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physics.class-ph2009★ 43 cited
Friction force: from mechanics to thermodynamics
Christian Ferrari, Christian Gruber
We study some mechanical problems in which a friction force is acting on the system. Using the fundamental concepts of state, time evolution and energy conservation we explain how…
quant-ph2009★ 16 cited
Entanglement, which-way measurements, and a quantum erasure
Christian Ferrari, Bernd Braunecker
We present a didactical approach to the which-way experiment and the counterintuitive effect of the quantum erasure for one-particle quantum interferences. The fundamental concept…