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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Alternative model for counterfactual definiteness in Bohm-like EPR
Can Blackbody Radiation Explain Heat Absorption in Hollow Cavities?
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Perception of Time & the Probability Wave: Is It Illusory?
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Smallest Distance: How We Feel Things Without Touching
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Real or Virtual Particles: Chicken or the Egg?
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Overlap integrals and eigenstates problem
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Can a sinlge photon be polarised?
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Direct products in quantum mechanics
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G-factor Relation to Energy Perturbations
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Green's Functions & Density of States
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Why discontinue(quantum)characteristic ultimately relates with probability in QM?
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Is all electromagnetic radiation quantized?
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Positronium, Hydrogen, Schrodinger Equation
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Is There an Alternative to Anti-Commutation for Quantizing Fermions?
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Linear Equations & Quantum Mechanics
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What stage are we at in Quantum Mechanics?
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How are entangled particles captured and contained?
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Exploring Hot Research in Theoretical Quantum Optics/Cavity QED
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Energy Transferred to Electrons: What Happens When It's Not Enough?
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Are there degrees of quantum entanglement?
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Boundedness of quantum observables?
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Stern Gerlach Experiment, bra(c)kets etc
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How is a quantum computer simulated?
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An awesome video on the double slit experiment
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How many periods of a photon are involved in proton energy level transistion?
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Validate Bohr Radius: Challenges Creating Metallic Hydrogen
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What is the Concept of a Potential Well?
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Who is Richard Borcherds and What is His Contribution to QFT?
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Density Functional Theory and the Local Density Approximation
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Investigating Two-Photon Decay in Hydrogen Atoms and Hydrogen-Like Ions
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I am working out of Sakurai and he says the integral with respect to
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Heat of a solid under high pressure
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Grover's Algorithm: is it really a search algorithm
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Orientation of Lowest Energy Photons from Hydrogen
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Compton scattering: electron absorbs then emits a photon?
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Schrodinger's equation for H atom Some questions
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Problems understanding photons
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Can quantum field theory explain the g-factor in the Dirac equation?
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Virtual Particles and Radioactivity
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Entangled Lotto: Simulating Mermin's Bell Gedanken Experiment
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Are Stern-Gerlach Filters Modeled by Hermitian Operators in Quantum Mechanics?
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Reflection and Transmission Matrix for a 2x2 Hamiltonian in a Conducting Channel
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What Are the Key Concepts and Equations in Quantum Field Theory?
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Are Fourier Transforms Truly Unique in Non-Covariant Gauges?
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Quantum mechanical civilization
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Why is a photon released when an electron moves to a more stable level
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LSZ reduction coeffs etc (Srednicki)
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Mathematical models, the 'real world' and quantum mechanics
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Generating Functional for Yukawa Interactions
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Genereral:Questions about Srednicki's QFT
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Node and Nodless wavefunction?
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Understanding Weyl Rule: A Comprehensive Guide with References and Equations
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How do i perform a measurement of a many body system?
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Is Planck's Original Deduction Correct by Today's Physics Standards?
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What happens to electron spin under Lorentz transformation?
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What is observable in a relativistic quantum field theory?
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Meaning of SO(4) - SU(2)xSU(2)
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The maximum size of an object which can be teleported
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Wavefunction squared is Prob. Density?
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Dot product within the commutator
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Need help with bra-ket algebra? Check out these resources!
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How Did Quantum Field Theory and Renormalization Address Infinities in Physics?
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What are the equations for angular momentum?
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Quantum entanglement vs relativity of time
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Covariant derivative in gauge theory
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Can we prove that there is a maximal complete set of commuting
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Why don't atoms self-destruct?
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What Are the States in Quantum Field Theory?
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Understanding Quantum Numbers and Their Limits in Particle States
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I2 Gas Molecules: Uncertainty in the Double Slit Experiment?
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Delayed choice and information erasure
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Unveiling the Connection Between SR and Multiparticle Picture in QM
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New Feynman Rules in QED from Counterterms
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Solve Gaussian Integrals: QFT Explained & Math Book for Physicists
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Conditions for translational invariance in space/time for a 2-point function?
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Where can I learn how to manipulate operators?
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Quantum Optics and Coherence Functions
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Correct units to derive Ryberg Constant in ev
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Field is more fundamental than particles
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Question about the Pauli exclusion principle.
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Gauge symmetry for spin 1/2 fields
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What was the quantum state at t=0 (big bang). Many thanks.
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Entagled pair and speed of light
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Riemann vs. Lebesgue integral in QM
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Operator-Valued Functions in Quantum Field Theory: Degrees of Freedom?
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Can an operator change a wave equation without changing the system?
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How to explain uncertainty principle to a freshman
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Double Slit Exp: What Really Happened?
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Why quantum field theory is not called quantum mechanics of changeable number particl
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Constructing Physical Asymptotic States in \phi^{4} Theory: A Rigorous Approach
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Many Boson Wavefunction (Non-Interacting)
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Joy Christian's disproof of Bell
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How Can Wick's Theorem Be Applied to Schwinger-Dyson Equations?
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What Are the Key Controversies in Quantum Measurement Theory?
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Novice question on Quantum Mechanics
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Does the wave–particle duality apply only to electrons and photons?
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Understanding Second Quantization and Its Application in Quantum Mechanics
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Spin Triplet of Ortho Helium - Why Total Spin is 1?
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Does photon spin imply its polarization
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Quantum Coherence - matter or energy?
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DBB vs EPR & GHZ: Questions & Answers
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