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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad New interpretation for the double slit experiment with light?
Graduate Does CMBR include free photons?
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Graduate In QED is angular momentum conserved at every order in Dyson series
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Graduate Prerequisites for beginning quantum mechanics?
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Undergrad Do the electrons have inertial mass?
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Graduate QFT Signature: Does it Have its Own Unique Formula?
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Graduate Inner product with maximally entangled state
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Graduate Are space and time quantized quantities?
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Graduate Understanding Entanglement and Parallel Computing in Quantum Computing
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Graduate Finding Ground State Wave Functions: Tips & Tricks
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Graduate Reflection, at a quantum level?
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Graduate Which slit/way at time of observation or passing slits?
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Graduate Directional photon detector to detect which path?
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Graduate What theories address the fundamental questions about quantum mechanics?
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Graduate Having difficulty comprehending a problem in Peskin's text
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Graduate What does the Higgs Field have in common with Congress?
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Graduate Pauli's exclusion principle Intrpretation
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Graduate Problem in constructing Matrix representation in |↑↓> basis
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Graduate Why are mutually exclusive states orthogonal?
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Graduate Quantum teleportation of macroscopic objects
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Graduate Bell's Experiments & Hidden Variables
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Graduate Absorber Theory, Retarded and Advanced Potentials
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Graduate Wheeler's Delayed Choice bibliography
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Graduate A composite system of three particles with different spin
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Graduate Velocity Measurement in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Application of schrodinger's equation
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Graduate Governing laws of quantum mechanics
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Graduate Are Photons Actually Infinitely Small Particles?
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Undergrad Why Does the Zeeman Effect Vary in Cadmium and Other Elements?
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Graduate Is the Classical Electric Potential a Valid Approximation in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Superposition/Wave function inside blackhole
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Undergrad Electron and the uncertainty principle
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Graduate What is the Volume of an Electron?
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Graduate Statistical Mechanics: Using 3 Ensembles for Problem Solving
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Graduate Nature of Real Applications Quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad Newbie questions: wave and particle viewpoints
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Graduate Why Do Subatomic Particles Spin?
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Graduate Can Measurements Determine Pure vs. Mixture Ensembles in Quantum Theory?
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Graduate Renormalization and running coupling constant
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Graduate What Do Bell Tests Reveal About Photon Polarization and Reality?
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Graduate Experiments in quantum entanglement
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Graduate What are the required mathematics for studying Quantum Field Theory?
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Graduate Is antimatter matter going backwards through time?
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Graduate Is Quantum Entanglement the Secret Behind Photosynthesis?
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High School Question re electrostatic charge
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Graduate Quantum Effects Brought to Light
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Graduate Quantum Entanglement & Relativity: Time Dilation Effects
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Graduate Quantum Cell Phones - Investigating the Possibilities
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Graduate What is the connection between energy eigenstates and position?
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Graduate Quantum Chaos: Existence and Stability
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High School Double slit experiment for AP physics
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Graduate How can information be conserved if we live in a quantum universe?
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Graduate Proof of uncertainty principle
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Graduate Proving a Claim in Ticcati's Red QFT Textbook: Seeking Advice and Hints
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Graduate Why is inertial mass not an observable in QM?
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Graduate What is normally meant by quantizing a classical theory, versus Hardy's axioms
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Graduate The Gauge Dependence of Quantum Transition Probabilities
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Graduate Potential energy as observable
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Undergrad Are Schrodinger's Equations Taught in Lower Division Physics Courses?
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Graduate We know that if we send one electron through 2 slit, the wave function
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Graduate Potential Invariant under translation
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Graduate How Does the Angle Between Axes Affect Spin Correlation in Entangled Particles?
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Undergrad Writer's Help:Music & String Theory
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Graduate Can a virtual particle create another virtual particle?
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Graduate Question on time-independent perturbation theory
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Undergrad Prove that information is either increasing or remaining constant with time.
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Graduate Violation of uncertainty principle?
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Article: Faked States mimic quantum entanglement
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Graduate Does a symmetry of Lagrangian reserve in each Feynman diagram?
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Graduate Deriving Wien's Law from Planck's Formula
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High School Need an explanation of shells in layman's terms
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Graduate Is mass something that is uncertain ?
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Graduate What are the fundamental concepts and axioms of quantum mechanics?
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Graduate What Is the Source of Spin-Orbit Coupling in the Hydrogen Atom?
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Graduate Does a single electron transistor really need the tunneling junctions?
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Graduate What is the Relationship Between K-Space and Momentum Space in Crystals?
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Graduate Second quantization question: one particle or n particle?
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Graduate QM Particles and their space boundaries
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Graduate Schrödinger's equation to Dirac's
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Graduate Displacement Operator: Explaining Dirac's Equality
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Graduate Scalar field as quantum operator.
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Graduate Is a finite function with finite Fourier transform possible?
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Graduate How does the commutator of fields relate to causality?
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Graduate Quantum Coherence in Transmembrane Proteins?
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Graduate Calculating the energy-momentum tensor for Maxwell Lagrangian
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Undergrad What causes the polarization effect in optics?
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Graduate Can we understand neutrinos as information?
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Graduate Not following one step for Ehrenfest's theorem
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Graduate On the complementarity principle
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Graduate Scope of Hilbert Space of a System?
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Graduate Can increasing the potential width α decrease the coupling constant λ?
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Graduate A 'Classical' object behaving Quantum?
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Graduate Standing Waves and Radiation Emission
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Graduate Quantum numbers in wikipedia's table
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Graduate Lorentz Transformation of Fields
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Graduate Commuting of Operators: Particle in Box in 1D with H & H1
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Graduate Multi-Photon Laser Output: Independence & Tensor Product
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Graduate What is so special about quantum entanglement?
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Graduate Second Quantization: Motivation & Field Operators
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Graduate What other experimental evidence exists for entanglement?
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Graduate Why Planck Scale? Reasons & String Theory
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