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The application of the electrodynamics of Born to the theory of the propagation of light in electromagnetic fields [Engl. transl. of kand. diss. (Ph.D. thesis), 1936]
English translation of a Russian Ph.D. thesis from 1936. No original abstract, translator's abstract: The thesis consists of two chapters. In chapter I, general requirements to be imposed on any…
A. A. SmirnovAug 22, 2017
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Remarks on the empirical accuracy of the optical superposition principle [Engl. transl. of Zh. Russk. Fiz.-Khim. Obshch., Ch. Fiz. 60(1928)555]
English translation of a Russian article from 1928. Translator's abstract: The article presents general considerations on the validity of the superposition principle for light in vacuo from out a…
S. I. VavilovAug 22, 2017
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Are black holes about information?
Information theory is increasingly invoked by physicists concerned with fundamental physics, including black hole physics. But to what extent is the application of information theory in those…
Christian WuthrichAug 18, 2017
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Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction
A complete foundational discussion of acceleration in context of Special Relativity is presented. Acceleration allows the measurement of a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction created. It is argued…
Johann RafelskiAug 17, 2017
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A. G. W. Cameron 1925-2005, Biographical Memoir, National Academy of Sciences
Alastair Graham Walker Cameron was an astrophysicist and planetary scientist of broad interests and exceptional originality. A founder of the field of nuclear astrophysics, he developed the…
David ArnettAug 17, 2017
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The search for superheavy elements: Historical and philosophical perspectives
The heaviest of the transuranic elements known as superheavy elements (SHE) are produced in nuclear reactions in a few specialized laboratories located in Germany, the U.S., Russia, and Japan. The…
Helge KraghAug 14, 2017
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Analysis of the Jun Ishiwara's "The universal meaning of the quantum of action"
Here we present an analysis of the paper "Universelle Bedeutung des Wirkungsquantums" (The universal meaning of the quantum of action), published by Jun Ishiwara in German in the…
Karla Pelogia, Carlos Alexandre BrasilAug 10, 2017
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Umbra in partial lunar eclipses at moonrise
The darkness of the umbra of the lunar eclipse of August 7 2017 corresponded to the predictions of A. Danjon for the Sun at its minimum. It appeared partial at moonrise in Rome similarly to the one…
Costantino SigismondiAug 9, 2017
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Magnetic Compasses and Chinese Architectures
In this paper, we are discussing the effect of the use of magnetic compasses on the orientation of ancient Chinese architectonical complexes. As Czech researchers proposed in 2011, assuming these…
Amelia Carolina SparavignaAug 4, 2017
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"The universal meaning of the quantum of action", by Jun Ishiwara
Commented translation of the paper "Universelle Bedeutung des Wirkungsquantums", published by Jun Ishiwara in German in the Proceedings of Tokyo Mathematico-Physical Society 8 106-116 (1915).…
Karla Pelogia, Carlos Alexandre BrasilAug 2, 2017
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Editorial: Special Issue on the Atomic and Molecular Processes in the Ultracold Regime, the Chemical Regime, and Astrophysics
This editorial introduces the J. Phys. B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Special Issue "Atomic and Molecular Processes in the Ultracold Regime, the Chemical Regime and Astrophysics"…
J. F. Babb, R. Côté, H. R. Sadeghpour et al.Aug 2, 2017
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Causation, Information, and Physics
This work outlines the novel application of the empirical analysis of causation, presented by Kutach, to the study of information theory and its role in physics. The central thesis of this paper is…
Geoff BeckJul 27, 2017
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From mindless mathematics to thinking meat?
Deconstruction of the theme of the 2017 FQXi essay contest is already an interesting exercise in its own right: Teleology is rarely useful in physics --- the only known mainstream physics example…
Matt VisserJul 27, 2017
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Twelve years before the quantum no-cloning theorem
The celebrated quantum no-cloning theorem establishes the impossibility of making a perfect copy of an unknown quantum state. The discovery of this important theorem for the field of quantum…
Juan OrtigosoJul 21, 2017
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A Schema for Duality, Illustrated by Bosonization
In this paper we present a schema for describing dualities between physical theories (Sections 2 and 3), and illustrate it in detail with the example of bosonization: a boson-fermion duality in…
Sebastian De Haro, Jeremy ButterfieldJul 20, 2017
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Betting on Quantum Objects
Dutch book arguments have been applied to beliefs about the outcomes of measurements of quantum systems, but not to beliefs about quantum objects prior to measurement. In this paper, we prove a…
Jeremy SteegerJul 20, 2017
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Classical Spacetime Structure
I discuss several issues related to "classical" spacetime structure. I review Galilean, Newtonian, and Leibnizian spacetimes, and briefly describe more recent developments. The target…
James Owen WeatherallJul 18, 2017
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On the Earthshine depicted in Galileo's watercolors of the Moon
With the manuscript of the Sidereus Nuncius preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale of Florence are included 7 watercolors of the Moon painted by Galileo himself. We suggest that some of them, and in…
Paolo MolaroJul 17, 2017
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Theoretical terms of contemporary cosmology as intellectual artifacts
In this paper, the theoretical terms of contemporary cosmology are examined as intellectual artefacts. An ontology and methodology are introduced for this purpose, which includes defining the concept…
Anastasiia LazutkinaJul 17, 2017
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Resolving the observer reference class problem in cosmology
The assumption that we are typical observers plays a core role in attempts to make multiverse theories empirically testable. A widely shared worry about this assumption is that it suffers from…
Simon FriederichJul 14, 2017
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Forces on Fields
In electromagnetism, as in Newton's mechanics, action is always equal to reaction. The force from the electromagnetic field on matter is balanced by an equal and opposite force from matter on the…
Charles T. SebensJul 13, 2017
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Fine-Tuning in the Context of Bayesian Theory Testing
Fine-tuning in physics and cosmology is often used as evidence that a theory is incomplete. For example, the parameters of the standard model of particle physics are "unnaturally" small (in…
Luke A. BarnesJul 13, 2017
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Journeys from Quantum Optics to Quantum Technology
Sir Peter Knight is a pioneer in quantum optics which has now grown to an important branch of modern physics to study the foundations and applications of quantum physics. He is leading an effort to…
Stephen M. Barnett, Almut Beige, Artur Ekert et al.Jul 9, 2017
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A Brief Comment on Maxwell(/Newton)[-Huygens] Spacetime
I provide an alternative characterization of a "standard of rotation" in the context of classical spacetime structure that does not refer to any covariant derivative operator.
James Owen WeatherallJul 8, 2017
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The Charm of Theoretical Physics (1958-1993)
Personal recollections on theoretical particle physics in the years when the Standard Theory was formed. In the background, the remarkable development of Italian theoretical physics in the second…
Luciano Maiani, Luisa BonolisJul 6, 2017
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