[Crib-list] TODAY: 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 (fwd)

[Shirley Entzminger]

T O D A Y . . .

 		   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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