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Can You Distinguish a Vacuum State in Different Color Laser Pulses?
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Can the Double Slit Experiment Be Conducted with C60 Molecules?
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Probability distribution of classical momentum
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Verifying Inner Product Space: q(x)e^-(x^2/2)
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Standard deviation for a determinate state of observable Q
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Classical Physics compared to Quantum Physics?
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When does quantum take over classical?
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Link between quantummechanical probabilistics and entropy
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Greiner Mueller's QM II Symmetry
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A question regarding a Hamiltonian.
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Separation of variables for non-central potentials
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Is Heisenberg uncertainty principle a problem of our measuring techniques?
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Momentum and Translation operator.
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Why does the inner produce in Hilbert space use fg* and not f*g?
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Gauge invariance of QED if the photon has a mass
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Discrete eigenvalues and their eigenfunctions
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If time travel is possible does it allow for violation of the no clone theorem
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Does QM end Free Will/ Determinism debate ?
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Are Vacuum Fluctuations and QM Connected in Feynman Diagrams?
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Reduced Density Matrix: Explained for Ron
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Quantum mechanics or quantum theory?
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Problem with Talmi Transformation
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Why does the stopping potential not depend on the intensity of incident light?
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How is quantum entanglement a fact?
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Mechanics of Stern-Gerlach Experiments Question.
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Understanding Scattering Theory: Seeking Easy-to-Read References
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What Happens to the Photons in Destructive Interference?
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Quantization of electromagnetic field
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How to couple the angular momenta of a massive particle and a massless one
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Two particles with parallel spins?
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Charge attraction inside an atom
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1D delta funtion potential well
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Half integer orbital momentum, following Griffiths
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Confusing step in Sakurai Chapter 1
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So if spin isn't really spin
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Phenomena only explicable via QM
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Proving the Identity to Demonstrating Finite Orthonormal Bases
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Does a photon's amplitude remain constant after emission?
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Normalization constant for orbital wave functions
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Are Real Numbers Limiting Our Understanding of Reality in Theoretical Physics?
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Static Electric Field: Questions on Ionization, Motion & EM Radiation
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Position Representation in QFT?
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Is the purely wave interpretation really rejected in the 2-slit experiment?
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Photon Teleportation: Can it Really Happen?
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Professor Balakrishnan's Quantum & Classical Physics Lectures: Worth a Watch!
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Why an electron never falls into a nucleus?
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What is the significance of pions as Goldstone bosons in quantum field theory?
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Alignment of Spin in const magnetic field.
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Basic Question About Quantum Theory
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How Do Different Dirac Matrix Choices Impact RQM Equations?
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Single Photon/Indistinguishabiliity principle experiment
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What Are Good Beginner Books on Quantum Information Theory?
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What's the kinetic energy uncertainty for gaussian wave packet?
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Polarization 4-vectors to get matrix element in QFT
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Why ignore the potential term in the quantum Hamiltonian?
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Does only light have quantized energy.
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Common misconceptions regarding quantum mechanics
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Sample Space for Free Particle in the general case
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Quantum state with well-defined position and momentum?
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Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, Determinism and Free Will
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Clear and thorough development of the step potential wave function
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Dyson's Instability: Negative Fine Structure Constant
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Why does the atom not fold onto itsef?
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How do 6 quarks manifest hiden SU(2) symmetry(together SU(3) symmetry)?
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Solving Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of Hamiltonian
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Demonstrating Orthonormality of Eigenfunctions for De Cero-Spin Field
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Pure States or Mixed States: What's the Difference in Quantum Mechanics?
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Dirac's papers disappeared from archive.org?
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Under what conditions will wave functions collapse in double slit experiments?
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Definition of a canonical variable
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Are points of spacetime unique?
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How to interpret wave function as a matrix
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Spin and Polarization: Understanding the Spin Operator
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Quantum fluctuations at different height.
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What does magnetic moment mean exactly?
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Are These Wavefunctions Orthonormal in Spherical Coordinates?
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How Does Griffith Prove Psi Stays Normalized in Equation [1.25]?
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Theoretical Particles @ Planck Scale: Is there a maximum wavelength of light?
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Is decay of Z or W bosons exothermic?
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Understanding Multiple Delta Function in 1D and Multidimensional Spaces
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Is this a good analogy to quantum entanglement?
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Infinite square well potential
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How are bosons able to be separated in a Bose-Einstein condensate?
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Momentum Measurement Confusion
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Canonical Commutation Relations: Why?
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Quantum Wave Collapse: Does Consciousness Play a Role?
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Quantum consciousness is ruining my life
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Wavefunction collapse and dirac delta functions
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How to determnine quantum numbers of hybridized orbitals?For
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Grassmann number and anti-commuting c-number?
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Do particles really emerge from the vacuum at random?
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Why isn't kinetic energy considered a fundamental force like the other four?
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How are probabilistic equations of physics usually formulated?
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Path integrals and foundations of quantum mechanics
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Identity Operator Proving without Bra-Ket Notation
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Relation between coherent and Fock states of light
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Does wave function of an entangled particle collapse instantly?
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How does tourmaline produce negative ion ?
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Quark decay and particle materialization
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Shankar's principles of quantum mechanics solutions
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