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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008)
How can the Casimir effect result in a repulsive force between solid materials?
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Complex Conjugate applied to operators?
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Photon Absorption: Atom, Transition Level, and Energy
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A couple of entanglment questions
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Do Wavefunctions Include All Possible Outcomes?
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Difference Between Non-Seperability and Non-Locality?
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Why Is the Divergence of a Diagram ln(lambda) When D=0?
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Crucial step Quantum mechanics
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What Are the Implications of the Uncertainty Principle?
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Psi & Probability: Linking Complex Concepts
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Finding energy of an electron analytically
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Quantum Entanglement and Communication
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Defining Probability in Quantum Physics
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Is it possible to create a Positron - Electron cooper pair?
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Indistinguishability and entanglement
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An question about antiunitary operator
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Construction of asymptotic states in QFT
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Nonlinear measurements - HUP violation or not?
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Preparation of Single qubit mixed states
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Why the Integration Constant in the Schrödinger Equation is Set to L(L+1)?
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Can 1D Cavities Explain Free Space Physics in EM-Field Quantization?
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Renormalisation constants in QED
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Is electron spin a perpetual motion?
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A question about quantum tunnelling
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What the wave function exactly mean?
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How can I define what is the wavefunction
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Applying Perturbation to Mercury: Understanding Electron Behavior"
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Where do all the interfered photons go?
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2 particles in a 1-dimensional box
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Could anyone derive an assertion found in light and matter, a strange theory ?
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QED functions E(a to b) and P(a to b)
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In the reality how I perform the many kind of measurements, like operators p,q,E
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Nonlinear optics: electric dipole moment operator
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Explanation why dosen't the electron fall into the nucleus?
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Photoelectric Effect and energy
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Visibility of a specific waveleangth
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Classical and quantum physics.
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What is going on with the indices
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Understanding the quadratic Stark effect
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Grassman number in functional quantization?
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Energy-Time uncertainty: observer's clock or observed's?
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Would a Wave Plate Affect Interference in Young's Experiment?
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Raman Wavefunction: Rayleigh & Raman Scattering Implications
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Gravity: An Emergent Phenomenon According to Theoretical Physicist Erik Verlinde
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Which of the following particles would have the shortest wavelength?
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Causes Virtual Particles or Vacuum Energy or Other?
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Is Discretized Space the Key to Understanding Quantum Decoherence?
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Vacuum Energy and the Casmir Plate and Electromagnetics
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What Does One Non-Trivial Irreducible Representation of Clifford Algebra Mean?
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Trace Theorems and Dirac Matrices
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The possibility of a Casimir Effect Battery
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Non-hermiticity of fourth power of momentum operator in L=0 state of hydrigen atom
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Is There a Superluminal Signal When Turning Off a Harmonic Potential?
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Solving Confusing Indices in Operator Calculus
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Quantum physics, reality, consciousness and the hypnagogic/hypnopompic state
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Are electrons and protons equal in attraction?
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Atom and Sublevels: Quantum Physics Questions Answered
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What is the mathematical basis of quantum mechanics?
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How to know if two photons are entangled?
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Physicsal meaning of Expectation of two variables
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Proof Scalar action is conformally invariant
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What is the unidimensional case of a finite barrier inside a finite well?
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Is the substitution of the numerator in QFT scattering amplitudes always valid?
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How can I take the inner product between a position eigenstate and a ket?
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Time evolution in quantum field theories
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When matter and anti-matter collide, in what form is the resulting energy?
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Is this Operator a Projection Operator? A Proof
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Solving the Mystery of Guided Particles in a Black Hole
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How to measure which slit a photon went through
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Why are there several gauge fixing choice for gauge symmetry fields?
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How Does Measurement Angle Affect Quantum Entanglement Probabilities?
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Square Brackets in Partial Derivatives: Meaning & Examples
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Regularization by differentiation respect to a parameter
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Photon Antibunching: Clarifying Inverse Not Necessarily True
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Interpreting Correlation Functions: (1) vs (2)
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How Do Neutral Atoms Emit Black-Body Radiation?
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Thought experiment: Observation via Recording
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Electron Self-Energy: QED Calculation & Verification
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Is Reality as We Know It Just an Illusion?
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Differential equations in Quantum Mechanics
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The probability functional description of a wave
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Canonical transformation in Hamiltonian
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Double Slit Experiment: The Observer's Eye Affecting Matter
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Are clicks proof of single photons?
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Thinking about the uncertainty principle.
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Why is plasma frequency in ev and not hz
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Can Particles Be Connected Across Vast Distances?
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How Does the Star Trek Warp Core Utilize Matter-Antimatter Collisions?
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Using the drude equation to find the dielectric function
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Definition of indistinct in pauli exclusion principle
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Pauli exclusion principle, quantum states, and lasers?
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Symmetry, Lagrangian, Qm, and diff eqs.
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Do higher spin particles obey Klein-Gordon or Dirac equations?
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Solution to uncertainty principle
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Are All Two-Particle Wave Functions Products of One-Particle Wave Functions?
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Quantum/Computational Chemistry
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Is the Conservation of Energy ever violated?
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Where Do Photons Go After They Are Created?
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Newbie problem about <a|b> and |a> <b|
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Are Mixed States Classical? | Niles
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