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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad New interpretation for the double slit experiment with light?
Undergrad Seeking a satisfying explaination for a bond formation problem
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DETERMINISM OR RANDOM? Pick a side
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Graduate Mastering Functional Derivatives in Quantum Field Theory
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Graduate Page13 on Griffiths quantum mechanics
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Graduate Observed intensity of Persistent Lines of Neutral Hydrogen
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Graduate In string theory, what are the small strings physically made out of?
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Graduate Stimulated Emission has no sufficient proof?
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Undergrad Difference between two wave functions?
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Amazing Quantum Levitation Demonstration Video
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Graduate Why is Gaussian Packet the lower limit?
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Graduate Quantum physics underlining the 'magic numbers' in chemical bonding & more.
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Graduate Quantum Computers: Auxiliary State Explained
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Graduate How does U(1) guage symmetry lead to Maxwell's equations?
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Undergrad My thought on double slit experiment
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Graduate Understanding the Physical Significance of Operator Commutation
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Undergrad What is the significance of charge neutralization in physics?
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Graduate Does Noether theorem apply to gauge symmetry?
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Graduate Average value in superposition question
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Graduate Unclear formulation of Ward identity
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Graduate Can one tell me if the treatment of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer in
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Graduate Expectation value in a linear superposition
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum photoelectric effect
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Graduate Probability density doesn't oscillate with time
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Graduate Energy of a QM system, stationary states
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Graduate Gaussian Wavepacket: Position-Momentum Uncertainty
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Graduate Why energy level of one dimension problem is descrete?
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Graduate The ln(m^2) term in dimensional regularization
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Graduate Are electron energy transitions instantaneous
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Graduate Double Slit - Observation Appartaus is Key?
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Graduate What is the purpose and meaning of Pauli/sigma matrices
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Graduate Uncertainty principle and single slit experiment
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Graduate Questions about Rigged Hilbert Space
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Graduate Energy is borrowed from the vacuum /Virtual Particles
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Graduate Length contraction on quantum scale?
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Graduate Hypothetical Question of Virtual Particles and Magnets
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Graduate Appearing out of nothing with defined characteristics?
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Graduate Does the Einstein -Hilbert Lagrangian has a potential term?
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Graduate Spurion & Symmetry: Meaning, Breaking & Explanations
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Graduate Negative off-diagonal elements in density matrix?
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Graduate Angular momentum operators for bosons
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Graduate Nonlocality: correlation vs causation
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Graduate What distinguishes observation from measurement in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate What if I'm the Schrodinger's Cat?
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Graduate Normalization of vacuum state.
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Graduate Proof of orthonormality of the hamiltonian when not real
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Graduate Understanding Photon Slowdown and Acceleration in Material-Filled Space
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Graduate Kobayashi Maskawa Matrix Error ?
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Graduate Schrodinger's Cat: Conscious Observer & Levels of Organization
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Graduate Is the Quantum Casino's Use of Euler's Formula Misleading?
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Graduate What is Seen in Atom Photographs?
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Graduate Question about torque in Stern Gerlach Experiment
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Undergrad Quantum Computers: Why They're Faster
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Graduate Schroedinger equation with angular momentum operators
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Graduate Plank's constant, phase integral and quantization of action
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Graduate Single slit single particle interference
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Graduate Layman's questions regarding Measurement Problem
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Graduate Deriving Equations for Pure State Quantum System
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Graduate About expansion of wave functions
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Graduate Dirac delta wave function impossible?
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Graduate In comparing different renormalization procedures why do we care about symmetry?
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Graduate Currents and the quantum effective action
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Graduate Bell's Theorem Correlations Velocity
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Graduate Does Quantum Entanglement Occur During Electron and Positron Collisions?
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Graduate BRST Symmetry and unphysical polarizations
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Graduate How Should We Define Spin Angular Momentum in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad How is light absorbed/reflected?
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Graduate Is Action Quantized? Quantum Mechanics Explored
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Graduate Superposition experiment question?
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Graduate Normalization Conditions of Wave functions
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Graduate Superluminal Light Propagation in Optical Fibres?
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Graduate Why ghost fields(Faddeev-Popov ghosts) must be ''ghost''?
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Graduate Is My Calculation of the Photon State in a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Correct?
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Graduate What is adjoint representation in Lie group?
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Graduate Quantum mechanical derivation of ohm's law?
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Graduate Angular Momentum the Full Operator Approach
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Graduate Albert's narrative argument against Everett-type theories
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Graduate Angular part of the wavefunction
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Graduate Can A Single Photon Be Split Into 45 and 135 Degree Polarization?
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Graduate Chern-Simons and massive A^{\mu}
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Graduate What is the interpretation of the Dirac equation and its current operator?
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Graduate Bra-ket notation Schrodinger Equation
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Graduate Arbikosov vortex and Heisenberg
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Graduate Feynmann's electron double slit experiment
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Undergrad Does a molecule really take on the shape like the VSPER model?
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Graduate Lay Hypotheisis on the Universe (Do you think this is plausible?)
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Graduate SU(2)L, SU(2)R, other symmetric groups and SSB
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Graduate Is Time an Entropic Result of Space?
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Undergrad Quantum Mechanics: Multiple Pathways Explained
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Graduate Wave Packet Expansion: Physical Reason & Conservation Laws
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Undergrad Help for a beginner Bell's Theorem
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Graduate What exactly is intrinsic angular momentum (spin)?
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Undergrad Why do electrons absorb light and jump to higher energy levels?
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Graduate Consensus about Non-Locality & Spacetime
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Undergrad Wysips transparent solar cell.
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Graduate Superselection Rule Results from Schrodinger Equation
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Graduate What happens to an electron when a photon is reflected?
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Graduate Is superposition dependant on the measurement of sound as well as sight?
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Graduate Uncertainty Principle & Neutrino Probing: Can we Describe it w/ Semi-Classics?
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Graduate Why is Casimir operator to be an invariant of coresponding Lie Algebra?
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Graduate How you come up with the wave func. in the first place?
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