Quantum Physics Forum

Join in expert discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics is the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles. Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory.

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Graduate Interaction between neutrons and nuclei during scattering

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High School The average value of S operator

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Graduate Feynman diagram for bound particle output

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Undergrad "Black holes can only get bigger" - huh?

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Undergrad Can downconverting an entangled photon create three-particle entanglement?

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Undergrad How does blocking the longer path affect the double slit interference pattern?

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Undergrad How can there be an Uncertain Momentum at a Specific Energy?

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Undergrad A strange definition for Hermitian operator

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Undergrad Does a blind man's machine create superposition in colored apples?

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Undergrad General solution of the hydrogen atom Schrödinger equation

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Graduate Experiments probing the macroscopic limits of QM

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High School Virtual Particles Momentum Transfer

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High School Do entangled particles always react in an anti-symmetric way?

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Graduate Heisenberg lens and probabilities

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Graduate Is the freedom-of-choice loophole valid in quantum entanglement experiments?

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Undergrad What is the role of the D term in the Spin-1 XY model's Hamiltonian?

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Undergrad Degenerate eigenvalue λ=1 giving two-parameter family of eigenstates

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High School Electron charge and spin creating a magnetic field?

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Graduate State in the infinite potential well

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Undergrad Complex conjugate and time reversal operator

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Graduate Request for a review of a paper on consciousness creating reality.

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Undergrad Improper density matrix with negative eigenvalues

  • Haorong Wu
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Undergrad Double slit - properties of slit?

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Undergrad [video] Simulating a delayed choice quantum eraser in an online drag-d

  • Strilanc
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Graduate How to systematically find the symmetry operator given a Hamiltonian?

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Undergrad Dimensions of P and ##\omega##

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Undergrad How to Show 25% of Cavity Radiant Energy Between 0 and Peak Wavelength?

  • Alexander de Souza
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Undergrad Large scale entanglement experiment

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Undergrad Why is entanglement spooky if separated particles have correlated spins from creation?

  • Orenshved
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Graduate Bell inequalities demonstration

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High School Gravitational force between matter and antimatter

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Undergrad What is the meaning of superposition of momentum in coherent states?

  • physicsradio
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High School Time travel in the quantum world

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Undergrad How quickly do electrons jump orbitals?

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High School Do nested observer perspectives create infinite realities?

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Undergrad Are electrons universal problem solvers?

  • porton
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High School I am looking for a paper written by Massimo Blasone

  • Heidi
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Graduate Tensor product in Cartesian coordinates

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Graduate Ising lattice seen by an inertial observer

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Undergrad How Dark could Dark Matter get?

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Graduate How can we show that the annihilation operators satisfy the given equation?

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Graduate Wick's rotation on a complex vector space

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High School Is the Momentum Operator Hermitian? A Proof

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Graduate Understanding an Approximation in Statistical Physics

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High School How do you tell when particles are or aren't entangled?

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Graduate Do we really need the Hilbert space for Quantum Mechanics?

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Undergrad Larmor precession of an electron in a magnetic field?

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Graduate Why is Quantum Field Theory Local?

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Undergrad Why the linear combination of eigenfunctions is not a solution of the TISE

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Undergrad Atom-photon interaction picture transformation problem 3

  • KDPhysics
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Undergrad Feynman diagram for scalar - vector interaction

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Undergrad Bell's theorem claimed to be refuted - paper published by EPL

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Undergrad Why can eigenvalue outcomes exceed probability amplitudes in quantum measurements?

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Undergrad Probability of finding a particle outside its light cone

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Undergrad What is meant here by "quantum mechanics–free subsystem"?

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Undergrad What part of physics describes what happens just outside of an electron?

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Graduate How Does the Anomalous Doppler Effect Work?

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Graduate Justification for phi^4 potential

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High School Quantify Quantum Eraser Experiment

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High School Some questions about Wheeler's delayed choice experiment

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Undergrad No-cloning theorem vs state tomography identical copies

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High School Does a human observer or a measuring device collapse the wave function?

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Graduate $S^+$ and $S^{-}$ operators formula

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Graduate What is the meaning of "excess" Goldstone bosons?

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Graduate Heisenberg equation of motion -- Partial derivative question

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Undergrad Can an electron in a magnetic field radiate a virtual photon?

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Graduate Calculating nonequilibrium Green's Functions

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Undergrad A video about the delayed choice eraser that I made

  • Strilanc
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Undergrad Distribution of charges as a result of the Hall Effect

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Undergrad Some questions in "Introduction to quantum mechanics"

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Undergrad Black body radiation -- Some basic questions to aid my understanding

  • AhmedHesham
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Undergrad Should I always be careful about dimensional consistency?

  • Haorong Wu
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High School Description of isolated macroscopic systems in quantum mechanics

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Undergrad Are Expectation Values Measured for Coupled Photons from SPDC?

  • emuc
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Undergrad Good resources for learning a little about the wave vector

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Graduate Introduction to topological field theory?

  • Kris-L
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Graduate Second Quantization in QFT

  • sophiatev
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High School What percent of everyday-life electrons are collapsed?

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Undergrad Applying Heisenberg picture to density operator

  • Haorong Wu
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Undergrad Mixed states from entangled state

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Undergrad Quantum entanglement. -- Spin up, spin down, isn't it the same?

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High School Electron angular momentum, gyroscope?

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Undergrad Do even-spin exchange particles give attractive forces between equal charges?

  • simplemind
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High School Is a black hole a massive ball of photons?

  • Kyran
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Undergrad How Does Negative Pressure Influence the Expansion of the Universe?

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High School View double slit from other end

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High School "Test of wave function collapse suggests gravity is not the answer"

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High School Does the Higgs Boson really have 0 spin?

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High School Are electronic transitions a result of a single photon?

  • Maurice Morelock
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Undergrad Why Does Spin Down Have Lower Energy Than Spin Up in a Magnetic Field?

  • docnet
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Undergrad Are Different Charged Gluons Repulsive in the Gluon-Gluon Four-Point Vertex?

  • simplemind
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Undergrad Problem with Commutator of Gauge Covariant Derivatives?

  • tomdodd4598
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Undergrad Does wave function collapse change the Coulomb potential?

  • Mayan Fung
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Graduate Does photon energy apply to excitation timescales shorter than one second?

  • Maurice Morelock
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Undergrad Optical spectrum analyzer related

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Graduate Why is 4-Momentum Conserved in Quantum Field Theory?

  • Jamister
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Undergrad Is London depth in superconductors analogous to skin depth?

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High School Does measurement affect entangled particles separated by light-minutes?

  • KingGambit
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Undergrad How Does Spin-Orbit Coupling Affect Quantum Number Validity?

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