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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Alternative model for counterfactual definiteness in Bohm-like EPR
Study Lie Groups: G. 't Hooft's SU(2) Index Convention
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Quantum Mechanical Scattering (3D) - What about forward scattering?
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Creation Operator of Harmonic Oscillator
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Why need *complex* wavefunction?
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Ehrenfest theorem and Heisenberg quantum mechanics
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Physics of Electron Probability Clouds
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Can a simple wooden stick be used to send instant messages across space?
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Eliminating the coincidence counter
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Constructing Unitary Matrices for Rotations in Hilbert Space
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Can Momentum be Calculated Without Measuring Position in Quantum Mechanics?
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Relativistic quantum field theory:antiparticles
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Compton scattering contributes to color in any way?
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Forced Harmonic Oscillator with Path Integral
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Negative energy/imaginary momentum
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Magnetic flux quanta in ground state hydrogen
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Is Quantum Physics All About Total Randomness?
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How do you determine that a particle is/was entangled?
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Shrodinger Equation, where did it come from?
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Schrodinger's Eqn: Harnessing Extra Dimensions?
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Partial Measurement / Teleportation
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Is a photon's wavelength relative to the velocity of its source?
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What is the purpose of trace in quantum mechanics?
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Can Quantum Mechanics Explain Particle Behavior in Video Games?
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Interference seen in a member of an entangled pair
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What is the Interpretation of the Inverse Property of a Delta Function in QM?
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About distinguishable and indistinguishable
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How Do Electrons Behave Within an Atom?
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Question About Calculation in Maggiore's Quantum Field Theory
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How is cosine squared used in measuring particle properties?
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Experiment involving photoelectric effect
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How Does a Half-Silvered Lens Affect the Young's Two Slit Experiment?
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Understanding Mixed vs Pure States in Quantum Mechanics
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Simple double slit question
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Double Slit Experiment: Is Observation Equipment Interfering?
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Wavelength or amplitude < a Planick length?
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2-slit experiment for electron
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Completeness of Quantum Mechanics
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Matrix representing projection operators
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Are force carrier particles instantaneous like gravity in relativity?
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Why does the system has lower energy if its wave function is symmetric?
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Photoelectric Effect - Electrons
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Hydrogen atom ground state with zero orbital angular moment question.
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How Does a Smaller Wavelength Photon Resolve Smaller Distances?
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Angular frequency of a matter patter
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Delayed Choice Quantum Erasers
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Researching Neutron Imaging: Is Imaging a Single Molecule Possible?
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Outer product problem of derac notation
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Momentum in Quantum Mechanics: Defining, Measuring, & Interpreting
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Feynman rules for vector bosons
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Another annoying double slit question
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Quantum Computation: 2 Interesting Qs
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How to deal with index in the problem of thermal field?
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Req: A conceptual QFT example
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The surprisingly simple linear potential solution
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Rayleigh scattering vs raman scattering
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Quantum randomness vs. dice randomness
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What is the relationship between electron movement and rest mass?
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Degenerate time indep. perturbation theory
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What Are the Implications of Non-Local Entanglement in Quantum Mechanics?
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Is the LHC on the verge of discovering a new dimension?
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Atomic Decay: Charged Element After Alpha Helium Release?
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West vs East: Converting Results
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Probability Distribution for Time of Measurement?
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Please explain this Formalism in Linear Reponse Theory.
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Basic-Questions about Quantum terms
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Understanding Binding Energy: The Hidden Mass Conversion Process
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Zero point energy of hydrogen atom
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Is Quantum Mechanics Non-Local or Can Local Models Explain the Universe?
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Could All Electrons Be Just One Electron Traveling Through Time?
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Understanding of renormalization
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Klein-Gordon linear potential solution
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Understanding Quantum Theory and Physics: Explained in Simple Terms
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Construction of SU(3) multipletts, implication of Gell-Mann-Nishijima
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Can Charge and Mass Clouds Explain the Behavior of Particles in an Atom?
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Quantum superpositions of mixed states.
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Magnetic moment of a deutron is 0.8574 u_n
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What is a the superstring field?
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Spherical symmetry implies zero angular momentum?
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The collapse of one wave function is the creation of another
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What contradictions remain between SR and QM?
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Quantum entanglement and information
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Can anyone explain the physical meaning of spin in QM?
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Cramer's Backward Causality Experiment
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Shrodinger's Cat Paradox: A Possible Solution
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Potential Energy Surface in chemical reaction computations
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Basic treatment of the hydrogen atom through wave mechanics.
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Are the electrons in TV set wave or particle?
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Is the EOM for a Lagrangian with a scalar operator always 2D phi = 0?
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Experimental evidence for Hydrogen Wave Function?
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Can the Pauli Exclusion Principle explain the quantization of the nucleus?
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A way aroung determining which-paths in interference patterns?
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Space & Particles: What is the Metric?
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Does quantum physics prove that nothing is completely random?
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What is Time Ordered Product T(AB) at Equal Times?
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Please explain what this bra-ket expression means
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Quatum Fields, Strings, and Parallel Universe
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Question about naive questions
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Basis set orthonormality property
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Basic questions on quantum scattering
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QED Vertex: Examining the Unexplainable G-Factor
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