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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?
Graduate Notation question for density matrix
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Graduate Measuring Particle Momentum: Angles without Position?
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Graduate Expectation value of momentum in discrete states
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Graduate Can Quantum Computers Become a Reality?
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Graduate Understanding Anti-Symmetric Tensor Expression
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Undergrad How Close Do Molecules Get When Two Objects Are Touching?
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Graduate Why isn't the Pauli equation equivalent to the Schrodinger equation?
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Graduate Can Quantum Entanglement Revolutionize Communication Technology?
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Graduate Can Non-Differentiable Space-Time Be Described Mathematically?
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Graduate Zernike Polynomials Applied to Schrondinger's Equation
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Graduate Calculating the Commutator of x and p - Problem Discussion
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Graduate Calculating Commutator of Position and Momentum: Troubleshooting Tips
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Graduate Electron Orbital: Learn About Probability and Bounds
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Graduate Understanding Mixed States, Pure States
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Graduate Local Realistic in 4-Space Sliced to 3+1 Nonlocal
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Graduate How Does the Exclusion Principle Affect Energy Levels in Electron Spin States?
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Graduate What is a bilateral binary rotation?
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Graduate Phase space and the quantum Liouville theorem
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Graduate How do antiparticles behave in the presence of gravity?
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Graduate Contemplating an apparent paradox in the classic double slit experiment.
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Graduate Help Request QHO series method from Griffiths
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Graduate Does black hole evaporation violate conservation of Baryon Number?
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Graduate Are Static EM Fields in QED Composed of Virtual Photons?
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Graduate Can Superposition Occur in Particles?
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Graduate Collapsing a wave function by measurement
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Graduate Double slit experiment / Quantum interferometer
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Graduate Quantum level working of IR sensor
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Graduate Continuous symmetries (Srednicki)
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Graduate Quantum Computing: Learn More & Find Answers
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Graduate Can Electrons and Photons Move in Curved Paths in Space?
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Undergrad What is a Joule Second? - Explained Easily!
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Graduate Sine waves and 4th derivative and 4 dimensional space-time relationship?
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Graduate Virtual Paricles and the Laws of Conservation
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Graduate Is Background Independence Disproved by Wave Function Collapses?
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Graduate How long does does it take for the probability cloud of an electron to jump?
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Graduate When does entangled collapse happen?
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Graduate Dirac equation in one dimension
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Graduate Does the New Quantization Method Redefine Time Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Proving Schwinger's Identity: A Challenge for Mathematicians
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Graduate Entanglement and identical particles
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Graduate Order of operations with bras and kets
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Graduate Classical Version of Vacuum Polarization
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Graduate Heat transfering from Cold to Hot?
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Graduate Do we know for sure if gravity exists in quantum states?
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Graduate Understanding Fields in Quantum Mechanics: Electrons, Waves, & Particles
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Graduate What is the meaning of a ket in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate Understand Hamiltonian: S^2, Sz & Constant in Time
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Graduate Relation between Quantum Mechanics and Temperature
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Graduate What Are the Key Concepts in Understanding Particle Physics?
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Graduate Is the Spin-Statistics Theorem a Proof or Just a Postulate?
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Photos of Matter Particles - Get Links Here
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Graduate Need help understanding quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad Puzzled by 'Afagnal': What Does it Mean & How is it Spelled?
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Graduate Experimental Methods for Entangling Electrons in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Questions about wave-particle duality terms
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Graduate Understanding minimal substractio for several variables
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Graduate Boost generator transforms as vector under rotations
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Graduate What is the hamiltonian in Klein-Gordon equation?
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Graduate How to quantize electromagnetic field in media?
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Graduate Is the concept of a point particle in quantum mechanics ultimately untenable?
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Graduate Uncertainty principle and electromagnetic field
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Graduate Moving from the exclusion principle to degenercy pressure/forces
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Graduate What does Max Planck mean in this quote?
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Graduate Shortcomings of quantum theory
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Graduate What is the Total Spending on Quantum Mechanics Research in the Last Decade?
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Graduate Quantum physics-related literature
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Graduate Extracting zero-point energy using the Casimir effect?
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Graduate Photon emission from simple harmonic oscillator
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Graduate Hawking radiation & quarks/gluons
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Graduate Dual-tensors not in Lagrangian
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Graduate Relative Time for Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Are mathematical manipulations admisible if integral are divergents ?
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Graduate How Uncertain Is the Energy of Virtual Photons in Scattering on Heavy Nuclei?
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Graduate What happens to the missing intensity in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer?
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Graduate In QFT how to take this derivative?
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Graduate Heisenberg principle, about time
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Graduate Can work function be changed by charge-bias?
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Graduate Calculating Reduced Mass for Schrodinger's Equation
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Graduate Virtual photons and electron orbitals
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Graduate Wave particle in the same place
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Graduate Hackers exploit quantom cryptography
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Graduate Triple-slit experiment tests the Born's rule
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Graduate Changes spotted in fundamental(α)constant
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Graduate Total energy levels of the electron and rest energy
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Graduate What is the hidden meaning behind this Quantum Mechanics Tattoo?
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Graduate Effing Virtual States - How do they work?
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Graduate Classical and quantum polarization
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Graduate Vanishing commutator for spacelike-separated operators?
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Graduate Quantum Refrigerator: Is it as Cool as it Sounds?
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Graduate Atoms tunnelling through a metal surface
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Graduate What about small momentum divergences?
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Graduate Observing the double slit experiment
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Graduate Capturing Photons in a Reflective Ball
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Graduate Is the Formula for Spin Also True for Angular Momentum?
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Undergrad Photon Momentum: Massless but Impactful
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Graduate Please can you explain some of the quantum maths and formulas?
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Graduate Heisenberg principle, little question
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Graduate Electron in constant magnetic field - classical vs quantum
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Graduate Can Randomness be Predictable in Quantum Physics?
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Graduate Do Electrons gain mass in an electrostatic potential?
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