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Graduate What are the SU groups? I.e SU(2), SU(3)?

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Graduate The Time Independence of Normalization

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Graduate Allowed energy levels of electrons

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Graduate Double-Slit Interference in Quantum Mechanics

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Graduate Why is quantum physics needed to explain photosynthesis ?

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Graduate Hydrogen Atom in homogeneous magnetic vector potential

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Graduate A tad confused about gravitons

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Graduate Deriving Photon Rotation Formula for Monte Carlo Simulation - Step-by-Step Guide

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Graduate Transition probabilities subject to Lloyd's finite information limit?

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Graduate Detecting state of an electron

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Graduate Spacetime and gravity and fields

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Graduate Degeneracy: Is it Necessary for Experiments?

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Graduate Dimensions of Hilbert Spaces confusion

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Graduate Polarization coincidence formula for known polarization?

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Graduate Does Gaussian function give bound states for a particle?

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Graduate Quantum mechanicss after electrical and electronics engineering?

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Graduate A Commutator of annihilation operator

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Graduate State vectors and Eigenvalues?

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Graduate The probability of something happening

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Graduate Coherence time of parametrically downconverted entangled photons

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Graduate Fourier transform of an assumed solution to a propagating wave

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Graduate Is the trace of an outer product always equal to 1?

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Graduate Reflection/refraction probability

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Graduate Virtual Particles in Inter-Quark Space

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Graduate Article on Hanson quantum teleportation

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Graduate The rigid rotator and Angular momentum.

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High School Quantum Teleportation Explained: Simple Terms for 13 Y/O

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Graduate Atmospheric Emission: Climate Change, CO2 & Quantum Chemistry

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Graduate Some questions about the heisenberg picture

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Graduate Non Commuting Observables not Representing a Complete Set?

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Graduate Casimir Effect, what does (x,θ) mean?

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Undergrad Relation between photons and EM wave frequency

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Graduate Index Notation & Dirac Notation

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Graduate Unitary transformation of pure states to other pure states

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Graduate Photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM)

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Graduate The state of a hydrogen electon ?

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Graduate Forming new energy levels in semiconductor by UV light

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Graduate Physical meaning of solution to step potential with E = V0

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Graduate Is Quantum Gravity the Key to Understanding the Universe?

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Undergrad How does atmospheric dissipation affect UV light measurements?

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Graduate Equation of Motion from Lagrangian - Zee QTF in a Nutshell

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Graduate Does uncertainty principle apply to quantities other than position and momentum?

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Graduate Source for "Shut up and calculate"

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Graduate What happens to psi in Infinite potential well

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Graduate A question about CP Violation.

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Graduate What doe it mean that energy is quantized?

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Graduate Feynman's detectors at double slit

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Graduate Emergent coordinate systems in quantum physics

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Graduate Hypothesis of Quantum Entanglement acting up particle/wave duality

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Graduate Wave-Particle Duality and Particle Specific Identification

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Graduate Temporal coherence in Computational ghost imaging

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Graduate Free particle in one dimension

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Graduate Uncertainty principle - Nature of observer

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Graduate Are all wave functions energy-eigenstates?

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Graduate Why do we think that collapse occurs at measurement?

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Graduate Symmetry of Spatial Wavefunctions

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Graduate Measurements and wavefunction collapse.

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Graduate Hydrogen Radial Equation: Recursion Relation & Laguerre Polynomials

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Graduate What does the symbol \mathscr{P} in Atom-Photon Interactions stand for?

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Graduate Photon's spin and orbital angular momentum

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Graduate Wave function of particles approching 0 K

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Graduate Dual Tensors in Lagrangian: Why are they not included in U(1) theory?

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Graduate Fundamental forces and Pauli's exclusion principle

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Graduate Understanding the Electron Wave Function

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Graduate Is Zeno's Paradox Relevant in Understanding Digital and Real-World Motion?

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Graduate Complete set of eigenfunctions

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Graduate How can the electron density expression be simplified using momenta?

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Graduate Wave function collapse in QED?

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Graduate Unitary operator acting on state

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Undergrad Quantum theory and electronic engineering

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Graduate Proof that the linear momentum operator is hermitian

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Graduate Mega quick question: must the Lagrangian (density) be real valued?

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Graduate Experiment: Photon propagating trough dense neutrino beam

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Graduate Use of ancillary bits in quantum computing

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Graduate Are All Electrons Entangled with Each Other?

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Graduate How are wavefunctions and eigenkets used differently in quantum mechanics?

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Graduate Ehrenfest Theorem in Quantum Mechanics: Bohr-Sommerfield's Theory

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Graduate The dot or cross product of two operators acting on a state

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Graduate Linearisation of Lie Group Higher dimensional groups

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Graduate Can Our Consciousness Exist in Multiple Parallel Universes Simultaneously?

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Graduate What is the impact of discontinuous potentials on quantum harmonic oscillators?

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Graduate Imaginary free energy and decay rate

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Graduate Why Are Physicists Struggling to Quantize Gravity in Quantum Field Theory?

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Graduate What Makes J = L + S Confusing in Quantum Mechanics?

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Graduate Complex conjugate of a wavefunction

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Graduate Double slit experiment with magnets

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Graduate Stern Gerlach Experiment and Spin

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Graduate Understanding tensor operators

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Graduate Expectation values of unbounded operator

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Graduate Expectation Value of Gaussian Wave Function: Position & Momentum Zero?

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Graduate Arranging 3 Identical Electrons

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Graduate Why can we choose wavefunctions to be real?

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Graduate A few basic questions about quantum information

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Graduate Is it Possible to Spin an Atom without Breaking it Apart?

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Graduate Understanding Entropy and Gravity in Quantum Field Theory: A Beginner's Guide

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Graduate How can you relate standing wave to a corpuscle at rest?

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Graduate How can I derive the Dirac equation from Lagrangian?

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Graduate What is the concept of gauge symmetry in physics?

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Graduate Energy, frequency, and Planck's constant

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Graduate Can Schrödinger's Cat's State Be Measured Through Gravity?

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