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Scalar Boson and Quantum Non-locality
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How is the scattering cross section measured?
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Existance of ladder operators for a system
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A question about the double slit experiment
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Schrodinger Equation and seperation of variables
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Newbie Question - Double Slit Experiment - 'Interference Patterns'
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How do we know it's not some kind of attraction?
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Is double slit experiment the only proof for quantum particles' superposition?
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Is quantum gravity a promising field?
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Problem about quantum environmental decoherence
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Schrödinger and Heisenberg picture
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Questioning Schrodinger's Cat: Is Outcome Real Until Observed?
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Why is the first type bessel function called first?
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Exploring the Schrodinger Equation: How Does It Handle Split Wave-Functions?
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Questions about properties of wave-functions
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What Else Splits in Single Particle Interference Experiments?
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Is any energy required to change the phase of a wave-function?
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3-fold degeneracy: what is it?
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What Are Fermions and Bosons in the Meson Quark Model?
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Quantum well laser diodes - Operation and design
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Superposition principle and continuity
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Can the Photoelectric Effect Cause Metal Oxidation in a Vacuum?
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Renormalizing solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation
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Quantum mechanics of hydrogen and many-electron systems
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FermiDirac-BoseEinstein-Boltzman derivation
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How close must the wavelength of a photon be for an atom to absorb it?
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Superposition and Pauli's principle
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Visualisation in Quantum mechanics
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Causality in quantum mechanics
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Eigenfunction vs wave function
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Photons emitted by an accelerated charge
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Brain freeze on Dirac EQ v. Dirac Hamiltonian
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The Higgs field and the aether
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Higgs field and General Relativity
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Principal Quantum number: n to infinity?
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Quantum numbers (free particles)
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Grassmann variables and functional derivatives
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Calculation in Peskin&Schroeder QFT book
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Position vector r and uncertainty principle
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Uncertainty principle accuracy
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Double slit experiment with electrons
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Does a gamma ray photon have less energy than a radiowave photon?
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Quantum Tunneling: Particle location
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What is the explanation behind the binary result in the EPR thought experiment?
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Complex term in refractive index , in context to rayleigh scattering
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Quantum Entanglement and Observation: How Does It Work?
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Teleportion Questions - Michio Kaku Answers
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Feynmann diagram for photoemission process
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New quantum experiments and its implications
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I'm really new to the concept of quantum mechanics
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Mastering Bra-ket Notation: Frustrations with Quantum Mechanics Lectures
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In what sense is QM not understood ?
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What Happens to Quantum Mechanics at E=U in Step Potential?
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Can electron revolving around atom become source of gravity.?
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Time Dilation in Childrens Cartoon
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How Does Fermat's Principle Integrate with Quantum Physics?
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How do you tell if lie groups are isomorphic
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Physical representation of direction
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Time symmetric quantum mechanics
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Why the magnetic moment not included in the Lorentz Force equation.
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How is the QM prediction derived for Bell's tests?
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Can Gravity Influence the Double Slit Experiment with Larger Particles?
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Many questions about qubit (quantum computing)
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Is any energy required to change the spin of a photon?
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Number of cycles of light per photon
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Abnormal behavior of the Liouville-von-Neuman equation
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How Do Photons Entangle Electrons?
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The failure of so-called no-communication theorems
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Indeterminism of Quantum Mechanics and incompatibility with Relativity
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Who developed this equation, Pauli?
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Is the delta in the commutation relations of QFT a dirac delta or a kronecker?
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Lorentz invariant theory, irreducible representations
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Understanding AdS and quantization in AdS
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Could ‘Wheeler's delayed choice experiment’ be delayed？
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Quantum tunneling and extra dimensions
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How stable/fragile is Quantum Entanglement?
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Static vs Dynamic: Can Massive Particles Have Parallel Spacetime Trajectories?
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New loophole free EPR test with photons by Wittmann et al
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How does QE explain more mismatches in Bell's test at wider angles?
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Is gravity more fundamental than EM?
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Understanding QM and M-theory: A Quick Clarification on Decoherence
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Can 1014 atoms exhibit quantum superposition and interference?
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Question about Schrodinger equation
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Can we really call it an antineutrino?
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Can Particles Really Pass Through Walls in the Quantum World?
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Why is quantum entanglement special?
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Bose Symmetry Explained: Definition & Meaning
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Does the Poisson Bracket Always Equal Zero When Both Observables Start at Zero?
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Unraveling the Wave-Particle Duality: Understanding the Double Slit Experiment
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Do Electrons Need to Be Observed By a Person?
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Determinant of a special conformal transformation
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Schrödinger's equation, its derivation
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Understanding S-Orbital When l = 0
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Electron annihilation - what happens to gravity
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Is the Bound State Wave Function Always Real or Imaginary?
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Need advice with learning renormalization groups
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Pauli exclusion and covalent bonds
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Trouble with noether's theorem
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Understanding communication via QE - is filtering the only obstacle? to FTL
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State of electron in hydrogen atom
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