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Physics 2, 97 (2009) – Published November 16, 2009 Statistical Mechanics Interdisciplinary Physics The popularity of various chess openings follows a power law distribution, but the exponent depends on the depth of the opening sequence. |
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Physics 2, 43 (2009) – Published May 26, 2009 Statistical Mechanics Interdisciplinary Physics Small nonequilibrium systems behave quite unexpectedly when in contact with a thermal reservoir. However, all of them—from molecular machines to molecular magnets—are described by a single fluctuation theorem. |
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Physics 2, 23 (2009) – Published March 23, 2009 Atomic & Molecular Physics Interdisciplinary Physics Stochastic resonance, in which a periodic signal applied to a nonlinear system can be amplified by adding noise, has been observed in a mechanical system and predicted to occur in a Bose-Einstein condensate. |
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Physics 1, 29 (2008) – Published October 13, 2008 Particles & Fields Nuclear Physics Interdisciplinary Physics Energetic particle jets created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions might create detectable shock waves as they travel through the quark-gluon plasma. |
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