From: scerir (scerir@libero.it)
Date: Sat Aug 09 2003 - 09:08:40 MDT
Nothing to do with the cosmos. But there are several
strong evidences of fractality also in microphysics.
The evolution of the probability density
|psi(x,t)|^2 to find a particle in a box
is characterized by highly ordered patterns
of minima and maxima of probability,
both in time and space. Similar
patterns with BECs, and nuclear systems,
under specific potentials.
Can fractal behavior be found in quantum theory
despite the coarse-graining effects of the
Heisenberg uncertainty principle? Evidently ...
There is a nice technical paper (pdf) about this,
and look at the beautiful images therein, ... and
there are also 4 videos (semi-long download).
abstract here
http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/2/1/004/
or directly the pdf, here below
http://ej.iop.org/links/52/LqkVotSSNP7sIlcbuYGd+w/nj0104.pdf
or in general
http://physicsweb.org/article/world/14/6/7
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