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Benchmarks for quantum computers from Shor's algorithm
E. D. Davis
Properties of Shor's algorithm and the related period-finding algorithm could serve as benchmarks for the operation of a quantum computer. Distinctive universal behaviour is expect…
Test of the Porter-Thomas distribution with the total cross section autocorrelation function
E. D. Davis
On the basis of experiments conducted in the 1970s and earlier, it is believed that, in a compound nucleus (CN), fluctuations in transition strengths are drawn from a Porter-Thomas…
Fluctuations in the U(n,f) cross section
G. F. Bertsch, David Brown, E. D. Davis
We examine the autocorrelation function of the U(n,f) reaction with a view to quantify the presence of intermediate structure in the cross section. Fluctuations due to comp…
Neutron-antineutron oscillations beyond the quasi-free limit
E. David Davis, Albert R. Young
Prompted by plans to conduct a new neutron oscillation experiment at the European Spallation Source (ESS), we consider issues associated with the magnetic field that must be presen…
Bound on the variation in the fine structure constant implied by Oklo data
Leila Hamdan, Edward D. Davis
Dynamical models of dark energy can imply that the fine structure constant varies over cosmological time scales. Data on shifts in resonance energies from the Oklo natura…
Reappraisal of the limit on the variation in implied by Oklo
Edward D. Davis, Leila Hamdan
We reconsider the analysis of the sensitivity of neutron resonance energies to changes in with a view to resolving uncertainties that plague earlier treatments. We point…
Implications of the Oklo phenomenon in a chiral approach to nuclear matter
Edward D. Davis
It has been customary to use data from the Oklo natural nuclear reactor to place bounds on the change that has occurred in the electromagnetic fine structure constant over the…
Oklo reactors and implications for nuclear science
E. D. Davis, C. R. Gould, E. I. Sharapov
We summarize the nuclear physics interests in the Oklo natural nuclear reactors, focusing particularly on developments over the past two decades. Modeling of the reactors has becom…
Orbits of the Kepler problem via polar reciprocals
E. D. Davis
It is argued that, for motion in a central force field, polar reciprocals of trajectories are an elegant alternative to hodographs. The principal advantage of polar reciprocals is…
Sewing sound quantum flesh onto classical bones
Edward D. Davis
Semiclassical transformation theory implies an integral representation for stationary-state wave functions in terms of angle-action variables (). It is a particular s…
Implications of invariance of the Hamiltonian under canonical transformations in phase space
E. D. Davis, G. I. Ghandour
We observe that, within the effective generating function formalism for the implementation of canonical transformations within wave mechanics, non-trivial canonical transformations…
Extraction of bounds on time-reversal non-invariance from neutron reactions
E. D. Davis, C. R. Gould
Ratios involving on-resonance measurements of the three-fold and five-fold correlation cross sections for which the dependence on some of the unknown spectroscopic data is eliminat…