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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 Does H(t1+t2)=Ht1+Ht2 for operators?

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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 Why are energy changes discrete in quantum mechanics?

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Undergrad Does Distance Affect the Double-Slit Experiment?

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Identifying a quantum mechanics formula from an image

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Graduate How does they check the number of atoms in BEC?

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Graduate Quantum theory of the past and wave function collapse

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Graduate Paramagnetic term of the hamiltonian

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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 Does an elementary particle move continuously or in discrete quanta?

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Graduate Is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle about states or observations?

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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 Dimensions of scalar field φ in Lagrangian density

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Graduate What is the nature of matter if not particles or 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 Are energy eigenvalues always positive in the Schrödinger equation?

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Graduate What does coherence mean for the annihilation operator eigenstates?

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Graduate Spatio-temporal shape and spectral distribution of pulse

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Graduate Preferred basis problem in many-worlds interpretation

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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 Partial reflection and FTL communication in QED

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Graduate Parity transformation of spinor in Weinberg equation 2.6.22

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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 doesn't spinless wavefunction transform like a probability density?

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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 Does wave-particle duality result from how we observe rather than nature itself?

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Graduate Wave-Particle Duality: Physics Implications

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High School Why does the uncertainty principle not apply to a running man?

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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 How does spin entanglement work with three or more electrons?

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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 spin matrices

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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 Detecting a photon in a box through gravitational or thermal effects

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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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