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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008)
Can Time Travel Experiments Prove the Existence of Parallel Universes?
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Blackbody Radiation of Boiling Water
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Delayed choice with photons - impossible?
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Coincedence Counter in Double Slit Experiment?
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What is the shape of an electron?
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Non-abelian Gauge invariance (chapter 15.1 in Peskin/Schroeder)
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Virtual particles and Gauss's Law
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An integral in Srednicki's book
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Why is quantum so fundamental?
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Diodes, transistors and valves
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Dirac Delta Function vs probability distribution
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What will be the final conclusion?
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Can SO(3) be used for Poincare spacetime symmetry in the standard model?
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Is Planck Charge Related to the Fine-Structure Constant and Plank's Constant?
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Lorentz transformations on Spinors
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Why connected correlation function depends on (x-y) only when <Phi(x)> equal constant
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What is the shape of a photon's electric and magnetic fields?
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Why is G-2 of Lande Factor Positive?
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Question: Minimum uncertainty in ground state electrons
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IR Spectroscopy: Examining Absorption of Water, CO2 & Methane
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Understanding Quantum Circuit Jaynes-Cummings Model
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Do Free Electrons Emit or Absorb Photons?
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Photon Emission from Antennas: Explained
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Virtual particles and screening of charges
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Question about Quantum dot (picture)
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A fermion oscillator interacted with a boson oscillator
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Z component of spin angular momentum quantum number values
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Hydrogen atom - complete orthornormal set
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How Does the 3-Sphere Map to the Bloch Sphere in Quantum Mechanics?
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Thinking Outside The Box About Existence.
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Can absence of hidden variables save locality?
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A question about index notation
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Does the breakdown of the wave function need a concsious observer?
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Is Perturbative Theory Meaningless in Some Cases Despite Small Interaction?
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Generalized commutation relations
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Does Wave Structure Study Include Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
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Suppose there are say 50 observers,each observing the same particle
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Max Born's 1926 Paper: Probability Amplitude Interpretation and Controversy
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What Are the Best Mathematical Introductions to Yang-Mills Theory?
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Doesn't Electron Configuration Prove The Universe Has Three Dimensions
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How long does it take for a valence electron being excited to conduction band?
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Normalizing a wave function, what does it mean?
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Double slit Scattering explanation
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Quantum Computing: Recent Developments and Resources
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Matching conditions for solutions to the Schrodinger equation
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How do you explain the Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
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What is the Basics of Quantum Physics?
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What's the highest spin known?
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Integer Spin and Half Spin: What's the Difference? (Bosons vs. Fermions)
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Is the spin of a photon necessarily parallel or antiparallel to its momentum?
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Independent virtual particle after mind experiment annihilation
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Adding a 3rd Polarizer Changes Light Passing Through It
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Special case of angular momentum components simultaneous knowledge
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Single particle Interference – Photon Vs Electron Vs Buckyball
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Observing which-way for fullerene molecules (buckyball)
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How much negative energy is that space between two non-conducting plates?
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Entanglement more primary than Spacetime?
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Magnetostatic Spin Wave: Wave Modulation in Ferromagnetic Medium
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Is this in relation with quantum entanglement ?
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The Myth of Wave-Particle Duality
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Variable pairs in uncertainty relation?
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DCQE - inserting eraser after s is detected
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Is Planck's constant a paradox?
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How Can Signal Models Resolve the EPR Paradox in Special Relativity?
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Normalisation of a Wavefunction
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Solving Eigenvalue Problems: Choosing Eigenvectors
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Completeness of Eigenfunctions
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Expansion around a classical vacuum
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Elementary Hilbert space concepts/definitions.
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Neutron and Photon interaction
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Have fullerene molecules been (quantum) entangled yet?
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Science Research Project- Quantum Physics
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Query regarding representations and Clebsch-Gordan series
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Optimizing Quantum Algorithm Simulation with Microsoft Visual C++
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Commutation relations (maths)
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Two electron relativistic corrections to PE
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Co-relation between interference and polarization
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Implications of Quantum Eraser, Delayed Choice, etc.
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Instantaneous Particle Decisions: Why Isn't the Property Set Upon Splitting?
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Double Slit Experiment - radioactive particles
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Blackbody Spectrum: 2 Questions Answered
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Schrodinger-Operator equation and control
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Is partial collapse possible in quantum mechanics? Can you provide an example?
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Are these matrix definitions correct for the Dirac equation?
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Direction of electron's total magnetic dipole moment
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Virtual particles in rigorous quantum field theory
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Can an alternate Muonic Helium model be created with one electron and one muon?
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Confused about Dirac particles
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Particle picture is misleading. True?
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Quantum Darwinism: Evidence & Supporters
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Kenneth miller thinks god exists in quantum mechanics
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Determinism from periodic dynamics?
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Do nonlocal deterministic QM theories violate the speed of light?
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Why is positronium unstable compared to the stable hydrogen atom?
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Quantum Vacuum before the big bang?
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Are double slit detectors all electron based?
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Understanding the Relationship Between Determinism and Quantum Mechanics
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Representations of the Lorentz Group
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How Does Detector Rotation Affect Spin Correlation in Bell's Test Experiments?
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What is after QM Core and before QFT?
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