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Zeeman effect, something I'm not understanding, about history
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I want to understand positive operator valued measures in QM
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Questions regarding a paradox.
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Why Can't Free-Particle Wave Functions Be Normalized Over Their Entire Range?
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Quantum control of a looped beam.
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Normalization of a free particle quantum state
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Why wave function should goto 0 f faster than 1/sqrt(x) at infinity
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Photon Average Energy in a Cavity Resonator
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Learning Dirac Notation: Writing Hamiltonian for 3 States
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How Are Planck Time and the Expression \(\sqrt{\frac{\hbar c^5}{G}}\) Related?
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Does Quantum Mechanics Allow for a Time Operator?
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Is the Uncertainty Principle affected by the number of particles in a system?
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Two hydrogen atom with same spin can form H_2?
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What is an Observer in Quantum Physics?
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Proving Shouten identity in QFT
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Wavepacket Dispersion and how this links to particle behaviour
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The quantomic oscillator's amplitude
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Why does Lagrangian in QFT only include first order derivative of field?
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Understanding the Significance of Eigenvalues in Quantum Mechanics and Physics
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What corresponds to a static field in QFT
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How Does Polarization Relate to Photon Degeneracy?
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Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principal and the definition of randomness
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What is the physical system that follows the Pauli exclusion principle?
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Quantum entanglement and wireless electricity
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1st order pertubation on 2 level system
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1st order Pertubation energy and wavefunction
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Light intensity and polarization
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Position and Momentum Operators
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If all states are stationary, what causes atoms to radiate then?
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My personal criticism to Quantum theory and Human conscience
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Fine structure correction in H atom
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2 Time Dimension in the Quantum Realm?
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Solution of Schrodinger equation for free electron
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Does light lose any any energy in a vacuum?
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Need a book that explains linear vector space
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Pesking & Schroeder Eqn 3.18 (Lorentz algebra)
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Updates on Penrose Quantum Mirror Experiment
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Pauli Matrices: Calculating Expression
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Misunderstanding about measuring the spin of the electron
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Scattering theory - Regular solution
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Is light a photon or a wave? (concrete question)
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Help Solve a Puzzling Two-Level Atom Problem
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Are Units Truly Fundamental in Physics According to Duff's Theory?
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Do Gravitons Attract Other Gravitons?
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Can neutrons be used to stablize other particles?
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Is the following correct about virtual particles
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Hamiltonian with position spin coupling
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How Virtual Particles Give Rise to the electromagnetic force
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Wigner Matrix or Wigner D-Matrix?
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Do Electrons Behave Like Bar Magnets?
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Poker Entanglement: Is Quantum Mechanics the Key to Winning?
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Electronic Excitation: Absorbing and Re-emitting Photons
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Entanglement & GR: Can We Measure Universe Info?
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Feynman's QED: Is it Still Relevant Today?
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Are wave functions and quantum waves synonyms?
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LS Coupling Scheme Explained - Get Help Now
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Alpha Decay from Uranium: Electrical or Strong Nuclear Force?
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A Bell Theorem with no locality assumption?
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New (apparent) confirmation of virtual particles.
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Is biological life a product of a probability wave
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Quantum fluctuations and momentum
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Virtual particles and quantum fluctuation
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Phonon vs Photon: What's the Difference?
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Physical significance of normalizing a wave function?
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Quantization of vector field in the Coulomb gauge
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The double slit and wave particle nature.
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What is the definition of particle(s) in QM?
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Electric charge in quantum field theory
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Square of modified Dirac equation
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Stability of Unstable Particles at High Energies: Third Generation
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Calculating Vacuum Fields at Different Frequencies
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Typo error or correct wavefunction?
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What is the explanation for the sequence in the Mandl QFT textbook (p.53)?
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Why Is Spin-Orbit Coupling Selective in Phosphorescence Transitions?
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Propagator for matrix fields (based on Srednicki ch80, p490)
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Observation Techniques: Brian Green's NOVA Show & Quantum Physics
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Expectation value of a product of operators
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How to form a picture in mind of coherent state?
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Speed of transmission in quantum entanglement
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Fate and Schrodinger's Equation
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Schrodinger's Cat - your opinions
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Schrödinger equation in momentum space and number of solutions
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Stress energy tensor in extended standard model
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Partial Trace Q: Meaning & Info Explained
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Is there an interference pattern within a non-interference pattern?
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Can the 'shape' of the universe be described at the Plank scale?
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EPR and Lorentz transformation
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Are super-operators always writable in a basis independent form?
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Debunking the Existence and Duration of Virtual Particles
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What Does h.c. Signify in Quantum Mechanics Formulas?
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Can Free Particle Have Sharp Energy?
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How is spin rotation measured?
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How to arrive at Bessel function solution to 1D polynomial potential
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Why Hermitian instead of self-adjoint?
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Why are identical particles indistinguishable?
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Question on observer of double-split experiment
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Quantum mechanics question regarding jam.
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Quantum physics in three sentences?
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Quantum communication with extraterrestrials
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Uncountable infinite dimensional Hilbert space
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