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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Graduate How to create charge from light?
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Graduate Integrals in the derivation of the Optical Theorem
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Graduate Factor of 'i' and antisymmetrization in Dirac Lagrangian
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Determinism
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Graduate Reaching absolute zero and BEC
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Undergrad Proton-electron interactions interms of photons
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Graduate Meaning of zero probability density
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Graduate Position space - momentum space
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Undergrad Is interference always present in a single slit setup?
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Graduate MS Renormalization: Questions & Answers
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Graduate What are the key concepts in Srednicki's explanation of Feynman diagrams in QFT?
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High School Zeno's Paradox (Quantum Level)
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Graduate FAQ says refraction isn’t from absorption and emission
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Graduate Prove d (\delta x) = \delta (d x): Solutions & Tips
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Graduate Inherent impossibility of knowing both position and momentum
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Graduate Inner product on boson one-particle space
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Graduate How do you entangle particles?
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Undergrad Light Wave Particle Confusion: Can 2 Exist in Same Place?
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Graduate Need Help (not Homework question)
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Graduate Solving the Entanglement Problem: A Quantum Mechanics Tutorial
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Graduate Old Quantum Theory = Oscillations?
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Graduate Partial Trace For Tripartite Systems
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Undergrad Recreating Thomas Young's Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Probability Amplitude and Time Evolution Operator
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Graduate Solving Mark Srednicki QFT: Exact Propagator Problems (13.12, 13.13, 13.16)
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Graduate Peculiar feature of a commutator, can anyone explain?
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Graduate Electron tunneling and classic electrdynamics.
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High School What Are Quantum Numbers and Spin in Physics?
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Graduate Hamiltonian for non-conservative forces?
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Undergrad Why does glass feel as cold as metal despite being non-conductive?
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Graduate Absorption/Emission of photons of specific frequency (Doppler Effect)
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Graduate How can one build a non-trivial operator with a zero mean value?
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Graduate Commutation relations in relativistic quantum theory
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Graduate Magnetic Field in Natural Units: Expressing \hbar
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Graduate Is a Year-Long Quantum Chromodynamics Class Worth the Exam Stress?
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Graduate Is complex momentum density possible?
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Graduate Can a particle's wavefunction become perfectly flat in empty space over time?
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Graduate Study Lie Groups: G. 't Hooft's SU(2) Index Convention
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Graduate Quantum Mechanical Scattering (3D) - What about forward scattering?
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Graduate Creation Operator of Harmonic Oscillator
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Graduate Why need *complex* wavefunction?
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Graduate Ehrenfest theorem and Heisenberg quantum mechanics
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Graduate 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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Graduate Eliminating the coincidence counter
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Graduate Constructing Unitary Matrices for Rotations in Hilbert Space
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Graduate Can Momentum be Calculated Without Measuring Position in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Relativistic quantum field theory:antiparticles
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Undergrad Compton scattering contributes to color in any way?
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Graduate Forced Harmonic Oscillator with Path Integral
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Graduate Negative energy/imaginary momentum
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Graduate Magnetic flux quanta in ground state hydrogen
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Graduate Is Quantum Physics All About Total Randomness?
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Graduate How do you determine that a particle is/was entangled?
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Graduate Shrodinger Equation, where did it come from?
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Graduate Schrodinger's Eqn: Harnessing Extra Dimensions?
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Graduate Partial Measurement / Teleportation
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Graduate Is a photon's wavelength relative to the velocity of its source?
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Graduate What is the purpose of trace in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics Explain Particle Behavior in Video Games?
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Graduate Interference seen in a member of an entangled pair
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Graduate What is the Interpretation of the Inverse Property of a Delta Function in QM?
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Graduate About distinguishable and indistinguishable
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Undergrad How Do Electrons Behave Within an Atom?
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Graduate Question About Calculation in Maggiore's Quantum Field Theory
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Graduate How is cosine squared used in measuring particle properties?
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Graduate Experiment involving photoelectric effect
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Undergrad How Does a Half-Silvered Lens Affect the Young's Two Slit Experiment?
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Graduate Understanding Mixed vs Pure States in Quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad Simple double slit question
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Graduate Double Slit Experiment: Is Observation Equipment Interfering?
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Graduate Wavelength or amplitude < a Planick length?
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Graduate 2-slit experiment for electron
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Graduate Completeness of Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Matrix representing projection operators
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Graduate Are force carrier particles instantaneous like gravity in relativity?
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Graduate Why does the system has lower energy if its wave function is symmetric?
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Undergrad Photoelectric Effect - Electrons
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Graduate Hydrogen atom ground state with zero orbital angular moment question.
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Graduate How Does a Smaller Wavelength Photon Resolve Smaller Distances?
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Graduate Angular frequency of a matter patter
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Graduate Delayed Choice Quantum Erasers
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Graduate Researching Neutron Imaging: Is Imaging a Single Molecule Possible?
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Graduate Outer product problem of derac notation
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Graduate Momentum in Quantum Mechanics: Defining, Measuring, & Interpreting
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Graduate Feynman rules for vector bosons
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Graduate Another annoying double slit question
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Graduate Quantum Computation: 2 Interesting Qs
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Graduate How to deal with index in the problem of thermal field?
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Graduate Req: A conceptual QFT example
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Graduate The surprisingly simple linear potential solution
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Graduate Rayleigh scattering vs raman scattering
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Graduate Quantum randomness vs. dice randomness
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Undergrad What is the relationship between electron movement and rest mass?
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Graduate Degenerate time indep. perturbation theory
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Graduate Spinor Boosts: Weinberg's QFT Book Insights on Rotation and Momentum Effects
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Graduate What Are the Implications of Non-Local Entanglement in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Is the LHC on the verge of discovering a new dimension?
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Undergrad Atomic Decay: Charged Element After Alpha Helium Release?
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Graduate West vs East: Converting Results
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