Quantum Physics Forum

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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?

  • DesertFox
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Undergrad Interpreting ##A^{\mu}(x)|0\rangle## and ##\psi (x) |0\rangle##

  • Ryder Rude
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Graduate What are the unusual absorption features observed in the EIT signal of 85Rb gas?

  • wangvivi
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Undergrad Black hole singularity vs. quantum mechanics

  • Jyrioffinland
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Graduate Current Status of Electromagnetic Triviality

  • Son Goku
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High School Particle Function? Particle Equation?

  • MevsEinstein
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Graduate In What Space Does Quantum Spin Take Place

  • Hornbein
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Undergrad Partition function for continuous spectrum

  • HomogenousCow
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Graduate Energy Levels and Wave Functions of Identical Particle Systems

  • Rafaelmado
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Graduate Why can't a ρ0 meson decay into two neutral pions?

  • Rafaelmado
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Undergrad What happens to the other particle in an entanglement state?

  • accdd
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Undergrad Can entanglement occur in distant galaxies according to NRQM and QFT?

  • accdd
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Undergrad Majorana zero modes observed by Microsoft?

  • atyy
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Undergrad Photon interference and beamforming

  • antonantal
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Graduate Group velocity calculation in EIT slow light experiment

  • wangvivi
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High School Is All Motion Discrete or Continuous in QM?

  • erobz
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Graduate Is there a generalized second law of thermodynamics?

  • Heidi
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Undergrad Dimensions of quantum cell automata's state space

  • Jaime_mc2
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Graduate What is the cause of the Mexican hat potential of the Higgs field?

  • JandeWandelaar
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Graduate Relationship between Wilson's RG and the Callan-Symanzik Equation

  • gsschandu
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Graduate Are POVMs fundamental or require Naimark's theorem and ancillas?

  • jbergman
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Graduate Measurement of the phase of coherent states

  • Jamister
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Undergrad Time of flight measurement uncertainty

  • Malamala
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High School How does the EPR paradox work?

  • EduardoToledo
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Graduate What is the role of Slater determinants in quantum chemical methods?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate Quantum Hall Effect Basics: Topological Insulator & Semi-Metal

  • chow_dhury
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High School Double slit experiment combined with Stern-Gerlach

  • Nocturnial
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High School Is a particle's wave path the planar projection of a helix?

  • Bach33
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Graduate Has a calculation of the vacuum energy density been done with strings?

  • JandeWandelaar
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High School How does a spinor affect a wave function?

  • justpeeking
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High School Spacetime, quantum field, and aether

  • Mohd Abdullah
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Graduate Off-Forward quark-quark amplitude in momentum space

  • Diracobama2181
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Undergrad Brownian motion and continuity

  • DesertFox
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Undergrad Does photocurrent depend on light frequency in the photoelectric effect?

  • pkc111
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Graduate Expectation value in Heisenberg picture: creation and annihilation

  • Bruno Cardin
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High School Does superposition mean the cat is in two states at once?

  • evelk86
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Undergrad The quantum state of the Universe

  • accdd
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Undergrad The general structure of relativistic QFTs

  • vanhees71
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Undergrad Solving a Particle on the Surface of a Sphere: Obtaining Eigenvalues

  • Salmone
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Undergrad Can the Helium atom be solved by other methods?

  • physwiz222
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Undergrad Electron Indistinguishability and Repulsion

  • Dario56
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High School Wave-particle duality of atoms and molecules

  • DesertFox
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Undergrad Strange Hamiltonian of two particles on the surface of a sphere

  • Salmone
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Undergrad Wavefunction of ionized hydrogen electron

  • Physicsman88
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Undergrad Do Bell Experiments Show Local Overlap of Wave Functions Before Measurement?

  • msumm21
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Undergrad Expansion of Space: Questions on How the Universe Works

  • Martyn Arthur
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Undergrad Can Boltzmann brains extract unlimited energy from quantum fluctuations?

  • JuneSpring25
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Undergrad Is acceleration quantized in quantum field theory?

  • accdd
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Graduate The Generalized Capabilities of the Standard Model Lagrangian?

  • JohnH
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High School Copenhagen Interpretation - Superposition - confirmed?

