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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Graduate Problem with density matrix
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Graduate Exchange Forces and Symmetrization of Fermions/Bosons
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Graduate Fermionic Fock space superselected?
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Undergrad Still a bit confused about electron orbitals?
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Graduate Heiseinbeg's Uncertainty Priciple and Schrodinger's eqt
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Undergrad Calculate De Broglie Wavelength of Electron | Help for Final Exam
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Graduate Mechanism of Bond Energy Absorption
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Graduate Wavefunction from probability, OR current from charge density?
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Graduate Is Thomas Campbell's Interpretation of the Double Slit Experiment Valid?
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Graduate Fine structure constant and perturbation theory
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Graduate Decoherence Time Scale for Different Qubit Realizations
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Undergrad Understanding Energy Bands in Solids: A Quick Question on Band Theory
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Graduate Free Particle in Quantum Mechanics Explained
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Graduate Static electric field in Quantum Field Theory?
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Graduate Need Help Understanding a Quantum Mechanics Equation
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Graduate Discovering Majorana Fermions - A Groundbreaking Physics Find
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Graduate Why is Q=q^{N} only valid for distinguishable particles?
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Graduate Heisenberg Principle: Position & Momentum Uncertainties & Velocity
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Graduate Bound State Problem: How can it be addressed?
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Graduate What does probability amplitude mean
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Graduate Probability of an observable
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Graduate Planck distance and less dimensional gravity
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Graduate Feyeman lectures on anti-particles
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Graduate Energy quantization and energy levels
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Undergrad Most accurate way to visualise an atom.
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Graduate Understanding the Schrodinger Equation and 1/2 Spin in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Sum over histories and double slit?
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Graduate Proton, anti Proton annihilation help
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Graduate Vacuum energy and principle of uncertainty
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Graduate Tendency to drop down to a lower energy state.
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Graduate Single particle single slit interference - question about the experiment
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Undergrad Is K*T Equal to hv in Thermal Equilibrium?
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High School Do Atoms Age? The Truth Behind the Lifespan of Atoms
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Undergrad What are the sources of energy in a rigid rotator?
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Graduate Does every quantum field have a non-zero groundstate?
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Graduate Configuration space vs physical space
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Graduate How does the two-slit experiment challenge our understanding of particle motion?
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Graduate Compton Effect: Electron Ejection & Potential Energy
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Graduate Understanding the Concept of Expected Value in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Virtual particle production beyond the event horizon.
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Graduate What are the implications of electrons splitting into smaller quasi-particles?
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Graduate 1 Electron, 2 Slits, and the Rest of the Pattern
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Graduate Is quantum mechanics a complete theory of nature?
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Graduate Are atoms truly physical entities or simply arrangements of energy?
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Graduate Quantum Computing: Attosecond Double-Slit Phenomena
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Graduate What Is the Significance of 720 Degree Symmetry in Fermion Rotations?
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Undergrad Webpage title: Understanding the Energy Levels of Electrons in Atoms
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Graduate What are the postulates of QFT?
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Graduate Commutation relations for Spin opertors
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Graduate Cesium Atom quantum mechanical description
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Graduate Can Wave and Particle Be Separated in a Modified Double-Slit Experiment?
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Graduate How Do We Compute the Expectation Value <x̂p̂> in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Reallllly dumb question about Feynman Parameters (and simplifying them)
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Graduate What is the exchange integral?
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Graduate (properties of) what travels through all possible paths?
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Graduate What is the functional integral theorem for polynomial times Gaussian integrals?
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Graduate Is Fock space always separable?
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Graduate Does a charge have spin outside an atom?
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Undergrad Possibly Stupid Question on Atom Smashing
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Graduate Deriving Coulomb's Law with Virtual Photon Exchange Theory: Complete Explanation
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Graduate Equipartition theorem and molecule of CO
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Graduate EL Equations for the modified electromagnetic field Lagrangian
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Graduate Infinite Square Well and Energy Eigenstate question
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Graduate Possible Explanations of Spooky action at a distance
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Graduate Question on uncertainty Principle
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Graduate Imaginary numbers and the real part of the Schrodinger Equation
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Graduate Why can't quantum computers be used to solve SAT?
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Graduate Is Dirac's Sea Still Relevant in Modern Physics?
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Graduate Does the uncertainty relation apply to the past?
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Graduate Understanding - how universe/reality plays dice
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Graduate How does spin work in the position representation?
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Graduate Understanding the BPS Equation from SUSY Transformation Law
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Graduate To what extent is wind due to quantum indeterminacy
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Undergrad Energy values in infinite potential well
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Graduate Is it the fallacy of my thought?
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Graduate Proving Entanglement - Do we need Bells Theorem?
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Graduate Angular momentum and its uncertainty
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Graduate Do the degrees of freedom change for particles in a relativistic system?
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Graduate Braket Notation: Is <φ|x+y+z|φ> = <φ|x|φ> + <φ|y|φ> + <φ|z|φ>?
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Graduate Time independence of probability amplitudes
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Undergrad Smallest amount of vibrational energy
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Graduate What Are Majorana Particles and What Are their Potential Uses?
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Graduate DeBroglie Wavelength: Proton at Room Temp Scattering Behavior
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Graduate Difference between mixed states and pure states.
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Graduate Intensity in Electromagnetism versus probability density in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate How to solve for Hamiltonian gradient?
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Graduate What are the next steps in constructing \phi_{3}^{4} in Field Theory?
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High School Question regarding Schrodinger's Cat (Sorry If I Spelled it wrong)
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Graduate Can quantum tunneling in solids generate useful energy when heated?
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Graduate Dirac equation and gamma factor
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Graduate Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics - Bernard D'Espagnat
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Graduate What is the relationship between quantum states and the size of the universe?
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Graduate Does Planck length and irrational solutions mean time can't be reversed?
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Graduate Slater Determinants for Large numbers of electrons
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Graduate Can we quantize Aristotelian Physics?
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Graduate Understanding Particle Self-Interference in the Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Alice/Bob Instant communication protocol. Does this work?
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Graduate Electronic Transitions in Protium vs. Deuterium
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Graduate Question about Gunter Nimtz's experiments
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