Packet 10: Bonus 21
These states follow a Poisson distribution in the energy eigenbasis and can be visualized as minimum volume spheres in phase space. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these eigenstates of the annihilation operator. They can be created by applying a displacement operator to the vacuum.
ANSWER: coherent states [or Glauber states]
[10h] A superposition of two coherent states with opposite eigenvalues is an example of one of these quantum states. These states are superpositions of diametrically opposed macroscopic outcomes.
ANSWER: cat states [or Schrödinger cat state]
[10e] Coherent states achieve the minimum prescribed by this eponymous statement, which sets a lower limit on the product of the standard deviations of position and momentum.
ANSWER: Heisenberg uncertainty principle [or Heisenberg uncertainty principle]
<KY, Physics> | NAFTA-Packet-10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 17.86 | 100% | 43% | 36% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
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| Habitat 67 | Shipping Down from Ballston | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Noah Sheidlower | Untitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Untitled Keyal Team | NYU A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |