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Metastable superpositions of ortho- and para-Helium states
We analyze superpositions of ortho- and para-Helium states, considering the
possible existence of stationary and metastable states in the system. In
particular, the metastable superposition of 1s2s ortho and para states seems to
be accessible to experimental scrutiny
Entanglement of unstable atoms: modifications of the emission properties
We analyse the influence of entanglement on the emission properties of atoms.
To this end, first, we propose a scheme for the preparation of a pair of
entangled Helium atoms, one in the ortho and the other in the para spin
configuration. We discuss a realistic scenario for this process, based in the
double ionization of He by intense laser fields. These states are used to
analyse disentanglement and the role of entanglement in the spontaneous
emission from the pair. In particular, we show that the decaying rate of an
entangled atom is different from that in a product state, modifying the
temporal emission distribution and lifetime of the atoms.Comment: Accepted in JP
Comment on "Effect of entanglement on the decay dynamics of a pair of H(2p) atoms due to spontaneous emission"
Tanabe et al (Phys. Rev. A {\bf 82} 040101(R) 2010) have experimentally
demonstrated that the emission properties of unstable atoms in entangled and
product states are different. The authors define an apparent decay time as a
fitting parameter which falls below the lifetime of the single atom for
entangled pairs. We argue that their results about coincidence time spectra are
correct, but those concerning lifetimes cannot be considered conclusive because
they assume the emission of photons by the two atoms to be independent
processes, a doubtful hypothesis for entangled states. We suggest an improved
evaluation of the lifetimes based on a rigorous approach, which demands some
modifications of the experimental procedure
Didactical knowledge development of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers
We present the results of a study on the didactical knowledge development of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers participating in a methods course. In this course, we expected pre-service teachers to learn and use a series of conceptual and methodological tools that could help them in the design of didactical units. We coded and analyzed the information contained in the transparencies used by the teachers while presenting their solution to a series of tasks proposed in the course. Four stages of didactical knowledge development were identified and characterized. The evolution in teachersÕ performance over time is described based on those stages
Social Prosperity Perception in Cultural Tourism Destinations: the Case of Peña de Bernal, Huejotzingo and Yuanhuitlán, México
The present quantitative study with a descriptive design tries to determine the conditions of "social prosperity" of three Mexican cultural tourist destinations, Yanhuitlán, Huejotzingo and Peña de Bernal. These places face similar conditions in aspects like marginalization and poverty but with activities like tourism have tried to reverse these adverse conditions. The objective was to know the perception of their population about the improvement of their living conditions as a result of the tourist activity through the application of surveys carried out in the chosen destinations. The instrument used was a questionnaire with a Likert scale to facilitate the response of the informants and the processing of the information. For the validity and reliability of the measurement instrument a factor reduction analysis and a Cronbach's alpha were elaborated, after which a one-way ANOVA was elaborated to know the differences of means taking the Bonferroni and Scheffe tests. The results show a significant difference between the averages of destinations in how residents perceive prosperity in the selected tourist destinations
Past observable dynamics of a continuously monitored qubit
Monitoring a quantum observable continuously in time produces a stochastic
measurement record that noisily tracks the observable. For a classical process
such noise may be reduced to recover an average signal by minimizing the mean
squared error between the noisy record and a smooth dynamical estimate. We show
that for a monitored qubit this usual procedure returns unusual results. While
the record seems centered on the expectation value of the observable during
causal generation, examining the collected past record reveals that it better
approximates a moving-mean Gaussian stochastic process centered at a distinct
(smoothed) observable estimate. We show that this shifted mean converges to the
real part of a generalized weak value in the time-continuous limit without
additional postselection. We verify that this smoothed estimate minimizes the
mean squared error even for individual measurement realizations. We go on to
show that if a second observable is weakly monitored concurrently, then that
second record is consistent with the smoothed estimate of the second observable
based solely on the information contained in the first observable record.
Moreover, we show that such a smoothed estimate made from incomplete
information can still outperform estimates made using full knowledge of the
causal quantum state.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
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