Particle Theory Meets Entropy: High-Energy Physics, Entanglement and Space-Time
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Black Holes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 292
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Interests: dissipative processes; metriplectic dynamics; information theory and dynamical systems; space weather
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Dear Colleagues,
The relationship between Thermodynamics and Particle Physics dates back to Maxwell’s speculations, reconstructing the macroscopic phenomenology of gases from their elementary constituents, and Boltzmann’s speculations about the Second Principle. The birth of Quantum Mechanics was itself related to Thermodynamics, with the introduction of the electromagnetic quanta as Einstein’s mathematical expedient to predict the black body spectrum.
This Special Issue focuses on intersections between Particle Physics and Thermodynamics, aiming to demonstrate the rich, currently ongoing research in this field, and, hopefully, future paradigm-changing results.
In Particle Physics, entanglement was first introduced as an irreducibly quantum aspect of nature. Then, it was recognized as strictly related to quantum Neumann entropy, hence bridging quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, and classical world emergence from quantum laws.
Particle Physics set on a curved background reveals a link between quantum gravitation effects and thermodynamic quantities: the discovery of Hawking radiation, and the temperature and entropy of black holes, paved the way to exploring unprecedented visions of gravity, cosmology, and elementary particle gauge theories.
Here, we aim to collect various theoretical and experimental contributions from the border between Particle Physics and Thermodynamics, as suggested by, but not limited to, the two lines of development sketched above.
Dr. Massimo Materassi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- black hole thermodynamics and holography
- entanglement in quantum field theory
- emergence of spacetime
- EPR paradox
- quantum information
- quantum open systems
- thermodynamics of QCD fluids
- information-driven data analysis in particle physics
