QUANTUM SPRING

Quantum Topology and Categorification Seminar, Spring 2017

Part 1. Quantum topology: Chern-Simons theory and the Jones polynomial 1 1. The Jones Polynomial: 1/24/17 1 2. Introduction to quantum field theory: 1/31/17 4 3. Canonical quantization and Chern-Simons theory: 2/7/17 7 4. Chern-Simons theory and the Wess-Zumino-Witten model: 2/14/17 9 5. The Jones polynomial from Chern-Simons theory: 2/21/17 13 6. TQFTs and the Kauffman bracket: 2/28/17 15 7. T...

School of Mathematics Spring 2018 QUANTUM COMPUTATION

Physics 391 Spring 2017 Quantum Field Theory

Suppression of quantum-radiation-pressure noise in an optical spring

W. Zach Korth,1 Haixing Miao,1,2 Thomas Corbitt,3 Garrett D. Cole,4 Yanbei Chen,2 and Rana X. Adhikari1 1LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA 2Theoretical Astrophysics 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA 3Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA 4Vienna...

A quantum radiation pressure noise-free optical spring

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