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Quantum Harmonic Oscillator Sonification

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Auditory Display (CMMR 2009, ICAD 2009)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 5954))

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This work deals with the sonification of a quantum mechanical system and the processes that occur as a result of its quantum mechanical nature and interactions with other systems. The quantum harmonic oscillator is not only regarded as a system with sonifiable characteristics but also as a storage medium for quantum information. By representing sound information quantum mechanically and storing it in the system, every process that unfolds on this level is inherited and reflected by the sound. The main profit of this approach is that the sonification can be used as a first insight for two models: a quantum mechanical system model and a quantum computation model.

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  1. Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz, Inffeldg. 10/3, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Anna Saranti, Gerhard Eckel & David Pirrò

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  1. CNRS - LMA, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, CNRS-LMA, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    Sølvi Ystad

  2. Université Aix-Marseille, 38 bd. Charles Livon, Marseille, France

    Mitsuko Aramaki

  3. CNRS-LMA, 31, Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    Richard Kronland-Martinet

  4. Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohr Vej 8, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark

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Saranti, A., Eckel, G., Pirrò, D. (2010). Quantum Harmonic Oscillator Sonification. In: Ystad, S., Aramaki, M., Kronland-Martinet, R., Jensen, K. (eds) Auditory Display. CMMR ICAD 2009 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5954. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12439-6_10

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