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Undergrad On computing quantum waves exactly from classical action
Graduate Tools of the Quantum Physicists
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Graduate Tunneling equation have all the pieces, just can't figure out the calculation
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Graduate Simultaneous Causation and Entanglement
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Graduate A question in one dimensional Schroedinger Equation.
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Graduate Are There Multiple Independent Spins in Higher Dimensional Spaces?
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Graduate Eigen functions/values for many-body Hamiltonian with creation/annihilation operators
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Graduate Pauli's Exclusion Principle - arbitrary?
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Graduate Why do photons come in quanta?
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Graduate What if the H constant was larger?
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Graduate Question about the Scharnhorst effect
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Graduate Could the Multiverse Explain Everyday Choices and Our Perfect Universe?
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Graduate Help a Physics Student with Two Dim. Oscilator Problem
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Graduate Wavefunction/eigenfunction and eigen states?
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Graduate Superpoincarè algebra and generators: questions
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Graduate Should Quantum Randomness be called Supernatural?
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Undergrad How do you measure momentum of a particle?
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Graduate Atomic exitations, difference between photon and electron collision?
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Graduate How does Feynman Sum Over Histories make sense?
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Graduate Planck instant and neurobiology. Could mind exist outside time-courses?
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Graduate Role of Observer in Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Theory Behind Dirac Lagrangian: Reasons Nature Didn't Choose Mine
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Graduate Are entanglements the most fundamental existences in the universe?
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Graduate Finding all symmetries of a given Lagrangian
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Graduate Numerical 2D Harmonic Oscillator
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Graduate Mathematical meaning of measurement
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Graduate Must have gone through one of the slits
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Graduate Scattering Probability and Particle Size in the Atmosphere
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Undergrad Basic question regarding the Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Entangled Atoms and propagation.
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Graduate Feynman Parameters: Solving an Induction Problem
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Graduate Hi,In Mandl&Shaw, when we calculate the covaiant commutation
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Graduate Grasmann Lagrangian - literature
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Graduate G-factor of electron, proton, and neutron don't cancel out
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Graduate In DCQE you can get which way and still get interference?
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Graduate Are Virtual Particles Real According to the Dynamic Casimir Effect Study?
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Graduate Bell's theorem and foundations of statistics
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Graduate Quantum Mechanical systems considered in old QM
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Graduate Quantum physics & synchroization of 2 particles.
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Graduate Legendre Polynomials and Complex Analysis
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Graduate Einstein's Delayed Choice Quantum Experiment
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Graduate Two Kraus representations: How to check if they're the same TPCPM?
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Graduate What can I use as a detector to collapse the wave function?
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Graduate Quantizating a symmetric Dirac Lagrangian
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Graduate Random particle movement (with pictures)
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Undergrad Do we live in a perfect liquid?
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Graduate Can't Quantum Entanglement be explained as the same particle?
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Graduate Entropy in isolated quantum systems
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Graduate Evolution of Matter from Quantum World: Macroscopic Scale vs Localized Particles
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Graduate Common sets of eigenfunctions in angular momentum
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Graduate Einstein thoughts on the quantum
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Graduate Can DIY Photon Entanglement Be Achieved at Home?
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Graduate Electron spin entanglements - time-energy uncertainty
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Graduate Scattering Theory Books: Easy to Follow Like Sakurai's
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Graduate What is the Operator <m|n> in the Wave Equation for a Particle in a Box?
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Graduate Calculating First Order Photon Self-Energy Integral
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Graduate Wave-particle duality for the electron
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Graduate Cosmological Constant Problem / Vacuum Catastrophe
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Undergrad Wavelengths of Oxygen - Calculate or Lookup Info
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Graduate What will happen when we have a Theory of Everything?
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Graduate Isometric operators- spectrum preserving?
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High School What is quantum physics used for?
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Graduate Locality in QM and commutators
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Graduate Quick Question: Double Slit experiment
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Graduate Can Time Travel Experiments Prove the Existence of Parallel Universes?
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Graduate Blackbody Radiation of Boiling Water
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Graduate Delayed choice with photons - impossible?
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Undergrad Coincedence Counter in Double Slit Experiment?
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High School What is the shape of an electron?
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Graduate Non-abelian Gauge invariance (chapter 15.1 in Peskin/Schroeder)
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Graduate Virtual particles and Gauss's Law
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Graduate An integral in Srednicki's book
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Graduate Why is quantum so fundamental?
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Undergrad Diodes, transistors and valves
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Graduate Dirac Delta Function vs probability distribution
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Graduate What will be the final conclusion?
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Graduate Can SO(3) be used for Poincare spacetime symmetry in the standard model?
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Graduate Is Planck Charge Related to the Fine-Structure Constant and Plank's Constant?
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Graduate Lorentz transformations on Spinors
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Graduate Why connected correlation function depends on (x-y) only when <Phi(x)> equal constant
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Undergrad What is the shape of a photon's electric and magnetic fields?
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Graduate Why is G-2 of Lande Factor Positive?
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Graduate Question: Minimum uncertainty in ground state electrons
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Graduate IR Spectroscopy: Examining Absorption of Water, CO2 & Methane
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Graduate Understanding Quantum Circuit Jaynes-Cummings Model
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Graduate Do Free Electrons Emit or Absorb Photons?
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Graduate Photon Emission from Antennas: Explained
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Graduate Virtual particles and screening of charges
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Graduate Question about Quantum dot (picture)
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Graduate A fermion oscillator interacted with a boson oscillator
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Graduate Z component of spin angular momentum quantum number values
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Graduate Hydrogen atom - complete orthornormal set
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Graduate How Does the 3-Sphere Map to the Bloch Sphere in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Thinking Outside The Box About Existence.
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Graduate Can absence of hidden variables save locality?
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Graduate A question about index notation
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Graduate Does the breakdown of the wave function need a concsious observer?
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Graduate Is Perturbative Theory Meaningless in Some Cases Despite Small Interaction?
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Graduate Generalized commutation relations
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Graduate Does Wave Structure Study Include Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
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Graduate Suppose there are say 50 observers,each observing the same particle
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