (3) God’s existence in reality is conceivable. (Premise) (4) If God did exist in reality, then he would be greater than he is (from (1) and (2)). (5) It is conceivable that there be a being greater than God is (from (3) and (4)). (6) It i...

We exhibit a renormalization group flow for a four-dimensional gauge theory along which the conformal central charge a increases. The flow connects the maximally superconformal point of an N = 2 gauge theory with gauge group SU(N+1) and Nf = 2N flavors in the ultraviolet, to a strongly-coupled superconformal point of the SU(N) gauge theory with Nf = 2N massless flavors in the infrared. Our exam...

The elucidated structure of asperjinone (1), a natural product isolated from thermophilic Aspergillus terreus, was revised using the expert system Structure Elucidator. The reliability of the revised structure (2) was confirmed using 180 structures containing the (3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl)methyl fragment (3) as a basis for comparison and whose chemical shifts contradict the suggested structure (1).

There is a direct relationship between a two-sided test and a confidence interval; that is a if my confidence interval is 95%, then the corresponding significance level, α, is 1 –0.95 = 0.05. Thus, we can see that since p-value < 0.05, which would result in a rejection of the null hypothesis; we will reject the assumed μ value, 30. Now, lets see the logic here. The test of significance just rej...

We argue that the mass, production, total decay width, and decay pattern of the η 2 (1870) do not appear to contradict with the picture of it being the conventional 2 1 D 2 q ¯ q state. The possibility of the η 2 (1870) being a mixture of the conventional q ¯ q and the hybrid is also discussed.

Abstract We investigate the different interpretations related to metaphorical imprint of climate change in English and French media discourses. This cross-linguistic perspective is motivated by particularities both languages which have been assumed promote understandings change-related concepts. focus on metaphor carbon footprint whose meaning can be compared another English: fingerprint . Thes...