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Quantum Optical Communication lecture 6 by Jeffrey H. Shapiro by
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Jeffrey H. Shapiro's MIT 6.453 lecture slides develop optical quadrature wavefunctions, minimum-uncertainty states and squeezing. Slides9–12 are on physical PDF pp.5–6; their quadrature convention has vacuum variance .
Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope by Don Eigler and Erhard Schweizer by
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Geomagnetism Frequently Asked Questions by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by
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Official NCEI geomagnetism FAQ: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/geomagnetism-frequently-asked-questions
NASA Rocket Mission Studying Escaping Radio Waves by National Aeronautics and Space Administration by
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Official VIPER mission description: www.nasa.gov/missions/sounding-rockets/nasa-rocket-mission-studying-escaping-radio-waves/
The mission account describes low-frequency ionospheric absorption/reflection and condition-dependent leakage into the magnetosphere, with measurements below, within and above the relevant layers. It supports a propagation qualification, not a universal claim that all low-frequency electromagnetic signals are blocked.
Shapes of Allowed and Unique First-Forbidden β-Ray Spectra: 114In, 42K, 86Rb, 90Sr, and 90Y by H. Daniel and others by
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Physical Review 136, B1240. Primary experimental study with a double-lens beta spectrometer. The abstract distinguishes the allowed indium spectrum from the unique first-forbidden potassium, rubidium, strontium and yttrium spectra, and reports deviations from their simplest shape models. This is not an experimental measurement of yttrium-91 or the source exam's plotted points.
The Spin of the Near-Extreme Kerr Black Hole GRS 1915+105 by Jeffrey E. McClintock and others by
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The primary analysis fits thermal X-ray spectra with a relativistic disk model, using selected disk-dominated data and a luminosity restriction to support the thin-disk assumption. Spectral hardening, inner-edge stress and independently constrained source parameters enter its interpretation. Its black-hole spin inference is conditional on the adopted accretion model and Kerr geometry.
The mission result description reports a broad asymmetric iron K-alpha profile with a low-energy wing relative to the approximately rest energy. It discusses gravitational redshift and the relativistic Doppler effect in a disk model. The page presents the original observational result and its interpretation, rather than establishing that every possible absorption or illumination model is excluded.
Excluded Volume Effects and Stretched Polymer Chains by Philip Alan Pincus by
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Institution-hosted author-paper reproduction: www.eng.uc.edu/~beaucag/Classes/Properties/Pincus76.pdf . The indexed abstract and section I on p. 386 identify the nonlinear restoring force for strongly elongated polymer chains in a good solvent.
Lecture Notes for Quantum Matter by Steven H. Simon by
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Steven H. Simon's Oxford notes. Chapter8 covers linear response, the independent-electron Lindhard response and self-consistent random phase approximation. The inspected file is dated2025 on its cover despite the URL directory QCM2023. Section8.3 begins printedp.123 and§8.4 beginsprintedp.129; the dielectric relation is§8.4.1,printedp.131.
Organic Optoelectronics lecture notes by Vladimir Bulović by
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MIT's authored teaching-material index names Vladimir Bulović as instructor. Lectures4–7 cover molecular levels, Franck-Condon factors, aggregate excitations and Frenkel excitons. These are reference notes, not this Cambridge paper's answers.
Spin dependent transport: GMR & TMR by Alain Schuhl and Daniel Lacour by
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Alain Schuhl and Daniel Lacour's authored article in C. R. Physique6,pp.945–955. Section2.1 discusses Mott two-current model transport parameters and the spin asymmetry of defect scattering;§2.2 describes averaging scattering when carriers sample several layers. This supports the model qualifications without asserting a universal iron channel ordering.
VLA sensitivity guide by National Radio Astronomy Observatory (2012B) by
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Quantum Computations with Cold Trapped Ions by J. I. Cirac and P. Zoller by
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Demonstration of a Fundamental Quantum Logic Gate by Christopher Monroe and others by
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Approximations to the radii of Roche lobes by Peter P. Eggleton by
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The Astrophysical Journal 268, 368–369. Primary volume integrations and the smooth analytic radius fit.
Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems by Alan H. Guth by
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Physical Review D 23, 347–356. The original inflation proposal discusses the horizon and flatness problems, unwanted relics, and the difficulty of completing its original phase-transition scenario.
Nine-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Final Maps and Results by C. L. Bennett and others by
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The December 20, 2012 preprint was available before the January 2013 examination. Its abstract reports combined cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscillation and Hubble-constant model fits, including spatial curvature and cosmic age. These combined-data constraints should not be attributed to the cosmic microwave background alone.
Quantal phase factors accompanying adiabatic changes by Michael Victor Berry by
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The primary paper derives the geometric phase accompanying adiabatic transport around a closed parameter loop. Section 4 treats a spinning particle in a slowly changing magnetic field, with quantum phase proportional to its magnetic quantum number and the enclosed solid angle.
Quantum Correlations of Ideal Bose and Fermi Gases in the Canonical Ensemble by Kazumasa Tsutsui and Takafumi Kita by
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This primary paper distinguishes canonical ideal-gas reduced density matrices from the grand-canonical Wick factorization. It studies how particle statistics and ensemble choice affect one- and two-body correlations. Its date is later than the examination; it corroborates the state-assumption distinction rather than documenting what was available to candidates in 2013.
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