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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Graduate What is the quantum mechanics behind blackbody radiation?
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Graduate What is the quantum of an electromagnetic wave?
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Graduate Two qubit state multiplication
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Graduate Wigner function of two orthogonal states: quantum harmonic oscillator
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Graduate How Can Intuitive Approaches Enhance Quantum Operator Derivation?
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Graduate Do Photons Actually Move at the Speed of Light?
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Graduate Seeing colors: photons vs waves
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Graduate Partial wave analysis - incoming/outgoing?
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Undergrad Direction of reflected/refracted light
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Graduate Is a Quantum Trapped Superconductor Inside a Vacuum the Ideal Simple Machine?
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Graduate Path integral and gaussian integral
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Graduate Separation of variables to solve Schrodinger equations
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Graduate Variational method, is the wavefunction the best for all
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Undergrad Photon Wavelength: Particle or Wave?
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Graduate Physical mass in a quantum field theory
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Graduate Questioning Neil Turok's Claim on Quantum Information
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Graduate Hamiltonian eigenstate problem
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Graduate Does mass bend the Higgs field as well?
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High School Double Slit & Compton: Understanding the Connection
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Graduate How to find the ground state of He atom
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Graduate Does QFT respect conservation of angular momentum?
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Graduate What is the meaning of Wave function?
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Undergrad Calculating Uncertainty in Position for Scientists
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Graduate Is Uncertainty in Velocity Equal to the Velocity Itself?
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Graduate How photons and static em feilds work
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Graduate Why electrons can have only 2 spin orientations?
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Graduate Imaginary momentum and virtual particles
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Undergrad Can Photons Have Mass? Debate & Answer
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Graduate Excitation of electrons in atoms
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Graduate Why are QM wave functions complex?
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High School Can someone explain degeneracy pressure in simple terms?
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Graduate Should the speed of light be slightly uncertain?
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Graduate Is there a connection between spinors and isotropic vectors in QM and QFT?
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Graduate Paraparticles and Parastatistics
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Graduate When is classical mechanics valid for describing motion of atoms?
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Graduate 9j symbol expansion in 6j symbols
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Graduate Is [x,p]=i quantum mechanical?
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Graduate Mistake in proof regarding degeneracy property
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Graduate Energy of interacting particle and time evolution of p(x)
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Graduate Why does a deuteron nucleus have spin 1? Hydrogen spin 1/2?
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Graduate What is the quantum mechanics descriptions for a plasma radiation
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Graduate Quantum entanglement (information transmitted )
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Graduate Photon interacting with 1D-boundary
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Graduate Selection rules for atomic transitions
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Graduate Is the Transmission Probability of a Vertically Polarized Photon Really 1.0?
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High School How does visible light carry energy through reflection?
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Graduate Solutions of the schrödinger eq. for a potential step
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Graduate Schrodinger equation subjected to general potential
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Graduate Why is the concept of a one dimensional box used?
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Graduate Is There a Metric Tensor in Hilbert Space That Transforms Vectors to Duals?
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Graduate Changing variables in the Schrodinger equation
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Graduate Question about noether's theorem
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Graduate Dark state & schrödinger equation
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Graduate What happens when we measure spin of a fermion?
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Graduate How does a collider know both the energy and position of the particle?
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Graduate Are macroscopic objects self-collapsing ?
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High School Why Do Electrons Closer to the Nucleus Have Lower Energy?
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Graduate Commutator with Tensor Notation
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Graduate Orbital angular momentum and powers of k
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Graduate Quantum amplitudes versus probability
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Graduate Expectation values for Hydrogen
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Graduate Quantum eraser experiment - another thought experiment
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Graduate Book or notes for 'Quantum Field Theory II' by Francois David (PSI)
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Graduate Problems with photoelectric effect lab
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Graduate Why is the Matrix Exponential Related to the Hamiltonian in QM?
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Graduate QM operator and double slit experiment doubt basics
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Graduate General Entanglement and Measurement
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Graduate Amplitude's time dependence in Heisenberg representation
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Graduate Energies and numbers of bound states in finite potential well
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Graduate Valid reason to reject the Bohr model?
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Undergrad History of Planck's equation(s)
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Graduate Is There Room for Interpretation in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Quantum Scale, Statistical Physics
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Graduate Operators and the position representation
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Graduate Does photon lose its momentum?
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Graduate Can one speak of the wave function of a object measured?
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Undergrad Explanation behind Moseley's Law?
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Graduate Interference in Quantum Mechanics (Basic)
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Graduate Plotting a wavefunction for a finite potential well doesn't work out
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Graduate Solving the Hydrogen Molecule computationally
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Graduate Energy levels for a 3D cubical box
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High School Electron is it a particle or wave ?
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Graduate What is the use of WKB after Schrodinger equation is established?
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Graduate Dirac eq gamma matrices question
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Graduate Is every state an eigenstate of an observable?
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Graduate Schrodinger equation for close and opens system
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Graduate Is Quantum Mechanics Really Simple to Understand for Beginners?
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Graduate Entanglement at cosmic distances possible?
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Graduate How can bosons made of fermions occupy the same quantum state?
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Undergrad Stimulated Emission: Understanding Its Changing Rate
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Graduate QM: Potential Energy & Particle Free Fall
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Graduate Problems with a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field
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Graduate Proof of vailidity of WKB approximation Please help
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High School How can a photon move something( light moves), if it doesn't have a ma
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Graduate Fourier transform of integration measure (Peskin and Schroeder)
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Graduate Splitting up of functional integral (Peskin and Schroeder)
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Graduate Understanding Virtual Particles: An Introduction to the Concept and Properties
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Graduate Double slit questions from an observation perspective
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Graduate Z-direction. Quantisation axis
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Graduate Decoherence And What happens in reality
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