entropy

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Based on this picture, it seems reasonable to assume that the disorder of the system, known as entropy, should change between the early parton phase and the later hadron phase.

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They also describe entropy, a measure of disorder, which never decreases over time.

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A team led by the University of Oxford has uncovered an unexpected contributor to entropy in quantum timekeeping: the act of measurement itself.

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The equations predict that if the quarks and gluons are entangled, that can be revealed from the collision's entropy, or disorder.

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According to the study, "fluctuations in density, energy and entropy in water are regulated by these quantum interactions, with effects ranging from the nanometre to the macroscopic scale," says researcher Luis E. Coronas.

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