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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

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Probability current and it's meaning
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2 questions about the double slit experiments
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What is the meaning of the electron energy states in a hydrogen atom?
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About the significance of commutivity
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How to perceive probability value in QM?
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Proof that gamma matrices form a complete basis
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What causes the shape of the blackbody radiation graph?
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Finding H2 Given |\uparrow> and H1
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Stadium Wave as Longitudinal Wave in Terms of Transmission
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Full implications of bell's inequality
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How are Magnetic Fields described in Quantum Mechanics?
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QFT Source Function: What is J Physically?
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Absorption (without energy level transition).
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Kronig-Penny model, how electrons get free of their atom?
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What is Velocity in Quantum Mechanics?
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What is the Trace of Density of States?
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Can the Orbital Spin be Described by a Probability Distribution?
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Is the Planck Wavelength the Smallest Possible Measurement in Physics?
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Do many photons interfere with them selves or each other?
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Charge Due to Spin - Proton, Neutron, Photon & More
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Electron remain as particle in atoms?
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(global) Gauge invariance and field theory
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Delta well + infinite barrier -> bound state
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Is Hamiltonian operator a Hermitian operator?
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The Complex Relationship Between Mass & Volume in a White Dwarf
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Is MO theory the most accurate model for atomic bonding?
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Entanglement and the Holographic principle
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How does a quantum harmonic oscillator oscillate?
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Measurement Problem: Wavefunction Interaction with Macroscopic Objects
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How Does Light Regain Speed After Passing Through a Medium?
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Whether light emits the same amount of energy when it is in waves
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What happens if we use two lasers for interference?
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QED Proton Size: 4% Smaller Than Thought?
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Implicate order and explicate order
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Associated Laguerre Polynomial
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Understanding the Interaction of Scalar Fields in Yukawa Theory
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Decoherence by macroscopic interaction
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Explaining the Vacuum Catastrophe: Is the Quantum Theory Correct?
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Collision of two small particles
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Elementary Questions on Quantum Physics for 15-18 Year Olds
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Justification of a common calculation
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Bizarre results of 1-dimensional delta-function potential well
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Why so(3) is not isomorphic to su(2)?
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Breaking the speed of light - It's been done, twice
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Is the Schrodinger's Cat Experiment Flawed Due to the Cat Being an Observer?
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Do Photons Have Mass and How Does It Relate to Gravitational Lensing?
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Uncertainty Principle: Position & Momentum of Photon
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Diagonalizing Spin Hamiltonian
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Renormalization and divergences
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Can polar coordinates solve overlapping divergences in integrals?
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How Many Counterterms Are Needed for Logarithmic Divergences?
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DBB and radioactive decay times
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What are null oscillations in quantum systems?
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Bose-Einstein-Condensate ground state energy E_0 = 0
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Is the concept of electron spin a misinterpretation of quantum mechanics?
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No prediction ever been wrong ?
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What Happens to Quantum Interference When Detectors Are Used?
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Is it all TIME, and not amplitude?
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How does the renormalization factor affect the propagator?
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Quantum Computing and Entanglement
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Are there any other quantum field theory videos available?
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How can I solve the Linear Harmonic Oscillator in polar coordinates?
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Concerning Planck's quantum theory
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Unveiling the Contextual Nature of Quantum Mechanics
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Orthonormal Energy Eigenstates
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Nature of Photons: EM Wavelengths & Speed
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There is no such thing as 'collapse of the wavefunction' - Feynman
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Absorption & Emission: What Causes Electrons to Excite?
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Superconductivity and Pauli exclusion principle
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DBB: Question about Preferred Variable
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Norm Ordering for a many electron system
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Standard Model Completely Wrong
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Anyone solved eigenstates in the field of a magnetic monopole?
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Spin State Rotation: Understanding Negative Probability?
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Double Slit Experiment: Why Isn't Wave Function Collapsed?
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Is the Total Momentum in QED Actually Total Angular Momentum?
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QFT Counter Terms example calculation?
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Why two s=1/2 states can be linked by a rotation, but not two s=1 states?
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Microcanonical ensemble, density operator
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QM vs. the second law of thermodynamics
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Max # of electrons in an orbit
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Distinguishing Two Experiments With Equal Density Matrices
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The old problem of the virtual particles
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The stability of the hydrogen atom
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Light & Electron Wave-Particle Duality
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Why particle in a box is considered as 1-dimensional ?
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Phase, Geodesics, and Space-Time Curvature
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Discrete vs continuous eigenvalues
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Meaning of frequency and wavelength of photon
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Trace of the fundamental commutation relation
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Why is the graviton non-renormalizable?
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How Does Time Ordering Work in Quantum Mechanics?
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Why is indeterminism assummed popular ?
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Is liquid helium composed of both ortho and para-helium?
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The Controversy Surrounding Bell's Theorems and Local Realism
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How Are Spin 1 Particles Represented in Quantum Mechanics?
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Can Extra Dimensions in String Theory Be Smaller Than a Planck Length?
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Understanding Photon Spin: Debunking Common Misconceptions
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Extracting an answer from a quantum computer
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Quantum effects at the neurological level
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