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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

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Question about Density of states
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Conceptual question of many particle quantum systems and state vectors
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Density of states for fermions and bosons
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Translation Invariant: Seeing it Intuitively & Mathematically
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How does particle detection affect a coherent state?
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Can Resonant Transmission happen when U > E?
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First order in time=> time cannot go backwards ?
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Some Queries about Eigenvalues and vectors
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Double-slit experiment and watching the electrons
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Proof that no non-local variable can exist ?
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Is every observable the generator of a symmetry?
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How Does Infinite Freedom Affect Quantum Field Theory?
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Is Uncertainty intrinsic property or a consequence of measurement ?
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Physics behind quantum computer
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Phase space and phase angles in a Quantum picture.
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Determining how to find the 2-d hilbert space from fusing ising anyons
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How Does Feynman Explain Reflection in Light and Time?
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Boole vs. Bell - the latest paper of De Raedt et al
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Entanglement Swapping and FTL Communication
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Some basic derivations need improvement
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Can a Photon be Vibrationally Tuned with Sound?
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Separability of vibrational and rotational motion for diatomics
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Fermionic creation and annihilation
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Unbounded Hamiltonian leading to finite ground state
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Does Bell's Theorem Disprove Quantum Mechanics?
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How are One-Dimensional Numbers Useful (Coupling Constants)
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Slit experiment follow up experimentation
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Double Slit Experiment, Testing the Test
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What causes electrons to move in wave form?
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Photon Amplitude: Is It Right or Wrong?
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Spinning Particles of 1/2 Integer Spin: Explained
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Magnetic quantum number and spin
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Quantum Physics take on Free-will
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Bound state of the delta function potential.
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Derivation of reflection/transmission coefficients
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Ballentine on the quantum Zeno paradox
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Zee's QFT book: equal time propagator
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Double Slit Exp: Electron 1 at a Time, Detector Not Detecting
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A question re. 'single-particle' states
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Is There a Mistake in the Spin Quantum Paradox Calculation?
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Feynman propagator and particle uniqueness
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What is the Lagrangian of interaction of photon and spin zero scalar?
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Photon vs other fundamental particles - decoherence
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'Relativistic Quantum Chemistry' - Say whut?
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Understanding Electron Spin and its Effect on Protons
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Can atoms/ ions behave quantum mechanically at biofriendly temperature
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Can a Cup of Water Hold Infinite Quantum Worlds?
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Decoherence and Determinism: Understanding the Role of Randomness in Proper Mix
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Coordinates and casimir effect
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Geometry of the atomic structure
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Photon Collisions: Do They Bounce or Pass Through?
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Is Max Planck law true for all electromagnetic waves?
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Is schwarzschild radius, where the whormholes could be made?
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Macro Superposition: Does Size Matter?
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What makes spin different from classical angular momentum and magnetic moment?
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Timing in entanglement investigations
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Quantum Physics and Lack of Measurement
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Quantum tunnelling - what is real?
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Understanding Joos Equations and Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics
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The jewel found in Quantum mechanics?
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Gravity - a non-physical entity
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How Is the Particle Density Operator Defined?
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How does the theory of general relativity explain gravity?
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Question on derivatives of Hermitian conjugate scalar fields
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Questioning assumptions behind Bell's and related theorems
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Space-time continuity as an assumption in quantum theory
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What does QM hint about time-space?
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Why Do Electrons in Covalent Bonds Not Remain Stationary?
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A problem in deriving the interaction field equation for photons
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Derivation
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The Human Double Slit Experiment
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QFT Time Ordering: Solve Mystery of Operator Rewriting
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Understanding POVM Measurement on Qubit: Placing Detectors & Neumark Extension
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Electron Probability of being at an location
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Eigenstate and real space representation
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Uncovering the Initial Conditions of Electrons in the Ives-Stillwell Experiment
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Parity is Discrete Transformation?
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Can a Small YBa2Cu3O7 Disk Navigate a Ring Magnet Track in Quantum Levitation?
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Polarity in Atoms: Understanding Electron Movement in Covalent Bonds
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Pauli exclusion principle at distance
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Quantum Physics: Can We Understand How It Happens?
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Why do fermions have 1/2-integer spins?
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How to understand operators representing observables are Hermitian?
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Question about Quantum Effective Action
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Momentum operator as differentiation of position vector
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Superposition and entanglement
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Does the environment cause wave function collapse
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Question about relativistic quantum hawking radiation.
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Why do we need wormholes to describe entanglement?
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Understanding Time Ordering Operator in Imaginary Time Formalism
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Gradient of product of wave functions
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Particle in a box Schrodinger equation
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Fundamental difference between quantum physics and classical physics
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Evidence that Maldacena’s hologram conjecture is true
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Is Gravity Responsible for Breaking Quantum Entanglement?
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Does position operator have eigen wave function?
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Importance of the observer in double slit experiment and entanglement
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My First Post & A Question On Quantum Mechanics
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The Wave Function Of The Universe
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Spherical harmonics and angular momentum operators
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