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In Electron Spin Resonance, Does Spin Up Have More Energy Than Spin Down?
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How are atoms entangled and can it be done remotely?
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Quantum Tunneling in a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
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Squeezed coherent states- amplitude and phase
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Ground state oscillation freq. of H2?
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Harmonic Oscillator problem
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Range of validity of the Schrodinger equation
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Is Spacetime Truly Smooth or Discrete?
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Uncertainty principle discrete operators
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Confusion (4) from Weinberg's QFT.(Time reversal))
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An Experiment Showing Entanglement Communication into the Future
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Interference of Probability Waves: A Quantum Physics Intro
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A few questions on Entanglement.
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Is quantum field theory the return of the ether?
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A Little Trick for bra-ket notation over the Reals
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Representations of Symmetry Operators
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Can Cryonics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Work Together?
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Continuous EM fields vs. fixed freq photons
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Carl Jung’s synchronicity and ‘quantum entanglement’
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Ehrenfest theorem and the hydrogen atom
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Integrating infinitesimal conformal transformations
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Fermi Golden Rule: Conservation of Energy
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Equation problem. How to elimintate t?
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Confusion (2) from Weinberg's QFT.(Little group))
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Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
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Number of different ways, particle with E and delta_E.
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Degeneracy in Quantum Mechanics
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Synchronized Bosons and Entropy.
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Has Hawking Radiation Been Detected in Black Holes?
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Uncertainty and The Double Slit Experiment
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Rigged Hilbert Space: Definition & Examples by de la Madrid (2005)
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Is Quantum Probability Calculation of |e-ix|^2 Correct?
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Is the Universe Really 3D or Are Forces and Waves 2D?
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What's in the schrodinger wave equation?
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Schrodinger equation and atoms
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Deriving expressions for creation/annihilation operator
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Can Anti-Energy Exist and What Would It Mean for Our Understanding of Physics?
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Empty spaces and virtual particles in atom
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Level degeneracy of the transverse ising model
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How do electrons behave in resistive circuits and semiconductors?
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Is the cosmological constant equivalent to vacuum energy?
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Logical inconsistency in standard model of entanglement
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Applicablilty of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation
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Questions on Chapter 67: Understanding the Limit and Contact Terms
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Qualifications of an Observer
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Virtual Particles: Creation & Destruction in 10-43 Seconds?
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Vacuum Energy Form (aside from gamma rays)
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Spooky Action at a Distance / Tachyons?
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Fundamental Forces and Lie Groups
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Can entangled photons transmit information faster than the speed of light?
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Does Bell's Theorem Rule Out Determinism?
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How does a gauge field lead to charge superselection?
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D-Wave - first commercial quantum computer
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Explanation of Multiverse Past in Quantum Mechanics
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The virtue particle is mass on-shell or off-shell?
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Magnetic Precession and Photon Absorption
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Explain phase change of an EMW in terms of photons.
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Continuous dual space and conjugate space
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Paradox: The infinite square well vs. the Uncertainty Principle
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Adiabatic approxmation, estimate of d\phi/dx
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Angular Mumentum: Question for my exam tomorrow
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Are there 'complex' numbers in classical mechanics?
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How Do Massless Photons Influence Atomic Repulsion in Quantum Electrodynamics?
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Paper presentation on Quantum Computers
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Pair production: Has it been observed experimentally?
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Does Quantum Entanglement Imply Faster-Than-Light Interaction?
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Heisenberg picture describes emission, Schroedinger picture does not
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Why does the l quantum number depend on n?
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Delay of virtual particle pair annihilation
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Callan-Symanzik equation in dimensionally regularized scheme
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Is the 'Bare Lagrangian' in Counterterms the Same as in Feynman's Method?
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Question on nuclear magnetic resonance and Larmor frequency
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Finding a Closed-Form Formula for the Commutator [J_-^n, J_+^k]
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Planck's quantum theory question
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What is generating functional and vacuum-to-vacuum boundary conditions in QFT?
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Weinberg quick question on chapter 2 zero mass
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Weinberg Chapter 2 Little Group Q
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Carbon energy transition levels
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Photons from black body spectra
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Can Scalars Represent Quantum States Effectively?
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Using Quark-Gluon Plasma as an Energy source
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What does it mean, Electron absorbs a photon ?
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Uncovering the Mystery of Wave Function Symmetry
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Do speeds of propagating of all interactions have the same value c?
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Accelerating electron emmits a photon?
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Low energy photon - electron collision
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I am new to this quantum world,just read about fields in this
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Where are Pilot Waves located?
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Is the Wave Function of a Super Cold Gas Different than at Higher Temperatures?
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Confusion (1) from Weinberg's QFT.(unitary representation)
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Motivations for plum pudding model (advanced)
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Pair Production and Mass Energy Equivalence
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Are QM operators also tensors?
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QFT: Why Kronecker Symbol \delta_j^i is Basis Invariant?
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Could Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Apply Without Instruments?
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How does the electron's vanishing act work?
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Why Is Wave Function Collapse Unnecessary in Bohmian Interpretation?
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The Wave Equation: Schrodinger, Physical Interpretation, Scope & Limitations
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Is the Schrodinger's Cat Experiment Possible with a Person Instead of a Cat?
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Could observation determine the existence of mass in particles?
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