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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Graduate Probability Distribution for Time of Measurement?
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Graduate Please explain this Formalism in Linear Reponse Theory.
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Graduate Basic-Questions about Quantum terms
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Graduate Understanding Binding Energy: The Hidden Mass Conversion Process
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Graduate Zero point energy of hydrogen atom
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Graduate Is Quantum Mechanics Non-Local or Can Local Models Explain the Universe?
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Graduate Could All Electrons Be Just One Electron Traveling Through Time?
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Graduate Understanding of renormalization
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Graduate Klein-Gordon linear potential solution
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Graduate Understanding Quantum Theory and Physics: Explained in Simple Terms
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Graduate Construction of SU(3) multipletts, implication of Gell-Mann-Nishijima
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Graduate Can Charge and Mass Clouds Explain the Behavior of Particles in an Atom?
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Graduate Quantum superpositions of mixed states.
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Graduate Magnetic moment of a deutron is 0.8574 u_n
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Graduate What is a the superstring field?
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Graduate Spherical symmetry implies zero angular momentum?
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High School Double Slit Experiment: Does Slit Thickness Matter?
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Graduate The collapse of one wave function is the creation of another
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Graduate What contradictions remain between SR and QM?
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Graduate Quantum entanglement and information
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Graduate Can anyone explain the physical meaning of spin in QM?
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Graduate Cramer's Backward Causality Experiment
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Graduate Shrodinger's Cat Paradox: A Possible Solution
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Graduate Potential Energy Surface in chemical reaction computations
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Graduate Basic treatment of the hydrogen atom through wave mechanics.
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Graduate Are the electrons in TV set wave or particle?
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Graduate Is the EOM for a Lagrangian with a scalar operator always 2D phi = 0?
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Graduate About solving differential equations
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Graduate Experimental evidence for Hydrogen Wave Function?
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Graduate Can the Pauli Exclusion Principle explain the quantization of the nucleus?
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Graduate A way aroung determining which-paths in interference patterns?
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Graduate Space & Particles: What is the Metric?
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Graduate Does quantum physics prove that nothing is completely random?
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Graduate What is Time Ordered Product T(AB) at Equal Times?
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Graduate Please explain what this bra-ket expression means
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Graduate Quatum Fields, Strings, and Parallel Universe
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Graduate Question about naive questions
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Graduate Basis set orthonormality property
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Graduate Basic questions on quantum scattering
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Graduate QED Vertex: Examining the Unexplainable G-Factor
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Graduate Connection between isolated eigenvalues and normalizable eigenstates
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High School Question: Protons and Neutrons Popping into and out of existance
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Graduate Does the potential change as an electron moves within an atom?
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Graduate Why doesn't the Electron crash into the proton in an H atom?
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Graduate Wave function and spatial phase factor
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Graduate What is the Meaning of [J1,J2] = 0 in the Addition of Angular Momenta?
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Graduate Incandescence and energy bands
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Graduate Spectral theory in quantum mechanics
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Graduate Are Probability Waves Real Physical Entities or Just Theoretical Constructs?
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Graduate Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
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Undergrad Magnetic Field Composition: Unraveling the Mystery
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Undergrad How does light show particle properties?
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Graduate Energy becoming mass? Wilczek question
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics & Force: Wave-Particle Duality
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Graduate Electron-Proton Collisions: Understanding the Quantum Dynamics
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Graduate Wave-particle duality and electromagnetic waves
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Graduate Functional Integral in Free-Field Theory: Understanding the Derivation
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Graduate What is the relationship between rest energy and frequency in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate How do photon-electron transitions relate to frequency and motion?
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Graduate Understand Uncertainty Principle in Computer Simulations
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Graduate Construction of a Hilbert space and operators on it
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Graduate What Are the Hidden Variables Behind Photon Wave Function Collapse?
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Graduate Scattered states and bound states ?
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Undergrad Can Atoms Produce Photons Through Electron Excitation?
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Graduate Understanding Zero-Point Energy: An Explanation for Confused Minds
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Graduate Size of a photon's electromagnetic field
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Graduate How can the Heisenberg formula be proven in simple terms?
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Graduate Why does strong magnetic field destroy spherical symmetry of atom?
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Graduate Understanding Spin Matrix: Pauli Matrices and 6x6 Matrices
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Graduate Moment of inertia tensor of an electron?
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Graduate Debunking the Hype: The Truth About Quantum Cryptography
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Graduate Spacetime states in Rovelli's book Quantum Gravity
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Graduate How did Planck come up with 'h'?
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Graduate Trouble with QM's theory on Bell's discovery
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High School How can a atom generate photons ?
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Graduate Particle Physics Confusion: Understanding Fermions & Bosons
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Undergrad How Do Quantum Numbers Shape Atomic Structure?
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Graduate What does off-diagonal term mean?
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Graduate What's wrong with my Schrodinger equation?
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Graduate What is Local U(1) Gauge-Invariance and its role in electromagnetism?
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Graduate Oscillation in Charged Particles
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Undergrad What energy do electrons actually take in an orbital?
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Graduate Probability of a wave function
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Graduate What is the generalization of the BAC-CAB rule for operators?
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Graduate Can Bosons and Leptons Coexist in Same Space?
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Graduate Casimir Effect - min. distance between plates
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Graduate Reasons for natural occuring forces
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Graduate Phase and signal velocity of light inside a medium
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Graduate Is a proton's movement considered a subject of Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Where are the anti-particles in a nuclie?
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Graduate Exploring Quantum Leap: Causes, Effects, & Possibilities
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Graduate Is Teleportation Mathematically or Theroretically Possible
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Graduate A question from Weinberg's qft book
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Graduate Planck's Constant Related to Velocity of Light?
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Graduate Electromagnetic Force: Where Does Virtual Photon Get Its Energy?
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Graduate Hartree-Fock Method vs. Configuration Interaction
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Graduate Does Pauli's Exclusion Principle Prevent Atoms from Coexisting in Stars?
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Undergrad Two Slit Experiment Setup and Variables
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Graduate Reasons for phtonic radiation?
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Graduate Symmetric/Antisymmetric states in nature?
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