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Graduate Sum of two slater determinants

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Undergrad Are Atoms Real? Investigating the Existence of Subatomic Particles

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Graduate Classification of schrodinger equation?

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Graduate Is the Frequency of an Electron Realistic for Acceleration in an Accelerator?

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Graduate The Mystery of the Schroedinger Equation in a Magnetic Field

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Graduate Bell Theorem and probabilty theory

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Graduate Does anyone know about Quantum Computing?

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Graduate What the differ between eigenstate and eigenfunction ?

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Graduate Determining wether consciousness is required in the double-slit experiment

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Graduate Gaussian Integral Identity with Grassmann Numbers

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Graduate QFT question about algebra of charges

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Graduate Quantizing Zero-Frequency Modes: A Challenge

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Graduate Double Slit Experiment: Polaroid Films & Wave Function Collapse

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Undergrad Interpreting Schrodinger's Cat: The Role of Observers in Quantum Mechanics

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Graduate Polarization of Light: 2 Degrees & Longitudinal Electric Field

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Graduate Distinguishing between eigenstates

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Graduate Double Slit Experiment and Electron Spin

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Graduate Unraveling Hardy's Paradox: An Analysis of the Controversial Theory

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Graduate Is the Bootstrap Model Still Viable in Modern Particle Physics?

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Graduate Some quantum dynamics simulations

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Graduate What is the Schrodinger Equation?

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Graduate Gedankenexperiment on quantum entanglement

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Graduate Orbital Angular Momentum and Uncertainty?

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Graduate Measuring Angular Momentum for Free Particles: L-square =l(l+1)?

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Graduate Light (wave and particle theory)

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Graduate Plot a several energy eigenvalues of a partical

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Graduate Why Don't Electrons Collide in Orbit?

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Graduate Momentum operator for a free particle with a definite momentum and Energy

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Graduate Coulomb potential removes the degnerecay of states

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Graduate Is entanglement a fundamental resource for quantum information processing?

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Graduate Grand unified theories and quantum mechanics

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Graduate How do non-Hermitian Hamiltonians explain particle decay and quasi-bound states?

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Graduate Understanding the Meaning of Infinity in Uncertainty Principle

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Graduate Solving using schrodinger equation techniques

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Graduate Why do particles annhillate with their particles?

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Graduate Are the stings in string theory, considered to be matter?

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Graduate Is EPR Really as Confusing as It Seems in Quantum Physics?

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Graduate Entanglement criterion for identical particle

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Graduate Quark Generation: Are Most Quarks in the Universe in Their Least Massive Form?

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Graduate How Do Quantum Well Transistors Transport Charge Carriers?

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Graduate Symmetry of Quantum vs Classical Physics Systems

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Graduate What is an effective field theory

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Graduate Beginner, wondering about wave functions

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Graduate Projecting onto an eigenstate when we make a measurement

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Graduate Anyone know about flourescent dyes?

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Graduate Comparing Photons & EM Waves in Physics

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Graduate Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula question

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Graduate About bases of complex (Hilbert) space

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Graduate Question about angular momentum and spin

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Graduate Calculating Determinants of Operators

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Graduate Can Fourier Transformation be Used for Amplitude of a Free Particle?

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Undergrad Game theory and quantum game theory

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Graduate Energy of Electrostatic Charge ?

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Graduate Dirac-Feynman-action principle and pseudo-differential operators

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Graduate Hermite polynomial and transformation

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Graduate What is the role of proper time in quantum theory

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Graduate How Does the Stern-Gerlach Experiment Illustrate Quantum Spin Measurement?

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Graduate Harmonic oscillator in a time-dependent force

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Graduate Questions about the Double Slit Experiment

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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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