scholarly journals Stimulated Raman signals at conical intersections: Ab initio surface hopping simulation protocol with direct propagation of the nuclear wave function

2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (4) ◽  
pp. 044117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Kowalewski ◽  
Shaul Mukamel
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Nuclear Wave Function ◽  
Conical Intersections ◽  
Surface Hopping ◽  
Simulation Protocol ◽  
Stimulated Raman

On the photoisomerization of 5-hydroxytropolone: An ab initio and nuclear wave function study

1997 ◽  
Vol 107 (16) ◽  
pp. 6275-6282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan J. Paz ◽  
Miquel Moreno ◽  
José M. Lluch
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Nuclear Wave Function ◽  
Function Study

The Two-Nucleon Mechanism for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and the BCS Nuclear Wave Function

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-454
Author(s):  
Zhong-Jin Lin ◽  
You-Ping Gan ◽  
De-Ji Fu ◽  
Hui-Fang Wu ◽  
Chong-En Wu
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Nuclear Wave Function

scholarly journals The measure problem in no-collapse (many worlds) quantum mechanics

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (03) ◽  
pp. 1730008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen D. H. Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Probability Measure ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Subjective Probability ◽  
State Vector ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Born Rule ◽  
Many Worlds ◽  
Measure Problem

We explain the measure problem (cf. origin of the Born probability rule) in no-collapse quantum mechanics. Everett defined maverick branches of the state vector as those on which the usual Born probability rule fails to hold — these branches exhibit highly improbable behaviors, including possibly the breakdown of decoherence or even the absence of an emergent semi-classical reality. Derivations of the Born rule which originate in decision theory or subjective probability (i.e. the reasoning of individual observers) do not resolve this problem, because they are circular: they assume, a priori, that the observer occupies a non-maverick branch. An ab initio probability measure is sometimes assumed to explain why we do not occupy a maverick branch. This measure is constrained by, e.g. Gleason’s theorem or envariance to be the usual Hilbert measure. However, this ab initio measure ultimately governs the allocation of a self or a consciousness to a particular branch of the wave function, and hence invokes primitives which lie beyond the Everett wave function and beyond what we usually think of as physics. The significance of this leap has been largely overlooked, but requires serious scrutiny.

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