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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008)
What do you think these Weak Measurement, Quantum Uncollapse Tests. Re-write QM?
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Can a Quantum Mechanic Fix Your Physics Problems?
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Time and Space Theory (pleas critic and give your ideas)
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Seeking Point Particle Explanation
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Fermions in bound states and their wavefunctions
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Hilbert space dimension contradiction
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What preliminary knowledge of QM should I know before learning QFT
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Invariance of Schrödinger's equation
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What is the significance of the LSZ reduction formula in Srednicki's QFT book?
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Unreliable Sci-Fi Writer Attributes Quantum Flux
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Why is a probe field necessary in pump-probe experiments?
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Little fundamental question
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Diffraction Grating Video (QED)
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Answer Me Precisely: Electronic Density Probability
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Cave of the Winds, CO - photons
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Why Do Electromagnetic Interactions Involve Photons as Mediators?
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Is free will possible in Conway and Kochen's FW theorem?
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Are there any real quantum experiment videos available online?
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Question on function of operators
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Are Quantum Boundaries Indefinite?
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I really with spin quantum number.
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Second Quantization: What Is It?
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Wavefunction for particle inside a disk
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Photoelectric Effect and light as a particle
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Non-degenerate and degenerate perturbation theory
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Virtual Particles: Real or Not?
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Energy, Time, Position, Momentum which is more fundamental?
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Fourier transform of a wave equation
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The Energy Levels of a Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
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Why Is the Hermiticity of the Density Operator Important in Quantum Mechanics?
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What is the relationship between temperature and emissive power for a gas?
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Why is the sum over all connected diagrams with a single source in QFT zero?
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Isn't classical spin an instance of spin 1?
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Spin 360 rotation - experiment
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Could Electrons Have an Internal Structure Beyond Fundamental Particles?
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Is causality challenged by quantum theory's reliance on indeterminacy?
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How Does Information Influence Quantum Particle Indistinguishability?
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Position and momentum operators in quantum field theory
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Quantum Structures: From Theory to Practical Applications
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What Causes an Atom to be Unstable and More Prone to Radioactive Decay?
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Questions about variations on Double Slit experiment
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Pertubation and density matrix
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How to make light act like a particle?
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Ionisation and the Photoelectrical Effect
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Hydrogen on one side, Helium on the other, and nothing in between ?
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What CAUSES black cody radiation?
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What is the definition of a momentum *measurement*?
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Reflecting photons off a surface
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How Is the Thickness of a Quantum Well Determined?
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Does a Free Particle in Quantum Mechanics Have Constant Energy?
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Most accurate form of maxwell equations?
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Spontaneous Symmetry breaking,phase factor
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Perpendicularity of quantuum states
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Understanding X Quantum Gate: Act on |i> State?
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Revisiting the Born Rule: Implications for Cosmology
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Is Quantum Entanglement Just Correlation or a Real Physical Process?
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Feynman diagram: incoming and outgoing particles
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Waves - bound and unbound states
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Four momentum vector from energy-momentum-tensor
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Cassimir effect on a grand scale
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Is there a paradox involving the Dirac equation and commutation with time?
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How does the Schrödinger equation lead to the QM theory of measurement?
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Doubting the Probabilistic Future: Can You Prove Me Wrong?
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Can energy be lost from a Photon?
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Black body radiation: can you help me understand it (better)?
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Can Virtual Particles in the Vacuum be Directly Detected?
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Yes, that helps clarify things. Thank you for the explanation.
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QM & Hardy's Paradox: Bohm, Copenhagen, MWI
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Faster-than-light communication
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Synthesis between Quantum Chaos and QFT.
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How does the Electron get knocked off by a photon
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What Is the Casimir Effect and Its Relation to Vacuum Energy?
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Solution gross pitaevskii equation
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Angular Momentum & Plank's Constant
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Question about visible light properties.
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Why don't the Slits collapse the wave function?
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Did photon obey Uncertainity Principle?
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Writing a science fiction novel
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Commutator of Position and Energy
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Antimatter interact with massive matter through gravity.
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Particle collisions collapse wave function?
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About Feynman rules for an external field
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Young's Double Slit experiment
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Understanding the Energy of a Particle in Momentum Representation of QM
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What makes schrodinger cat quantum?
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Does a Collision in Space Affect a Spaceship's Center of Mass Motion?
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QM Questions: Intro & Two Conceptual Issues
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Electron Orbits and Nuclei 2- Rotation vs Orbital Motion
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Simultaneous diagonalization and replacement of operators with eigenvalues ?
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Does Light Have a Charge? Mystery Explored
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Generator of rotations rotations of WHAT?
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Expectation of the Wilson Loop
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Is 3s to 2s transition for Hygrogen forbidden?
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Very elementary notation question
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Uncertainty in simple harmonic oscilator
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Understanding UV/IR Terminology in Physics
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Comparing Electrons & Quarks: Mass, Charge & Size
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The Difference Between a Few Terms
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Lorentz Algebra in Boosts for the spin-1/2 Dirac Field
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Path Integrals in QED: Solve by Substituting Classical Solution?
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