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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

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Behavior of Photons During Reflection.
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What is Configuration Space in Quantum Mechanics?
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How were electron density clouds established?
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In one dimension there are no degenerate bound states?
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Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle
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Wavefunction collapse on degenerate states
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How do we know which is strong,weak force with considering Lagrangian?
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Maxwell's equations hidden in Dirac's equation?
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What is electron emission or absorption of a photon?
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Treating phi and phi-dagger as independent
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What does it mean for an object to absorb or reflect light?
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What are the equations of motion for low energy quantum gravity?
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Hi I have a question about POVMsim confused as to how they
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Maxwell equations in quantum mechanics
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Elements in a Vacuum: What is the Nothingness?
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Can a single photon have different kinds of polarization?
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Questions about Bell's Theorem
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What is the nature of photon spin and how does a polarizer affect it?
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Understanding Classical & Quantum Coherence in Optics
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Clarification between electron cloud and a wave
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Photoelectric Effect after Passing through Double Slit
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What is the significance of generalized angular momentum in quantum mechanics?
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Multiple double slits in series (not parallel)
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Does Observation Affect Quantum Particle Behavior?
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Heisenberg uncertainity principle
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Tensor gymnastic in Noether's Current
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Is the quantum realm well-defined?
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Free particle - Eigenstates expansion
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Can Particles Retain Information at Absolute Zero?
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Is there any theoretical way to have physics work not like quantum mechanics?
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Does quantum entanglement allow information to travel faster than light?
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What Occurs When an Atom's Nucleus Disappears?
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Does the Quantization of Space-Time Imply a Finite Number of Spatial Locations?
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Why do they only consider S-matrix in QFT?
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Perhaps we do see quantum behavior at the macroscopic scale
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Are Buckyballs Entangled in Double Slit Experiments?
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What is a negative magnetic moment?
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Phase shift of tunneling particle
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Question about Orbitals in an Atom
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Entanglement in delayed choice quantum eraser (DCQE)
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Need help for solving an operator equation
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QED and light traveling in straight lines
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What is the objective of renormalization group theory?
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Time-dependant perturbation theory & transitions
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Is the electron's energy changed when the infinite potential wall moves?
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A question about the minimal vertex possible
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I really need a definitive answer to the HUP/vacuum/pair production problem.
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Commutative operators and obserables
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Feynman paths and double slit experiment
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A query on the (old) motivation for renormalizable theories
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Dual Vector Space: Simple Explanation
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Cluster radioactivity- want to know more?
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Black Body Radiation & how it works?
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'Quantum grains' smaller than 'Planck length'
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Recommended Texts for Self-Studying QFT?
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Hi everybody,this is my first post. So sorry for the possible
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Space/time expansion and quantum world
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Can the Mach-Zehnder interferometer be used as a which-way detector for photons?
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Klein-Gordon field is spin-0: really?
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Spin Angular Momentum Conservation in the Stern-Gerlach Experiment
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How does Quantum Physics solve the ultraviolet catastrophe?
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What is the Correct Formula for Calculating Angular Momentum in Bohr's Theory?
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Questions about Schrodinger's equation?
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Rotation group representation and pauli matrices
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Eigenvalues of Hermitian opertors
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Nuetron Interferometry in Ballentine
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Thoughts on realistic model of electon Zitterbewegung
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Quantum entanglement and Two slit experiment
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Electron diffraction diameter measurement
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Fermat's Principle Explained by Feynman
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Salt Water Swimming Pool Question.
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Unceartianity and virtual pions.
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Photon flight times and the uncertainty principle
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Phase shift upon external reflection
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So, I know that spin is very important in quantum mechanics/elementary
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Time invariance of Schrodinger equation
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Vector Representations of Quantum States
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A question on Virtual Photons, and QED
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First Quantum Computer now Commerical?
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A question about wave function
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States of Composite Systems, p. 216: Ballentine
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Ryder QFT 2nd ed. page 341 misprint?
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Double-Slit time reversal leads to fractal multiple universe theory?
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Relativistic corrections to Schrodinger's equation
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Quantum phenomena as emergent property in networked computer simulation?
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Can Quantum Mechanics Be Taught Without Relying on Representations?
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Would you buy a quantum table?
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How Do Dirac Delta Functions Relate to Quantum Mechanics and Eigenvalues?
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Hartle: QM of Individual Systems (1968)
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Half-Integer Spin: Explaining Discontinuity's Lack of Impact
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Solving the Paradox of Quantum Mechanics & Special Relativity
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Learning Spherical Harmonics & Angular Momentum
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How to calculate Clebsch-Gordon coefficients
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Quantum Entanglement: Explaining Distance Effects
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Tunneling effect or barrier penetrability
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Can A White Photon Exist?not so easy to Answer
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Is Quantum Entanglement Verifiable and Misrepresented in Mainstream Media?
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Does Quantum Mechanics embrace/perpetuate eastern religions?
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What maths in preparation for quantum mechanics
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Interaction Picture: Explaining H = H_o + H_int
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