For a two-level quantum mechanical system, we derive microscopically the exact expression for the fluctuation of microscopic work in a multistep nonequilibrium process, and we rigorously prove that in an isothermal process, the fluctuation is vanishingly small and the most probabilistic work is just equal to the difference of the free energy. Our study demonstrates that the convergence of the m...

In this article, a novel approach to cognition inspired by quantum mechanical principles is proposed. It is based on an analogy between the physical objects at the quantum level and the human’s mental states. Specifically, symbols in various cognitive functions are to be treated as eigenstates with respect to a particular quantum experimental arrangement. The arrangement is associated with an o...

The quantum dynamics of a hydrogen molecule encapsulated inside the cage of a C60 fullerene molecule is investigated using inelastic neutron scattering (INS). The emphasis is on the temperature dependence of the INS spectra which were recorded using time-of-flight spectrometers. The hydrogen endofullerene system is highly quantum mechanical, exhibiting both translational and rotational quantiza...

Changing the model underlying information and computation from a classical mechanical to a quantum mechanical one yields faster algorithms, novel cryptographic mechanisms, and alternative methods of communication. Quantum algorithms can perform a select set of tasks vastly more efficiently than any classical algorithm, but for many tasks it has been proven that quantum algorithms provide no adv...

Quantum mechanical properties of communication lines may be lead to new possibilities in the security of key distribution. By taking advantage of basic quantum mechanical principles, it may be possible to create secure systems that rely upon the physics of the system rather than computational or mathematical methods for security. In this paper, three possible protocols for quantum key distribut...

The quantum theory of fields is largely based on studying perturbations around noninteracting, or free, field theories, which correspond to a collection of quantum-mechanical harmonic oscillators. The quantum theory of an ordinary fluid is "freer", in the sense that the noninteracting theory also contains an infinite collection of quantum-mechanical free particles, corresponding to vortex modes...

We raise the possibility of developing a theory of constructing quantum dynamical observables independent from quantization and deriving classical dynamical observables from pure quantum mechanical consideration. We do so by giving a detailed quantum mechanical derivation of the classical time of arrival at arbitrary arrival points for a particle in one dimension.

We raise the possibility of developing a theory of constructing quantum dynamical observables independent from quantization and deriving classical dynamical observables from pure quantum mechanical consideration. We do so by giving a detailed quantum mechanical derivation of the classical time of arrival at arbitrary arrival points for a particle in one dimension.

We study the dynamics of two three-level atoms interacting with independent bosonic Lorentzian reservoirs at zero temperature. Such systems can be created in far astronomical objects. Quantum mechanical behaviour of these particles can produce detectable effects on the spectroscopic identifications of these objects, if such behaviour remain stable during the interaction with their media. It is ...

Nanopartmles have been used as an approach to improve the pharmacodynamic and phannacokinetie propertiesof various drues. Amino acids have been considered to be useful to make such nano particles because ofthocompatithe and biodegradable characteristic. The quantum mechanical method that was chosen to analyze inethio hexa peptide nano ring]. The structure of some peptide nanorrigs as well as th...