wdlang Messages 306 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Oct 28, 2011 #1 in the literature, people are talking about 'quantum systems without a classical limit' could anyone give me an example?
in the literature, people are talking about 'quantum systems without a classical limit' could anyone give me an example?
ZapperZ Staff Emeritus Science Advisor Homework Helper Insights Author Messages 32,819 Reaction score 4,724 Oct 28, 2011 #2 There are no examples given in "the literature" that you read? Zz.
Avodyne Science Advisor Messages 1,393 Reaction score 94 Oct 31, 2011 #3 Spin one-half. Or a system of coupled spin one-halfs.
Ken G Gold Member Messages 4,949 Reaction score 573 Oct 31, 2011 #4 I'm not sure what is meant by "no classical limit." A white dwarf star in a sense is not a classical limit, even though it is a huge number of particles, but if you heat it up high enough it would explode and be a very classical type Ia supernova.
I'm not sure what is meant by "no classical limit." A white dwarf star in a sense is not a classical limit, even though it is a huge number of particles, but if you heat it up high enough it would explode and be a very classical type Ia supernova.