Quantum Physics Forum

Join in expert discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics is the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles. Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory.

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Undergrad Casimir effect force formula and plate mode frequencies

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Undergrad Stern-Gerlach experiment superposition vs mixed state

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Graduate HHL quantum algorithm and the phase estimation

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Graduate What are the quantum numbers used to label helium atom eigenfunctions?

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Graduate Right Hand Rule in NMR and EPR?

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Undergrad Online Experiment: Compton Scattering

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Undergrad Why are terms like "deterministic" rarely used in Bell context

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Undergrad Plasmonic - Dielectric function

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Undergrad When does quantum entanglement occur?

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Undergrad Measurement of a qubit in the computational basis - Phase estimation

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Undergrad General wave function solution for a particle in a 2-D box

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Undergrad Is Information Really Preserved in Quantum Systems?

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Graduate Quantum Field theory vs. many-body Quantum Mechanics

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High School Is it really possible to slap my hand through a table?

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High School Boundary between a particle in two energy states

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High School How can a quantum object interact before it has definite properties?

  • Joseph Flatt
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Undergrad Can We Always Determine Eigenfunctions for an Asymmetric Top?

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Graduate The experiment for testing the CHSH inequalities

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Undergrad What is the difference between first and second-order vacuum polarization?

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High School Why don't electrons always go through one slit in the double slit experiment?

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Undergrad The distracted experimentalist's problem

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Undergrad Is the Fermi-Dirac distribution equal to zero at the state of highest energy?

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Undergrad CHSH inequality : renaming and absolute values

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Undergrad Does entanglement of photons really facilitate telepathy?

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Undergrad How Do Kochen-Specker Theorem and Contextuality Relate to Financial Markets?

  • Killtech
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Undergrad The atomic Coulomb potential extends to infinity?

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Undergrad Do electrons or photons produce electromagnetic waves?

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Undergrad How do photons transfer energy?

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Undergrad Superluminal Quantum tunneling without FTL messaging

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Undergrad What do the psi_3 and psi_4 components of the Dirac equation represent?

  • snoopies622
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High School If atoms are mostly vacuum, why do solid objects feel solid?

  • Space
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High School Can Entangled Particles Stay Undetermined Despite Decoherence During Separation?

  • Joseph Flatt
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High School Could a parallel universe exist?

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Undergrad Any other good sources on the Lamb shift other than Wikipedia?

  • raracon
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Undergrad What is the connection between the Lamb Shift and the g factor?

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High School Why do superpositions occur? What causes them to occur?

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Undergrad Are commuting observables necessary but not sufficient for causality?

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Graduate Hamiltonian in second quantization

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Undergrad Solving Schrodinger's eqn using ladder operators for potential V

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Undergrad The definition of the spectra in quantum mechanics

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Undergrad What gives an optimum value for electron energy to ionise atom?

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Undergrad Where to find the Dirac equation for a physics paper

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Undergrad Can Dirac Delta Functional Observables Be Regarded as True Quantum Observables?

  • Killtech
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Undergrad What is the Complex Conjugate of a Hermitian Integral in QM?

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Undergrad Gauge in the Aharonov Bohm effect

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Undergrad What is the Definition of Quantum Physics?

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High School Objective-collapse theory, collapse for large objects

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Graduate Are gauge symmetries redundancies or physical symmetries?

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Undergrad Understanding Bra Ket Correspondence and Proving (1.8) Transformation

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Graduate What is the point of geometric quantization?

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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics be postulated to exclude humans?

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Undergrad What is unique about the bra in Dirac bra-ket notation?

  • Kashmir
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Undergrad Physical interpretation of phase in solutions to Schrodinger's Eqn?

  • Dfault
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Undergrad Bra Ket is equivalent to inner product always?

  • Kashmir
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Graduate QFT with vanishing vacuum expectation value and perturbation theory

  • The Tortoise-Man
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Undergrad Weak measurement and the measurement problem

  • Killtech
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High School Why exactly do Virtual Particles not violate Conservation of energy?

  • raracon
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Graduate Interaction between matter and antimatter in Dirac equation

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Undergrad Superposition Angle Range in 2-Slit Experiment

  • Jsauce
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Graduate Why we can perform normal ordering?

  • Jufa
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High School Is an experiment planned to discern determinism and randomness in QM

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Undergrad Why does the photoelectric effect require the particle model of light?

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Undergrad Quantization of Quasiperiodic Orbits in the Bohr-Sommerfeld Model

  • Couchyam
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Undergrad Using the Schrodinger eqn in finding the momentum operator

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Undergrad Feynman path integral and events beyond the speed of light

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High School Quantum vacuum fluctuations, Lamb shift, and Casimir effect

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Undergrad On the meaning and mathematics of rotating spin 1/2 particles

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High School Why isn’t quantum entanglement just correlation?

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High School Project on pulsars/electromagnetic quantum field

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Undergrad Problem involving a sequential Stern-Gerlach experiment

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High School Can the Motion of an Electron in Quantum Mechanics Be Reversed?

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Undergrad Can light meaningfully travel an infinite distance?

  • SimplePrimate
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Graduate Max Fidelity at $$F=|\langle\psi|\phi\rangle|^2$$

  • deepalakshmi
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Undergrad A quasi-analogy of wave-particle duality?

  • Matty521
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Graduate Does the quantum space of states have countable or uncountable basis?

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Graduate What are the methods for calculating quantum phase transition?

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Undergrad Is time continuous or discrete in quantum physics?

  • deepalakshmi
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Undergrad How does the oracle work in Grover's algorithm without knowing the solution?

  • Malamala
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Undergrad Why can't classical models explain quantum entanglement?

  • SimplePrimate
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Graduate Is wave-matter duality a proven theory?

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Graduate Quantum linear code/ Dual Code (CSS) proof

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Undergrad Quantum spin, wavelength and frequency

  • Peter J Carroll
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Undergrad Math of Electron Double Slit Experiment

  • Ghost Quartz
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High School Bell Test Configuration Question

  • plmustard
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Graduate What Does Constant Fidelity in Quantum States Imply?

  • deepalakshmi
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Undergrad ##H=i\hbar\frac{d}{dt}## is weird

  • Foracle
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Undergrad 2D parity operator in spin space: why diag(1,1)?

  • Malamala
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Undergrad Do measurements modify angular momentum and energy?

  • Jarek 31
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High School Copenhagen Interpretation and collapse moment

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Undergrad Does vacuum fluctuation create real particles or just virtual ones?

  • Haorong Wu
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Graduate Fidelity for quantum state at t=0

  • deepalakshmi
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Graduate Is the Higgs Field Responsible for Microscopic Gravitational Effects?

  • samalkhaiat
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Undergrad Why global phase doesn't matter in quantum two-level systems

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Undergrad Derivatives for a density operator

  • Haorong Wu
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High School Planck Length 1 Detector? Emitter?

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Graduate Are these papers on Quantum Electrodynamics true?

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Undergrad Question about the Feynmann-Stuckelberg interpretation

  • madScientist404
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Undergrad Schrödinger wave function: How to use it to get 3-D atomic orbitals?

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Undergrad What types of forces are described in the standard minimal QED Lagrangian?

  • LarryS
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High School Is quantum coherence a random event?

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