On Order, Disorder and Coherence

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dc.creatorSewell, Geoffrey
dc.date2007-11-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:44:13Z
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dc.descriptionWe provide a brief survey of quantum statistical characterisations of order, disorder and coherence in systems of many degrees of freedom. Here, order and coherence are described in terms of symmetry breakdown, while disorder is described in terms of entropy and algorithmic complexity, whose interconnection has been recently extended from the classical to the quantum domain. We see that, in the present physical context, the concepts of order and disorder are not mutually antithetical, but bear an interrelationship similar to that between signals and noise.
dc.descriptionTo be published in Modern Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3295
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3295
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/142581
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleOn Order, Disorder and Coherence
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