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Full abstraction for fair testing in CCS (expanded version)
In previous work with Pous, we defined a semantics for CCS which may both be
viewed as an innocent form of presheaf semantics and as a concurrent form of
game semantics. We define in this setting an analogue of fair testing
equivalence, which we prove fully abstract w.r.t. standard fair testing
equivalence. The proof relies on a new algebraic notion called playground,
which represents the `rule of the game'. From any playground, we derive two
languages equipped with labelled transition systems, as well as a strong,
functional bisimulation between them.Comment: 80 page
The Kantian Framework of Complementarity
A growing number of commentators have, in recent years, noted the important
affinities in the views of Immanuel Kant and Niels Bohr. While these
commentators are correct, the picture they present of the connections between
Bohr and Kant is painted in broad strokes; it is open to the criticism that
these affinities are merely superficial. In this essay, I provide a closer,
structural, analysis of both Bohr's and Kant's views that makes these
connections more explicit. In particular, I demonstrate the similarities
between Bohr's argument, on the one hand, that neither the wave nor the
particle description of atomic phenomena pick out an object in the ordinary
sense of the word, and Kant's requirement, on the other hand, that both
'mathematical' (having to do with magnitude) and 'dynamical' (having to do with
an object's interaction with other objects) principles must be applicable to
appearances in order for us to determine them as objects of experience. I argue
that Bohr's 'Complementarity interpretation' of quantum mechanics, which views
atomic objects as idealizations, and which licenses the repeal of the principle
of causality for the domain of atomic physics, is perfectly compatible with,
and indeed follows naturally from a broadly Kantian epistemological framework.Comment: Slight change between this version and previous in the wording of the
first paragraph of the section 'Complementarity
Environment and classical channels in categorical quantum mechanics
We present a both simple and comprehensive graphical calculus for quantum
computing. In particular, we axiomatize the notion of an environment, which
together with the earlier introduced axiomatic notion of classical structure
enables us to define classical channels, quantum measurements and classical
control. If we moreover adjoin the earlier introduced axiomatic notion of
complementarity, we obtain sufficient structural power for constructive
representation and correctness derivation of typical quantum informatic
protocols.Comment: 26 pages, many pics; this third version has substantially more
explanations than previous ones; Journal reference is of short 14 page
version; Proceedings of the 19th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science
Logic (CSL), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6247, Springer-Verlag (2010
E-democracy as the frame of networked public discourse : information, consensus and complexity
The quest for democracy and the political reflection about its future are to be understood nowadays in the horizon of the networked information revolution. Hence, it seems difficult to speak of democracy without speaking of e-democracy, the key issue of which is the re-configuration of models of information production and concentration of attention, which are to be investigated both from a political and an epistemological standpoint. In this perspective, our paper aims at analyzing the multi-agent dimension of networked public discourse, by envisaging two competing models of structuring this discourse (those of dialogue and of claim) and by suggesting to endorse the epistemic idea of complementarity as a guidance principle for elaborating a form of partnership between traditional and electronic media
Interpretation of neutrino flux limits from neutrino telescopes on the Hillas plot
We discuss the interplay between spectral shape and detector response beyond
a simple E^-2 neutrino flux at neutrino telescopes, at the example of
time-integrated point source searches using IceCube-40 data. We use a
self-consistent model for the neutrino production, in which protons interact
with synchrotron photons from co-accelerated electrons, and we fully take into
account the relevant pion and kaon production modes, the flavor composition at
the source, flavor mixing, and magnetic field effects on the secondaries
(pions, muon, and kaons). Since some of the model parameters can be related to
the Hillas parameters R (size of the acceleration region) and B (magnetic
field), we relate the detector response to the Hillas plane. In order to
compare the response to different spectral shapes, we use the energy flux
density as a measure for the pion production efficiency times luminosity of the
source. We demonstrate that IceCube has a very good reach in this quantity for
AGN nuclei and jets for all source declinations, while the spectra of sources
with strong magnetic fields are found outside the optimal reach. We also
demonstrate where neutrinos from kaon decays and muon tracks from tau decays
can be relevant for the detector response. Finally, we point out the
complementarity between IceCube and other experiments sensitive to high-energy
neutrinos, at the example of 2004-2008 Earth-skimming neutrino data from Auger.
We illustrate that Auger, in principle, is better sensitive to the parameter
region in the Hillas plane from which the highest-energetic cosmic rays may be
expected in this model.Comment: 28 pages, 10 figures. Substantial clarifications, such as on
definition of "sensitivity" and model descriptio
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