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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

A question about quantum entanglement
Graduate Double slit in macroscopic world
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Graduate Is there anyting really entangled in Quantum Entanglement ?
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Graduate SHO Ladder Method missed states?
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Graduate Derive Schwarzschild Eq. without 4D Space/Tensors
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Graduate Is the Electromagnetic Field a Classical or Quantum Field?
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Graduate Examples of quantum mechanics predictions
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Graduate Wick's Theorem Proof (Peskins and Schroder)
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Graduate Wave function of a photon in a spherical cavity
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Graduate Solving the Schrodinger Equation: WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
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Graduate All states are stationary, all observables are constant.
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Graduate Plane monochromatic wave is not physically realizable?
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Graduate Understanding the Identification Between SU(2) and O(3) Groups
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Graduate What Intuitive Insights Explain Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?
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Graduate Question about evolution of a wave function
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Graduate Why this equation is an integral over all paths?
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Graduate Stern-Gerlach experiment when magnetic field varies from 0 to B
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Graduate Testing Quantum vs. Classical Physics Predictions of Which-Way Double Slit
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Graduate Propagator Operator: Clarifying H Acting & Function of (t-t')
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Graduate How Do Observation and Measurement Differ in Quantum Experiments?
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Graduate Representation Theory and Particle Theory
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Graduate Rest energy in Schrodinger's equation
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Undergrad Mass Spectrometry: Understanding Boron Isotopes
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Graduate Understanding Black Holes: Quantum Physics and Hawking Radiation Explained
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Graduate Problem with quantum entanglement of photons
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Graduate Radio waves emitted by an antenna - Bremsstrahlung radiation?
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Graduate How many photons are emitted by accelerating electron?
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Graduate Simple question about vector spaces and bases in QM
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High School Young Double Slit Experiment Help
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Graduate Electromagnetic attraction. How?
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Undergrad Very basic quantum mechanics questions
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Graduate How is it possible that 3d orbitals are more contracted than 4f?
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Graduate Extent of indeterminacy in the double-slit experiment
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Graduate Particle at the edge of nothing
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Graduate What Causes Light to Behave Differently in the Double-Slit Experiment?
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Graduate Do have virtual particles gravity?
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Graduate How Are Probability Amplitude Arrows Drawn as Spirals in Feynman's Lectures?
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Graduate Covariant deriv of matrix valued field(srednicki)
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Graduate What physically causes the energy to make subatomic particles move?
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Graduate Question about the Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Is Energy the Glue of Entanglement?
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Graduate Exploring the Relationship Between Wave Functions and the Uncertainty Principle
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Graduate Dirac algebra (contraction gamma matrices)
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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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