[Crib-list] CRIBB SPEAKER: Douglas Mason (Harvard) -- Computational Research in Boston and Beyond Seminar -- Friday, April 13th -- TIME: 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM in Room 32-124

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 		   COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH in BOSTON and BEYOND SEMINAR


DATE:		FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
TIME:		12:00 Noon    (Note Time)
LOCATIONL	Building 32, Room 124  (Stata Center)

Pizza and beverages will be provided at 11:45 AM outside Room 32-124.


TITLE:		EXTENDING THE FLUX OPERATOR USING HUSIMI PROJECTIONS


SPEAKER:	DOUGLAS MASON   (Harvard University)


ABSTRACT:

A common tool among physics in the transport community is the probability 
flux operator, but connecting this operator to measurement has not 
received much attention.  We have extended the definition of flux by using 
coherent states, rendering it both measurable and infinitely more useful. 
For instance, we can use our extended definition to study closed systems 
and the classical dynamics of individual quantum states, and then connect 
these dynamics to resonant states interacting with an environment.  This 
analytical technique, based on semi-classics, brings new tools to bear on 
wavefunction analysis and visualization.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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