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Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?
Graduate Double slit measurement problem
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Graduate Klein-Gordon propagator ill-defined?
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Graduate Quantum Wormhole Mechanics and Microtubes
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Graduate W. Pauli: The connection between spin and statistics
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Graduate Foundations of Relativistic QM
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Graduate Monochromatic Light & Information: Can It Convey?
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Graduate Why is it difficult to accept the idea of nonlocality in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate Understanding Angular Momentum: Commutativity and Common Eigenstates
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Graduate Constructing Matrix Representations for N-Fermion Spaces
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Graduate Proving that a propagator decays exponentially for spacelike separations
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Graduate Question about time limits of time-dependent perturbation theory
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Graduate How to prove that for any bound electronic state, < p > = 0
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Graduate Prove that 0=1 in quantum mechanics
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Graduate Power Production: Solar Generator Idea - What Am I Missing?
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Graduate Last step of a Schrodinger derivation
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Graduate Is position not an observable of a photon?
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Graduate Why Is There an Upper Limit to Photon Energy in Hydrogen's Emission Spectrum?
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Graduate Proving Ehrenfest's Theorem: Diff. vs. Partial Diff.
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Graduate What is the average force for this process
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Graduate Decoherence of the Universe as a whole
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Graduate Do infinite probabilities hurt multiverse theories?
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Graduate Angular Momentum eigenstates, and tensor products
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Graduate Can two bodies exist in the same space-time position?
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Graduate What exaclty is energy on a quantum level?
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Graduate Understanding Entanglement: How Observer Affects Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Questions on Raman Effect and its Clarifications
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Graduate Are Feynman diagrams evaluated using the residue theorem or Wick rotation?
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Graduate Do particles possess properties before we observe them?
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Graduate Understanding the Differences: Virtual vs Real Photons in Electromagnetic Forces
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Graduate Quantum physics, randomness and its influence on the arrow of time
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Graduate Integral for the free propagator
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Graduate Help with Equation 9.25 in Srednicki's QFT Book?
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Undergrad Behaviour of materials for computer graphics applications
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Graduate What particle/wave carries electric/magnetic fields?
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Graduate Is Bell's Logic Aimed at Decoupling Correlated Outcomes in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Can energy be created/destroyed in quantum physics(I need experts)?
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Graduate Is Consciousness actually Information
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Graduate Red shift of light and expanding universe - Your help needed.
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Graduate What is Mass? Electrons vs Photons
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Graduate Commutation relation of operators
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Graduate How is quantum entanglement observed?
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Graduate Chern Simons form: calculation
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Graduate Gluon Contribution to Baryon Mass
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Graduate What kind of wave is associated with particles , in wave particle duality?
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Graduate Position,velocity cannot be found simultaneously with appreciable
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Graduate Revisiting the Completeness of Quantum Theory: A Scientist's Perspective
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Graduate What Determines the Observer Effect in Quantum Physics?
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Graduate Can Spooky Entanglement Enable Faster Than Light Communication?
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Graduate Canonical Quantization of KG field
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Graduate QM vs SR: The Paradox of Simultaneity in Particle States
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Graduate Why Are Conductors Essential for Observing the Casimir Effect?
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Graduate A Simple Proof Of Bell's Theorem
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Graduate What is exactly meant by wave nature,does the particle move like a
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Graduate Understanding Discrete Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory
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Graduate Quantum entanglement in communications possible?
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Graduate Identical particles, eigenstates, empirical or theoretical
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Graduate De Broglie wavelength and it's dependence of the frame of reference
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Graduate What proof is there that light has zero mass?
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Examining the Accuracy of a Movie Scene
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Graduate Exploring the Wave-Particle Duality: A Layman's Perspective on Slit Questions
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Graduate What Does Quantum Free Fall Experiment with Cold Neutrons Imply?
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Graduate Quantum accelerometer using Unruh effect (Jorma Louko)
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Graduate Solving SO(3) Irreps: Find Eigenvectors & Eigenvalues of X_3
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Graduate Commutativity of frequency measurement
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Graduate Representation of angular momentum matrix in Cartesian and spherical basis
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Graduate Observational data and wavefunction collapse
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Graduate Can’t specify the exact energy of system in a distinc timet
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Graduate Higher Point CFT Correlation Functions
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Graduate Probability amplitude in Heisenberg e Schrodinger pictures
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Graduate Hamiltonian Algebras: What Do We Mean By "Generated"?
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Graduate Basic QED Question: Are a & b Dirac Matrices?
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Graduate Particle Zoo: How Do Particles Sense Each Other?
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Graduate Particle-Wave Duality Contention
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Graduate Simultaneous diagonalisation of non-hermitian operator (Bloch theorem)
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Graduate How to detect nteraction between two massless particles?
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Graduate What are the minimal conditions for a non-relativistic quantum theory?
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Graduate Why Do Spin Flips at Fermi Level Occur?
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Graduate Understanding Wick Contractions for Quantum Field Theory
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Graduate How do photons interfere with each other/themselves?
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Graduate About measuring angular momentum
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Graduate Why is the singlet configuration anti-symmetric?
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Graduate How Does Observed Superposition Impact Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Texts on Quantum Fields without Maxwell's Equations
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Graduate Did Bell's Theory Contain a Mathematical Flaw?
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Graduate Is Gravity a Fictitious Force Only Valid in Quantum Physics?
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Graduate What are force-carrying particles and how do they work in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate Energy loss in collision in oscillator
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Graduate Radiation pressure, momentum question.
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Graduate Understanding the Ultraviolet Catastrophe: The Role of Planck's Quanta
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Graduate Where Can I Find Feynman Rules for Chiral Perturbation Theory?
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Graduate Heisenberg vs Schrodinger Picture
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Graduate Solving Commuting Operator Equations: Understanding Lz and T in Atoms
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Graduate How does the Energy of a particle stay together?
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Graduate Thermal Field Theory Integration over the modes?
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Graduate Is this an accurate explainantion of QM?
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Graduate Relation between Lie Algebras and Gauge Groups
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Graduate Why do some papers use binomial expansion in dimensional regularization?
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Undergrad Particle-wave duality of sound waves
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Graduate Physical intrepretation of Sr.E.
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