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Graduate Is it possible to do quantum mechanics without complex functions

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Graduate Is there a law which prohibits measuring En of a non-stationary state

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Graduate In-state: adiabatic switching vs wavepackets

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Graduate Numerical solution of one dimensional Schrodinger equation

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Undergrad Molecular orbitals sigma and pi

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Graduate Is Negative Mass Possible in String Theory Through Quantum Fluctuations?

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Graduate What is the wave equation for the Casimir Effect and how was it derived?

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Graduate Kinetic Energy of particle in 1D and 3D well

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Graduate Retro causation in weak measurements?

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Graduate Questions about quantum fields

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Graduate A Negation of the Grandfather Paradox

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Graduate Differential of exponential operator

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Undergrad Can someone explain Compton scattering?

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Graduate Pauli exclusion principle and position-state restriction

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Graduate Calculating Matrix Representation of 11><11 for 2 Qubits

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Graduate Dirac Delta Function: Is delta(x-y) the Same as delta(y-x)?

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Graduate Necessary axioms to derive solution to QHO problem

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Graduate Multiple entangled particles and no-communication

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Graduate Work Function Questions - Help Bob Find the Answer

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Graduate Angular momentum in the 3D Schrodinger eqn with a central force

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Graduate No-cloning and uncertainty principle

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Graduate Inconsistent Reflection and Transmission values-step potential & E < V

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Graduate Help me understand a simplified CHSH (Bell's) experiment

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Graduate Delbrück scattering results in ether?

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Graduate Solving Matrix Eigenvalue Equation for ψ_{200} and ψ_{210} States

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Undergrad How can the atomic radius of any atom be accurately calculated?

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Graduate Discrete Energy Levels: Questions & Answers

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Graduate Questions on the Dirac equation

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Graduate General questions on the formalism of QFT

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Graduate Permenance of Collapsed Wave Function Spin State

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Graduate Older nuclear structure models.

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Graduate Group theory and quantum mechanics

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Graduate J.J. Sakurai: Error of 2nd Order in d x' Eq (1.6.24)

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Undergrad Why do electrons drop energy levels?

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Graduate At What Scale Does Quantum Mechanics Impact CPU Functionality?

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Graduate What is the quantum anti-zeno effect?

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Graduate Approx. Solution To Quantum Harmonic Oscillator for |x| large enough

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Graduate Commutator expectation value in an Eigenstate

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Graduate Sequential measurements of conjugate observables

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Graduate Can someone explain the ignorance ensemble theory

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Graduate Will the Casimir Effect Operate Between Bolt Threads at 10nm?

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Graduate Sum of the probabilities equals 3 in bipartite covariance ?

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Graduate Are two electrons in an hydrogen orbital positionally dependent ?

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Graduate Is Quantum Entanglement Instantaneous for All Observers?

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Graduate Entanglement entopy and area law

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Graduate Simple question concerning unitary transformation

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Graduate Path integrals as usually presented - what does it tell us?

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Graduate Unruh Effect and Temperature Differentials

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Graduate Quantization Rule for Planetary Motion?

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Graduate Delayed-choice multi entanglement swapping

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Graduate Dirac ket-bra simplification over here.

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Graduate Hesienburg Uncertainity Principal

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Graduate Superposition in the Macro World - Why Not?

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Graduate QM and a new way to calculate probabilities

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Graduate Help understanding molecular vs atomic electron quantum states

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Graduate Ground State Energy of quantum oscillator

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Graduate Two interfering antennas with single photon radiation

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Graduate When do Newtonian mechanics breakdown

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Graduate Wave Function Terminology - Are these synonyms?

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Graduate Conserved Charges of Stress Energy Tensor

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Graduate Infinite Potential Colliding with Wave Function: Is it Correct?

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Graduate Multiple universes in cosmology and quantum mechanics

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Graduate Large N Expansion: Getting Started

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Graduate Calculating Probability Density in Quantum Mechanics

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Graduate States are or aren't unit vectors?

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Graduate Is Yang-Mills scale invariant?

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Graduate Can you combine wavelengths to ionize atoms

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Graduate Do London dispersion forces play a role in biological replication?

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Graduate Quantum Zeno Effect: What is the argument? (Part II)

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Graduate Q3: How do we measure rotational degrees of freedom in quantum mechanics?

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Graduate Does QM violate the causality principle?

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Graduate Is it possible to use Quantam entanglement to study event horizon

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Graduate What is the disparity in the dimensionality of angular momenta?

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Graduate Does spin have a spatial direction

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Graduate Double slit experiment with electrons - detector at one slit

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Graduate Mermin's One-Measurement Refutation of Local Hidden Variables

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Graduate Atomic Probability Densities Always Even?

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Graduate Uncertainty Principle & Ground State of Harmonic Oscillator

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Graduate Some questions about spin in relation to the stern-gerlach experiment

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Graduate Non-Relativistic QED Textbook Reference - Zag

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Graduate Finite well penetration depths dependence on Well Length

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Graduate Quantum Explanation of Magnets

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Graduate C from quantum first principles?

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Graduate Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field

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Graduate Is it possible for a wave function to have a discontinuous first derivative?

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Graduate Use of component tensor product in quantum mechanics?

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Graduate Storing data in quantum spaces.

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Graduate Quantum dots Need help in analysis

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Graduate Are there any decoherance experiments someone could link to me?

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Graduate What is the role of symmetry in quantum mechanics?

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Graduate Another proof that local realism does not work

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Graduate Trying to understand Hermitian adjoint proof

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Undergrad Double slit experimental method

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Graduate What causes the repulsive force in diatomic molecules?

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Graduate Simultaneously diagonalize two operators

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Graduate Shifting integration variable when determing population densities

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Graduate Parition function for Boson gas with two quantum numbers

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Undergrad Closing the Free Will Loophole: What to Expect

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Graduate Optical Tweezers experiment =]

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Graduate Higgs field as the 5th fundamental force?

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