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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

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Is quantum mechanics fundamental theory?
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Creation/Ann operators acting on <x|p>
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Is the Quantization of Time a Real Possibility?
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Electromagnetic Potential as an Observable
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Question on the representation of Poincare algebra generators on fields
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Quantum coherence and neutrino detection
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How is the wave function of a photon described in quantum field theory?
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When do you think Quantum Computers will be out?
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Lagrangian, Hamiltonian and Legendre transform of Dirac field.
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Is a polarizer a filter or a converter?
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Angular Momentum and Expectation Values
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Feynman's third general principle of QM
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A bunch of basic questions on electrons
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Complex Scalar Field and Probability Field
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Wave superposition nothing more than abstraction?
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How Does the Double-Slit Quantum Eraser Work with Walborn's Setup?
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How can I apply a unitary transformation to rotate a 3D complex wave function?
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Uncertainty principle and electrons
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Normalization factor in wave equation
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Understanding Red Shift: A Derivation from Classical and Relativistic Physics
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Backwards causation: Is there any proof really against it?
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Can an electron collide with the nucleus of an atom?
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Using Dirac Bracket: Books & References for Examples
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What causes Bragg planes in materials?
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What is the significance of light-shifted ground states in sub-doppler cooling?
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How is the fundamental group related to quantum statistics?
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Does Bell's theorem imply stronger or weaker correlation?
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Determine frequency of emitted photon
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Virtual Particles and The Law of Conservation of Energy
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Maxwell's or Schrodinger's Light Wave
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One electron two slit exeriment when one eletron is emited after 1 hour
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Confusion (6) from Weinberg's QFT.(in and out state)
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Shooting an electron at an ion's nucleus
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How to quantize the ''mathematical'' fluctuation field in statistics?
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Solutions to the Harmonic Oscillator Equation and Hermite Polynomials
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Counting the states of a free particle (Periodic boundary conditions)
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How do I derive a wave function for an electron in a finite potential well?
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Non-diagonality of Dirac's Hamiltonian
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Probability of Wrong Guess on Photon Polarization: Peres P47
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Quantum mechanics and causality/determinism.
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Entanglement – the order of measurements can be important
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Quantum filed theory in 1+1 dimension
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Can photons provide information about color and distance?
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Simulation of Grover's Quantum Database Search Algorithm
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Can an antiproton(negatron) orbit around a regular nucleus?
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Interpetation of wavefunction - atom
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Active QM Topics: What's Hot Now?
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Questions about deBroglie (matter) waves
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Bell's Theorem: Proving Its Vitality in Local Realistic Models
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MacroEntanglement and Consciousness
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Nate's Question: Why Is Detection Equivalent to Annihilation?
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What is Lockheed Martin's goal for their quantum computing investment?
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Question about Lagrangian in electromagnetic interaction
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Virtual particle in path integral and perturbative approaches
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Confusion (3) from Weinberg's QFT.(photon's angular momentum or helicity)
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Why do electron-electron-interactions raise the energy level?
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Find the eigenvalues of Liouvillian
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Virtual particle and event horizon
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Possible States of n Qubits as opposed to classical bits
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Compton Scattering: Calculating Fractional Wavelength Shift
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Confusion (5) from Weinberg's QFT.(invariance of S-matrix)
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Conscious vs. Non-Conscious Observation
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Addition for generators of rotation
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How do you observe the position of an electron?
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Quantum Mechanics without Hilbert Space
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Please help me find Entropy and Temperature of Radiant Heat by Max Planck
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Collapse and creation of wave function
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How Do Virtual Photons Create Attractive Forces Between Particles?
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Decomposition of vector potential
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Why correlation function decay as power law at critical temperature point?
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Expanding a ket in the basis of different Hamiltonians
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Hbar c=1 and EV: Understanding Inverse Energy Units
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Photon Exchange - Frequency? And uncharged antiparticles
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Understanding Orbitals and Energy Levels in the Bohr Model
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Chaotic quantum billiards on a torus.
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Conservation of energy after measurement
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What does show solutions to the schroedinger eqn mean?
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Does the Uncertainty Principle Make Precise Momentum Measurement Impossible?
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Is the vectorial representation of the Lorentzian Group unitary?
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Why there is 2[itex]\pi[/itex] in every dirac delta function
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Quantum Entanglement - Two Places at Once
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Quantum Interference in tunneling electron transport?
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Question about electron diffraction
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Quantum mechanics and Minimal coupling of Dirac field
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Can anyone explain energy levels of an Atom?
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How to model a classical bath?
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How Can You Determine the Wavefunction ψ(r) from Electron Density |\psi(r)|^2?
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Time-dependent perturbation theory
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Proof that micro black holes can't exist?
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What determines if the photoelectric effect occurs?
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Photon Emission & Atom Entanglement: Spin & Beyond
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Quantum Mechanics book suggestions
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Looking for the name of a process.
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Quantum mechanical coupling/excitation
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Why in two dimension space many QTFtheory become renormalizable?
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Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment
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Too few examples to explain The principles of quantum mechanics by dirac.
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Time development of a wavefunction
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Do entangled systems have parts?
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Single-Particle Interference for BIG objects-what does it mean for a lay person?
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