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Quantum Mechanics as Naturalized Time
Zachary D. Walton, Bernard S. McNamara, Tommaso Toffoli
We bring together two topics (quantum mechanics and time passage) with the goal of clarifying questions about each. Specifically, we claim that the formalism of quantum mechanics p…
Entropy? Honest!
Tommaso Toffoli
Here we deconstruct, and then in a reasoned way reconstruct, the concept of "entropy of a system," paying particular attention to where the randomness may be coming from. We start…
A quantum limit on the information retrievable from an image
Lev B Levitin, Tommaso Toffoli
We consider the physical limitations imposed on the information content of an image by the wave and quantum nature of light, when the image is obtained by illuminating a reflecting…
Can anything from Noether's theorem be salvaged for discrete dynamical systems?
Silvio Capobianco, Tommaso Toffoli
The dynamics of a physical system is linked to its phase-space geometry by Noether's theorem, which holds under standard hypotheses including continuity. Does an analogous theorem…
Heat-to-work conversion by exploiting full or partial correlations of quantum particles
Lev B Levitin, Tommaso Toffoli
It is shown how information contained in the pairwise correlations (in general, partial) between atoms of a gas can be used to completely convert heat taken from a thermostat into…
The fundamental limit on the rate of quantum dynamics: the unified bound is tight
Lev B. Levitin, Tommaso Toffoli
The question of how fast a quantum state can evolve has attracted a considerable attention in connection with quantum measurement, metrology, and information processing. Since only…