  • Jacob Peters
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Undergrad Wavefunction properties tunneling effect

  • Salmone
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Undergrad Geiger counters and measurement

  • jeeves
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Undergrad Logical implication vs physical causality

  • entropy1
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Undergrad Derive the probability of spin at arbitrary angle is cos( )

  • Sparky_
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Graduate Secular Approximation of Dipole-Dipole Hamiltonian

  • TeamMate
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Undergrad Separability of a Hamiltonian with spin

  • Salmone
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Graduate S-Matrix in Quantum Field Theory

  • gremory
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Undergrad Why does doping make resonating valence bonds (singlet pairs) mobile?

  • Faizan Samad
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Undergrad How Do You Break Quantum Entanglement Bonds?

  • VictorMedvil
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Undergrad Is there spin-charge separation in 2d?

  • Faizan Samad
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Undergrad Linear combination of states with Pauli's principle

  • Salmone
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Undergrad What does the pi product symbol mean in Feynman path integrals?

  • Sophrosyne
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Undergrad Separable Hamiltonian for central potential

  • Salmone
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Graduate Power series in quantum mechanics

  • gremory
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High School Derivative of a particle’s energy

  • Guineafowl
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High School Statistical Independence in Quantum Mechanics

  • Lynch101
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Undergrad Non-zero diagonal elements in superconducting qubit transition dipole matrix

  • approx12
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High School Is Quantum Field Theory Understandable Without Advanced Mathematics?

  • Tommy White
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Graduate 1D Quantum Well - Different width "naming" gives different result ?

  • Solmyros
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Undergrad What is the Role of the Radial Position Operator in Quantum Mechanics?

  • Kashmir
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Undergrad Schrodinger Equation from Ritz Variational Method

  • Samama Fahim
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Graduate Computing Correlation functions

  • gremory
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Undergrad Understanding Landau Levels for 3D Fermionic Gas in Magnetic Field

  • Sunny Singh
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High School Low magnification, high resolution, experiments on photon sieves?

  • ThiagoMNobrega
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High School Wave function won't collapse under a microscope?

  • ThiagoMNobrega
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Undergrad What is spin related to in quantum mechanics?

  • accdd
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Undergrad Role of Fine Structure Constant in Q.E.D.?

  • LarryS
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Undergrad Blender Particle Photon Simulation (interesting results w soft bodies)

  • ThiagoMNobrega
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Undergrad Why don't we consider ##E_{com}## while solving a two body problem?

  • Kashmir
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Graduate Homodyne detection quantum state tomography

  • Jamister
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Graduate POVMs for Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Spaces

  • jbergman
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Undergrad Why not use degenerate eigenstates individually in perturbation theory

  • Kashmir
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Undergrad Simulating physics: the current status of lattice field theories

  • ErikZorkin
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Undergrad Finding ##S_x## eigenstate using experiments

  • Kashmir
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Undergrad Conventional description of the matter wave

  • George444fg
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Graduate Molar heat capacity of CO2 is too high. Why?

  • Philip Koeck
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Graduate What is meant by pruning and enrichment?

  • user366312
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Undergrad Particle on a cylinder with harmonic oscillator along z-axis

  • Salmone
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Undergrad Why Can We Use This Mathematical Formula for Mean Value of Measurement?

  • ofirg55
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High School Is gravitized quanta the solution rather than quantum gravity?

  • bbbl67
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Undergrad Can you tell the difference between two neutrons in an alpha particle?

  • wasong
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Graduate Position basis in Quantum Mechanics

  • pabloweigandt
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High School Are zero-point energy and inertia incompatible?

  • jaketodd
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Undergrad Can someone explain why momentum does not commute with potential?

  • coolpoke0908
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Undergrad Deriving the Commutator of Exchange Operator and Hamiltonian

  • Samama Fahim
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Undergrad Modern Atom Model: Is It Perpetual Motion?

  • dom_quixote
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High School Can gravity convert light into other particles?

  • rgtr
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Undergrad Hamiltonian of a particle moving on the surface of a sphere

  • Salmone
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Undergrad Matrix element in problem with hydrogen atom

  • Salmone
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