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How valid is the indivisible interpretation of quantum mechanics?
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Graduate How valid is the indivisible interpretation of quantum mechanics?
Graduate Compton Scattering formula for 180 degree scattering.
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Graduate Photon entanglement and fair sampling assumption
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Graduate I want a good refrence for su(2) and it's aplecation
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Graduate Double slit experiment - with molecules?
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Graduate Distinguishing between two quantum states
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Graduate Why Use Free Particle Eigenfunctions for One-Dimensional Quantum Problems?
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Graduate Does Observation Influence Reality in Quantum Physics?
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Graduate Entanglement - the Latest Insights?
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Graduate Difference between s-matrix and interactive field propagator?
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Graduate How Does the Fermi Energy of Bare Protons Influence Chemical Reactions?
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Graduate How to Derive Pauli's Equation from Dirac's Equation in a Weak Field?
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Graduate Measurement effect upon wave function
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Graduate Solid state quantum entanglement?
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Graduate Homogeneous and inhomogenous relaxation time
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Graduate Quantum electromagnetic interference
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Graduate Experiments for time-energy uncertainty relation
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Graduate Solving QFT Problem: Deriving <k'|(\partial_\mu \phi^\dag)\phi|k>
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Graduate Schmidt decomposition and bipartite system
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Graduate What Are the Unitaries in the Clifford Group?
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Graduate FTL Messaging: Does Violating Causality Follow?
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Undergrad Is the electromagnetic field quantized?
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Undergrad Effect of Intensity and Frequency on Photoelectric Current
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Graduate QFT general properties operators
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Graduate Is the locality of the propagator affected by the value of M?
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Graduate Quantum Entanglement: Bell's Telephone - Possible FTL Comms?
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Graduate A Very Convincing Quantum Experiment?
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Undergrad Some Explanation with Pauli's Spin Matrices
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Graduate Confused about Parity Operator & Degeneracy in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate What Does the EPR Paper Reveal About Einstein's Views on Reality?
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Graduate Is It Too Late to Learn Quantum Field Theory After Years in a Different Career?
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Graduate Time Localization Same As Indeterminacy?
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Graduate Why can't their be zero-energy at the atomic scale
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Graduate Relaxation time and spatial width
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Graduate Time as a Basis Vector in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Can BM explain MUH?Is BM Incompatible with MUH and Consciousness?
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Graduate What Determines the Lineshape in a Two-Level System with Spontaneous Emission?
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Graduate Some explanation with spin qantum No
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Graduate Lie groups and angular momentum
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Graduate Is Planck's constant the key to understanding a quantum?
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Graduate Implications of Quantum physics
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Undergrad What is meant by ths wave-particle duality of electrons?
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Undergrad Why do two particles hold themselves together in a vacuum?
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Graduate Confusion on Meaning of Momentum
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Graduate Desintegration of particle into 2 fermions
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Graduate Second order approximation in time independent perturbaton theory
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Graduate Is Quantum Energy Teleportation Experimentally Viable?
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Graduate Are Autoionizing States Necessary for Accurate Wavepacket Representations?
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Graduate Is Matter Infinitely Divisible?
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Graduate Is it possible to capture (contain?) and electron?
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Graduate What is Wave-Particle Duality in Quantum Physics?
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Graduate Can We Use Quantum Mechanics to Reset Our Biological State?
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Graduate Angular momentum and Hamiltonian commutator
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Graduate Time Ordered Integrals Explained - Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Degenerate pertubation theory when the first order fails
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Graduate Why Tachyons Aren't Allowed in Physics Theory
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Graduate Quantum Energy Teleportation and Decoherence
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Graduate How Do You Calculate the Position of a Neutron Using Wave Functions?
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Graduate Ladder Operators acting upon N Ket
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Graduate Question on the Collapse of the wave function?
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Graduate Pure mixed entangled confusion
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Graduate Is the Movement of Real Fields in Tangent Space Related to Spinors?
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Graduate Transformations in vector space
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: Infinitesimal Translation Time Evolution Operator
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Graduate What is the most basic form of information?
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Graduate Sidney Coleman Lectures Free on the Net
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Undergrad What is the wavelength of an object at rest according to de Broglie's equation?
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Graduate Interactions between real and virtual particles?
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Graduate Why isn't there a Time operator in QM?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics basiscs (confused about wavefunctions)
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Graduate Fundamental Quantum Probability
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Graduate What Are Your Thoughts on the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Do Electrons Interact With Virtual Particles?
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Graduate Confused again by uncertainty relation
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Graduate QED: Electron Spin & Magnetic Moment - Questions & Answers
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics and Dialectics
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Graduate Why dont air molecules cause collapse
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Graduate Why do particles exhibit wave-like behavior in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate How Does the Elitzur-Vaidman Bomb Tester Utilize Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate What is the so called orthogonal operator basis ?
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Graduate Why amplitude squared gives probability / Schrodinger Equation
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Undergrad Raman Spectroscopy: Freshman Physics Major Summer Research
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Graduate Was the particle in a box analogy a recent one?
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Graduate The harmonic oscillator in terms of path integrals without dirac notation
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Graduate Quantum Tunneling- Walking through walls
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Graduate Measure on Path Integral not defined
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Graduate Is There a Mistake in Ballentine's Description of the Variational Principle?
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Graduate Which of the four forces is responsible for degeneracy pressure?
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Graduate Operators: H(t1+t2) = Ht1+Ht2? | Harmitian?
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Graduate Quick Braket notation question
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Undergrad How are expectation values calculated?
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Graduate Commutators and Their Properties in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Definitoon of trajectory in quantum physics, especially in path integrals
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Graduate Algebraic solution of hydrogenic atom
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Graduate Ultimate Fate of a Hydrogen Atom in a Perfect Vacuum
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: Discrete Energy Changes Explained
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Undergrad Does Distance Affect the Double-Slit Experiment?
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Can anyone tell me what is this formula?
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Graduate How does they check the number of atoms in BEC?
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Graduate Is There a Quantum Theory Explaining the Nature of the Past?
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Graduate Paramagnetic term of the hamiltonian
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