From Newsgroup: sci.physics
On 8/30/25 00:08, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Scientists finally solve a century-old quantum mystery
Scientists find solution to "damped quantum harmonic oscillatorrCY,
promising world's tiniest measuring device.
Date:
August 29, 2025
Source:
University of Vermont
Summary:
A Vermont research team has cracked a 90-year-old puzzle, creating a quantum version of the damped harmonic oscillator. By reformulating LambrCOs classical model, they showed how atomic vibrations can be fully described while preserving quantum uncertainty. The discovery could fuel next-generation precision tools.
Link:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250829052206.htm
Very interesting, the math and reality come together.
The 'atom' is 'that which can not be cut'. (The
ancient Greek one and not the one of the 19th and
20th centuries'.)
Nonetheless there is a 'quantum' in something on
the order of steps. (Energy or momentum transfer
versus frequency or wavelength.)
Is the article playing with the words 'fully
described'? So 'uncertain' does not actually
mean 'uncertain'? Is that like William
Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew'. It is
the moon, it is the sun, etc.
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