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Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
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Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
Graduate The reciprocal expectation value
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Graduate Compute SHO Propagator: Eigenfunction Expansion
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Graduate Solving an Interesting Problem with Two Hermitian Operators
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Graduate Particle Movement: Vector or Quanta?
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Graduate Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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Graduate Potential energy in hydrogen atom
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Graduate New limit on lorentz invariance violation
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Graduate Analysis of time-dependent SE (infinite square potential)
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Graduate Can Two Hermitian Matrices be Simultaneously Diagonalized if They Commute?
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Graduate Confusing integral in Zee's QFT
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Graduate Units of Scalar Field \phi & Lagrangian Density
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Graduate What is the true nature of matter beyond particles and waves?
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High School If Electrons Aren't Waves, Then What's Waving?
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Graduate How are operator valued distributions defined?
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Graduate Taking picture in atto second? Yes we did.
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Graduate Quantum entanglement, not that weird.
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Graduate What are Repulsive Casimir Forces?
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Graduate A question on eigenstates and operators
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Graduate Hypothetical entanglement question
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Undergrad What are the fundamental forces involved in the chemical reaction?
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Graduate Bohr-Sommerfeld Quantization Rule for 3D Systems
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Graduate How can the properties of the same element differ
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Graduate The ground state of a time-reversal invariant system must has zero momentum?
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Graduate Schrodinger Eq. & Energies: Are Values Always Positive?
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Graduate What is the connection between coherence and pure states in quantum physics?
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Graduate Spatio-temporal shape and spectral distribution of pulse
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Graduate The preferred basis problem - help
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Graduate Gravity as a cancellation force
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Graduate Does H(r) Equal Hψ(r) in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Can Feynman's QED Explain Partial Reflection and Light Communication Speeds?
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Graduate One stupid question about Weinberg's Volume 1
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Graduate Do we need quantum-classical correspondence?
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Graduate Angular momentum and group representation
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Graduate Vacuum Polarization as EM Wave.
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Graduate Tensor products and subsystems
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Graduate Can virtual particles explain quantum phenomena?
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Graduate Does light spreading contradict the attraction of photons in a laser?
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High School Do our fingers ever touch electrons or nucleis?
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Graduate Playing with magnetic balls, and now I have a question
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Graduate Formula for expectation value of raidous in Hydrogen atom
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Graduate Why is wavefunction a lorentz scalar? So confused
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Graduate Understanding Electron Probability in Atom
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Graduate Maxwell propagator in Kaku's QFT book
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Graduate What is the construction of gamma matrices and spinors in higher dimensions?
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Graduate Particle or Wave: Questioning Human Mindset
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Graduate Wave-Particle Duality: Physics Implications
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High School Understanding the Uncertainty Principle in Quantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide
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Graduate The Large Hadron Collider - Where is the particle?
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Graduate Planck length and the speed of light
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Graduate What is the meaning behind a gluon's color?
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Graduate Maxwell Equations: Radiation requires acceleration?
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Graduate Question about Entanglement and electron spin
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Graduate Solving Schrodinger's Equation: Finite Jumps at Singular Points?
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Graduate Lost in Symmetry and Super Symmetry
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Graduate Pauli's Spin Matrices: Get Hints & Useful Links
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Graduate Efimov 3-body theory experimentally proven
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Graduate Does anybody know if there are instances other than diffraction
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Graduate Finite and infinitesimal Unitary transformations
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Graduate Theorem of quantum-mechanical version of Borromean rings finally proven
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Graduate Do L² and r² Commute in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate At what temperature do quantum effects become significant for a gas
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Graduate Wave Collapse and Degenerate States - A Quick Question
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Graduate Will a Photon Inside a Perfectly Reflecting Box Eventually be Detected?
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Graduate Intuitive Analogy to describe QM
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Graduate Molecular Vibration and Gas Temperature
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Graduate Amplitude paths and Markov processes
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Graduate Off-Diagonal Hamiltonian elements
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Graduate Matter wavelength and indeterminate of location and energy
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Graduate Spherical harmonics and P operator
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Graduate Is Decoherence the Solution to the Measurement Problem?
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Graduate Can we improve the Bohr model or is a new model needed for multi-electron atoms?
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Graduate Probability of finding particle in half of a box for a given state
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High School Why does combining hydrogen atoms result in decreased energy?
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Graduate Quantum Arrow of Time Solution
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Graduate Massless Limit of Massive Field Theory: Right or Wrong?
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Graduate Singlet state like |e>= |+> |-> - |-> |+>
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Undergrad Is the Hall Effect Part of Quantum Physics?
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Graduate What Role Does Time Play in Physics and Its Influence on the Arrow of Time?
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High School Did Planck view light as a particle or a wave?
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Graduate Can Electrons Exist at Extreme Distances from Their Atomic Nucleus?
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Graduate No Absolute Stillness: Questions from New Forum Member Nick
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Graduate Quantum Operators Indices Confusion
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Graduate Is the Doppler effect for atomic spectra a purely realistic effect?
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Graduate Fields other than the photon field in the Casimir effect?
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Graduate Gaussian Wave Packets - Fiction?
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Graduate Dirac equation for the conjugated field
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Graduate The quantum physics of time travel
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High School Space: Explained Using Simple Terms
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Graduate Irreducible representations of translations
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Graduate Photon Interference: What Happens to the Photons?
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Graduate Emission in hydrogen atom: recoil and photon properties
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Graduate Quick complex numbers question in QM (probability amplitues)
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Undergrad What is a Qubit in Quantum Computing?
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Undergrad What Does the "\oplus" Symbol Represent?
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Graduate Are Identical Non-Interacting Particles Distinguishable?
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Graduate Modelling the shape of an atom
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Undergrad Losing Electrons: How Much Energy & Is it Possible?
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Graduate Antisymmetry of final State Requiring L = 1
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Graduate Leonard Susskind improvisation on the uncomfortable notion of probability ;)
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Graduate Angular Momentum: Quantization, Components, & Direction
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