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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Undergrad Understanding Wave Function Probabilities for a Free Particle
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Undergrad Entanglement and FTL signaling in professional scientific literature
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Undergrad How does atomic absorption spectroscopy work
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High School The relationship between the particle, the wave and the field
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Graduate Coherent quantization, the non-unitary case
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High School Is the probability of a quantum outcome ever zero such as with....
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Graduate Matrix representation of a unitary operator, change of basis
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High School QM concept of photon.... still a bit of a mystery today?
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Graduate Is there a lost information paradox for quantum physics?
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Graduate Question about stimulated Raman emission
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High School How does exchange of elementary particles result in a force?
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Undergrad Questions about Franck-Condon principle
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Undergrad When and why does an electron emit a photon?
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Graduate Probability flux integrated over all space is mean momentum?
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Undergrad Trying to Understand the 1928 article by Raman on Nature
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Undergrad Understanding Spin States in 2D Vector Spaces
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Undergrad Doubt on Morse potential and harmonic oscillator
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Undergrad With chips having 2 nm transistors, are we at the end of Moore's Law?
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Undergrad Counterfactual quantum computation on interferometer
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High School What is a non-local Hamiltonian?
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Undergrad Determining the Number of Points in the n-Space
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Graduate Can local conservation be verified experimentally?
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Undergrad Has Google Truly Achieved Quantum Supremacy?
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Undergrad Definition of functional derivative
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Graduate Quantum Properties of Quasi Static Electric Fields
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High School What sort of an experiment can refute QM or QFTs?
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Undergrad Is the Energy Expectation Value Always Real and Above a Minimum Potential?
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High School Is the concept of "potential" just a mathematical model?
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Undergrad Quantum computation and entropy
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High School Questions about the position of the particle
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High School Why do subatomic particles change what they do when observed?
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High School Shor's algorithm on a Google Sheet
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High School Is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle a result of measurement inadequacies?
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Undergrad Interpreting ##A^{\mu}(x)|0\rangle## and ##\psi (x) |0\rangle##
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Graduate What are the unusual absorption features observed in the EIT signal of 85Rb gas?
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Undergrad Black hole singularity vs. quantum mechanics
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Graduate Current Status of Electromagnetic Triviality
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High School Particle Function? Particle Equation?
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Graduate In What Space Does Quantum Spin Take Place
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Undergrad Partition function for continuous spectrum
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Graduate Energy Levels and Wave Functions of Identical Particle Systems
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Graduate Symmetry & Invariance of Pions: π+, π0, π− and Other Mesons Explained
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Undergrad What happens to the other particle in an entanglement state?
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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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Undergrad Time of flight measurement uncertainty
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High School How does the EPR paradox work?
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Graduate What is the role of Slater determinants in quantum chemical methods?
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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 Brownian motion and continuity
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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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