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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad One does not “prove” the basic principles of Quantum Mechanics
Undergrad Can entanglement occur in distant galaxies according to NRQM and QFT?
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Undergrad Majorana zero modes observed by Microsoft?
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Undergrad Photon interference and beamforming
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Graduate Calculate the group velocity in EIT (famous paper: light speed 17m/s)
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High School Is All Motion Discrete or Continuous in QM?
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Graduate Is there a generalized second law of thermodynamics?
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Undergrad Dimensions of quantum cell automata's state space
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Graduate What is the cause of the Mexican hat potential of the Higgs field?
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Graduate Relationship between Wilson's RG and the Callan-Symanzik Equation
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Graduate Does the existence of a POVM require an ancilla?
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Graduate Measurement of the phase of coherent states
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High School How does the EPR paradox work?
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Graduate Quantum Hall Effect Basics: Topological Insulator & Semi-Metal
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High School Double slit experiment combined with Stern-Gerlach
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High School Wave/Particle Duality: Helical Paths & Planar Projections
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Graduate Has a calculation of the vacuum energy density been done with strings?
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High School How does a spinor affect a wave function?
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High School Spacetime, quantum field, and aether
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Graduate Off-Forward quark-quark amplitude in momentum space
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Undergrad What were the real results of the photoelectric effect experiment?
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Graduate Expectation value in Heisenberg picture: creation and annihilation
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High School Question about quantum superposition
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Undergrad The quantum state of the Universe
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Undergrad The general structure of relativistic QFTs
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Undergrad Solving a Particle on the Surface of a Sphere: Obtaining Eigenvalues
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Undergrad Can the Helium atom be solved by other methods?
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Undergrad Electron Indistinguishability and Repulsion
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High School Wave-particle duality of atoms and molecules
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Undergrad Strange Hamiltonian of two particles on the surface of a sphere
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Undergrad Wavefunction of ionized hydrogen electron
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Undergrad Do Bell Experiments Show Local Overlap of Wave Functions Before Measurement?
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Undergrad Expansion of Space: Questions on How the Universe Works
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Undergrad Boltzmann brains and limitless energy....
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Undergrad Acceleration in QFT: Fundamentals, Causes, Quantization
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Graduate The Generalized Capabilities of the Standard Model Lagrangian?
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High School Copenhagen Interpretation - Superposition - confirmed?
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Undergrad Wavefunction properties tunneling effect
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Undergrad Geiger counters and measurement
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Undergrad Logical implication vs physical causality
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Undergrad Derive the probability of spin at arbitrary angle is cos( )
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Graduate Secular Approximation of Dipole-Dipole Hamiltonian
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Undergrad Separability of a Hamiltonian with spin
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Graduate S-Matrix in Quantum Field Theory
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Undergrad Why does doping make resonating valence bonds (singlet pairs) mobile?
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Undergrad How Do You Break Quantum Entanglement Bonds?
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Undergrad Is there spin-charge separation in 2d?
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Undergrad Linear combination of states with Pauli's principle
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Undergrad Question about Feynman’s path integrals
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Undergrad Separable Hamiltonian for central potential
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Graduate Power series in quantum mechanics
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High School Derivative of a particle’s energy
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High School Statistical Independence in Quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad Understanding the diagonal elements of the transition dipole moment
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High School Is Quantum Field Theory Understandable Without Advanced Mathematics?
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Graduate 1D Quantum Well - Different width "naming" gives different result ?
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Undergrad What is the Role of the Radial Position Operator in Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad Schrodinger Equation from Ritz Variational Method
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Graduate Computing Correlation functions
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Undergrad Understanding Landau Levels for 3D Fermionic Gas in Magnetic Field
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High School Low magnification, high resolution, experiments on photon sieves?
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High School Wave function won't collapse under a microscope?
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Undergrad Spin, Angular Momentum, Momentum, Energy & NRQM
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Undergrad Role of Fine Structure Constant in Q.E.D.?
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Undergrad Blender Particle Photon Simulation (interesting results w soft bodies)
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Undergrad Why don't we consider ##E_{com}## while solving a two body problem?
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Graduate Homodyne detection quantum state tomography
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Graduate POVMs for Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Spaces
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Undergrad Doubt in understanding degenerate perturbation theory
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Undergrad Simulating physics: the current status of lattice field theories
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Undergrad Finding ##S_x## eigenstate using experiments
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Undergrad Conventional description of the matter wave
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Graduate Molar heat capacity of CO2 is too high. Why?
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Graduate What is meant by pruning and enrichment?
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Undergrad Particle on a cylinder with harmonic oscillator along z-axis
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Undergrad Why Can We Use This Mathematical Formula for Mean Value of Measurement?
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High School Is gravitized quanta the solution rather than quantum gravity?
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Undergrad Can you tell the difference between two neutrons in an alpha particle?
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Graduate Position basis in Quantum Mechanics
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High School Are zero-point energy and inertia incompatible?
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Undergrad Can someone explain why momentum does not commute with potential?
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Undergrad Deriving the Commutator of Exchange Operator and Hamiltonian
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Undergrad Modern Atom Model: Is It Perpetual Motion?
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High School What happens when 2 beams of light interact?
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Undergrad Hamiltonian of a particle moving on the surface of a sphere
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Undergrad Matrix element in problem with hydrogen atom
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Graduate Grassmann number: a more rigorous treatment?
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Graduate Another thought experiment about spin 1/2
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Undergrad How to find the wavefunction in this case?
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Undergrad More doubts in perturbation theory
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Undergrad Classical analogy approach to quantum mechanics
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Undergrad Is it a fact that vacuum energy exists?
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Undergrad Particle on a sphere problem in quantum mechanics and its solution
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Graduate Meaning of "symbol" in algebraic field theory?
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Undergrad Classical field in quantum field theory?
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Graduate Could Altering the Past Be Possible with Time Travel?
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Undergrad Wavefunction in polar coordinates and its bra ket notation
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Undergrad Operator acting on ket state n
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Undergrad Effective mass in terms of electron states
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Undergrad Time Dependent Sinusoidal Perturbation Energy Conservation
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Graduate Schmidt decomposition - How do I find the matrix related to the state?
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