Quantum Physics Forum

Join in expert discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics is the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles. Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory.

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High School Guidelines for Quantum Physics Forum

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Graduate My questions about QFT and the standard model

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Undergrad Radiation in classical and quantum mechanics

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Graduate Position vs momentum measurement

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Undergrad Discrepancy in uncertainty among various operators

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Graduate Time evolution of a detected particle

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Graduate Gerry and Knight solution to single-mode Maxwell equation

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Undergrad Momentum measurement and uncertainty

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Undergrad Single-photon double-slit with multiple apparatus?

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Undergrad Particles' Intrinsic Properties in QFT

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Undergrad How do you apply perturbation theory to a magnetic field Hamiltonian?

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Double slit experiment with single electrons and no observation

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High School Schrodinger's Ad-Hoc Definition Of The Wave Function

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High School Neon bleeding issue with lasers

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Undergrad Dissecting entanglement

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Graduate Penrose-Dosi Model

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High School Reducing loss of energy for Lasers

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Undergrad Entanglement might be the result of an underlying law?

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Undergrad Uncertainty and particle in a box

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Undergrad Can reflecting a laser back on itself increase its power?

  • Josiah
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Undergrad Photons and free quantum particles

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Undergrad How can light be a wave and particle at the same time?

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High School Does entanglement synchronization change with distance in general relativity?

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Undergrad Application of the Schrödinger Equation in Modeling the Hydrogen Atom

  • Sandra Jane
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Undergrad Does causality become relative in spacelike-separated entanglement measurements?

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High School Electron absorbs photon, but what happens to the photon?

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Graduate α as angular rigidity of the electron: references?

  • Roberto Pavani
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Graduate Magnetic monopole vs (g-2)

  • Roberto Pavani
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High School On electron orbitals

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Undergrad What empirical observation supports the axiom of continuous spacetime?

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Undergrad Questions: Multi-particle entanglement, speed of light, electron orbitals

  • MDH72
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Graduate Gauge conditions in interaction theory

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Graduate Relationship between superconductors and gravity

  • Josiah
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Graduate Six Textbook Mistakes in Quantum Field Theory

  • Muu9
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Undergrad Particle field strength and sensitivity

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High School Seemingly odd quantum tunneling

  • DanteKennedy
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High School Can entangled photons be treated as single spatially extended objects?

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Graduate Gravitons

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Undergrad What effect do gravitons have on electrons?

  • Josiah
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High School Does quantum collapse research support collapse as a physical mechanism?

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Undergrad Do elliptical patterns connect quark behavior to orbital mechanics?

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Undergrad Why is a Gaussian function used to represent a wave packet?

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High School Gravitons/Gravity passing through objects

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Undergrad Ramsauer and Townsend effect: history and explanation

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Undergrad Prof Mike Wiest's proposed link between quantum and consciousness

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Undergrad ##r-##independent angular momentum in quantum mechanics

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Undergrad How do you derive $x = ihbar d/dp$? Why does this equation hold true?

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High School Needs explanation for P in quantum tunneling formula

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High School Trivial quantum entanglement question (from a rookie)

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Graduate Why does QM split into two evolution types?

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Graduate Super fluids and superconductors at the molecular level

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High School Classic question regarding the nature of quantum tunneling

  • DanteKennedy
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High School Knowledge and information in the physical world

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Undergrad Proving momentum expectation value shifts by p₀ under phase transformation

  • Danielk010
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Undergrad The equivalent concept of phase change in classical mechanics

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Graduate Quantum properties and Van Hove singularty

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Undergrad How do bar detectors work in gravitational wave detectors?

  • Josiah
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High School Photoelectric and summation of photons energy

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Undergrad 2D rotation and angular momentum uncertainty

  • hokhani
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Undergrad Scattering Theory: Difference between use of scattering amplitude and Born approximation?

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Graduate Exact symmetry, quantum states, and symmetric dynamics

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Undergrad Necessary conditions for the uncertainty principle

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Undergrad Why aren't photons from a laser considered entangled?

  • LarryS
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High School Interesting paper on QM in Scientific American

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Graduate Avalanche photon detectors

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Graduate Consistency of Relativistic QM

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High School Can gravitons be detected?

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Graduate Some derivation in QFT in Curved SpaceTime by Birrell and Davies

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Undergrad The imaginary part of the wave function

  • LarryS
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Graduate Wavefunction in the context of quantum physics

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Graduate Is the 2-qubit singlet state invariant under bilateral projections?

  • QuantumExplorer
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Undergrad Why do detected electrons still show diffraction patterns at slits?

  • PhysicsIsReallyFun
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Undergrad Which-Path from Global Momentum Measurement in Double Slit

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Graduate Two equivalent statements of time reversal symmetric Hamiltonian

  • hokhani
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Insights Quantum Entanglement is a Kinematic Fact, not a Dynamical Effect

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Hooke's law: Constructing a force operator for electron orbitals?

  • Vectronix
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Undergrad What forces a magnet's field to track the rotation of the magnet?

  • Swamp Thing
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Undergrad Klein-Gordon equation in the nonrelativistic limit

  • George Keeling
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Undergrad Antilinear Operators

  • hokhani
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Undergrad Entanglement swapping in the context of Indivisible Stochastic Process

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Undergrad HUP in condensates?

  • LarryS
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Graduate Problem while simulating spin polarized interacting SSH model

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High School Is it correct to state that all measurements count photons?

  • Chiara
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High School Mass & energy increments a la e = mc^2

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Undergrad Angular Momentum Vector and Its Magnitude

  • hokhani
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Undergrad Antiproton and positron annihilation

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Undergrad Can a delayed choice apparatus prevent observation of entangled photons?

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Undergrad Why do non-colinear Lorentz boosts imply particles must have spin?

  • LarryS
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Undergrad Can (ordo) Fermions convert to Bosons?

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Undergrad Elementary question about comparing notations of inner product

  • nomadreid
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Undergrad The Power of QM and QFT

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Undergrad Importance of Hanbury Brown and Twiss experiment

  • qnach
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Graduate Is It Known For Sure Infinites In QFT Are Caused Using a Continuum?

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Graduate Lesser Green's function

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Undergrad What does the product part of Laughlin wave function mean?

  • George Keeling
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Undergrad Does a qubit break interference in the double slit experiment?

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Undergrad Schrödinger equation and classical wave equation

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High School New idea about wave-particle duality - looking for feedback/criticism

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Undergrad Is Maxwell's electromagnetism an effective (field) theory?

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