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What Is the Difference Between Color Neutral and Colorless in Quantum Physics?
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What Is the Difference Between Hamiltonian and Hermitian Operators?
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Having trouble with time (in)dependant solutions
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Time derivative in the Heisenberg picture?
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Does a photon have a width and height ?
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How does one arrive at this equality?
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Understanding Spinors & Tensors in QM & Algebraic Topology
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What are the properties of Rigged Hilbert Space compared to Hilbert Space?
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EPR Paradox Failure Explained for High Schoolers
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How do a and a^\dagger transform under time reversal transformation?
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Uncertainty about Uncertainty Redux
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A few more questions about quantum teleportation
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Is Quantum Suicide a Viable Concept in Real Science?
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Information Abou FTL Video Needed
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[tex]\Phi^3[/tex] Quantum Field Theory
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Randomness being an intrinsic property? Quantum entanglement?
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Why do irrational numbers appear in quantum physics?
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Uncertainty Principle - nature or human nature?
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Dirac delta integrated from 0 to infinity
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Why is the Green's function equal to the vacuum expectation of the field?
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Express arbitrary state in second quantization
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Photoelectric effect & your home
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Spin vs. Helicity: Transformation under Poincare Group
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Question about excited atoms etc.
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The violation of energy conservation law?
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Comparing Quantum Foam with Vacuum Energy and the relationship to hyperspace
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Does pauli exclusion principle
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Is the expectation value of this commutator zero?
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What is the rationale behind quantum theory and the afterlife?
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What would happen in this double slit experiment?
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Some doubts understanding wave nature experiment for electrons
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Fermion creation and annihilation operators
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Can the wave function collapse before being measured?
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Is the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect a violation of the fair sampling assumption?
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Photon stream impinging on half-silvered mirror
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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Math of De-Broglie wavelength boggles me
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Relativity and Quantum Entanglement
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Light Grainy? Photons or Stream of Energy?
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Detecting Electron Interactions at a Slit in Double Slit Exp.
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Why pesistent current in a normal metal ring is a surprise?
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Is the Uncertainty Principle a Limitation of Current Technology?
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The Triple Slit Experiment and the Uncertainty Principle: A Closer Look
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Understanding superposition and entanglement
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How is equation 4.61 derived from n dot s in the Arbitrary Spin Operator?
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Heisenberg uncertainty derivation
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Can an observer be in a superposition?
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Where's the Photon in Electromagnetism?
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What is the derivation for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics?
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Path integral in coherent states
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Continuous Eigenvalues: QM Position & Momentum Operators Explained
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Speed of light derived from Planck constant?
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Particles in a negative energy region?
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Why no Compton with Potoelectric effect?
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Significance of ((H,x),x) double commutator?
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Ionization Potential of molecules
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Question on Time-independent perturbation theory: I am confused
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Energy eigenfunctions in time-independent perturbation theory
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Is the Spin 1/2 XXZ Model Integrable?
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Is Spintronics the Future of the Electronics Industry?
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The Definition of Waves in Quantum Mechanics
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Solving the Uncertainty Principle: Kinetic Energy & Position
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Another Entanglement theory question
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What is an observation or measurement?
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Divergence of forward Coulomb scattering?
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The normal and anomalous Zeeman effect
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What is the Relationship Between Superposition and Causality in Quantum Theory?
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Is the Hard Sphere Collision Cross Section for 3-Body Systems Always Zero?
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Blog: The Fascinating Possibilities of 2D Objects in a 3D Universe
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Compton Effect vs. Photoelectric effect
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Is quantum field theory really lorentz invariant?
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Has anyone have seen this QFT book?
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Consciousness and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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Why can't we use quantum bit entanglement for FTL information?
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Energy of individual particles
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Tale of a Quantum Physicist in the year 2092
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Unraveling the Mystery of Disappearing Electrons: What You Need to Know
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How Do Bell States Compare to Total Spin States in Quantum Mechanics?
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Geometric/Berry Phase Explained | Elementary References
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Quantum Teleportation: What Is It?
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Get Expert Help with Quantum Physics Concepts for Your Fiction Book
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Shouldn't Lagrangians be real (hermitian)?
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Feynman integral over histories= over paths?
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Calculating Time of Excited Electron in Ground State
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Why is Psi^2 not square rooted in Schroedinger's Equation?
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In practice how do we prepare a desired quantum state?
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What are the properties and potential uses of Bose-Einstein Condensate?
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Quantum mechanics theory is the most fundamental theory of nature
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Whether light has mass? if yes what is the reason behind it?
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Form Factors of Elementry Particles
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Is there a general prescription for commutators?
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Is A a Linear Operator and Hermitian in Quantum Mechanics Postulate 2?
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Diagonalize operator A by matrix S
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How to change unit of quantum to energy
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Relating the angular momentum with lapacian
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Quantum Tunneling Explained: Sophisticated Overview
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Does a positron absorb a Photon?
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How Can B Hatfield's Book Clarify QFT Through Solved Examples?
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Quick question from none math/physics guy
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Is Quantum Mechanics Understandable for a Ninth Grader?
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