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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad New interpretation for the double slit experiment with light?
Graduate Doesn't QM allow for FTL travel?
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Graduate Field Operators in Klein-Gordon theory
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Graduate Whcih Theory Of Quantum Mechanics Is The Right One?
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Graduate Are Scalar Electromagnetics a Revolutionary Energy Source or Just Pseudoscience?
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Graduate Energy levels in finite 1d well
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Graduate Why Irreducibel Representations?
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Graduate Can Observing Particles Without Photons Overcome the Uncertainty Principle?
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High School Double slit experiment -WHAt is it it showing or proving
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Graduate Understanding Particle Mass Shells
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Graduate Time Propagation: Evaluating "exp(-i*H*t)
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Graduate Quantum Well Levels: Energy Changes with Depth
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Undergrad What is the effect of gravity on light?
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Graduate Do Polarizers Affect Entangled Photon Beams Differently?
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Graduate Graviton and photon point particles in reality
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Graduate Fourier Transform of a wavefunction
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Graduate DeltaXDeltaP Greater Than or Equal to h/4pi
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Graduate Could Quantum Time Be Confirmed by the LHC?
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Graduate Wave/Particle Double Slit Experiment Questions
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Graduate How small does sub-atomic universe go?
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Graduate Momentum operator as the generator of translations.
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Graduate Feyman Diagram - Represent QED model(s)?
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Graduate Two interacting electrons in 1D infinite well
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Graduate Entangling Photons: A Brief Overview of Quantum Interference
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Graduate Rayleigh one-two photon, dipole approx
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Graduate GHZ Experiment: Detections vs. Hidden Variables
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Graduate Bellweather grants from FQXi foundation (straws in the quantum gravity wind)
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Undergrad Basic question about velocities of particles
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Graduate How to Normalize the Basic Wave Equation
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Graduate Challenging the Collapse: Examining the Proof of State in Quantum Physics
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Graduate Is the Group Velocity Double the Phase Velocity at Low Velocities?
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Graduate Hermitian adjoint of the time derivative?
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Graduate Quantum Entanglement and retrocausality
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Graduate Spin Exchange in Fermi Sea - Evaluating S_x \cdot S_{x+1}
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Graduate A relativistic quantum theory of gravity
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Graduate Understanding the Relationship Between Kronecker Delta and Dirac Delta
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Graduate Vacuum state of the Klein-Gordon field
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High School My First Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Derivative inside, outside time ordering
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Graduate What is the problem with the Stern Gerlach J=1 exercise?
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Graduate Quantum Physics, Causality, and Logic
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Graduate Light Interaction with Electrons in Glass
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Graduate Davisson & Germer experiment question
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Graduate Calculating Broglie Wavelength for Helium Superfluid
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Undergrad Can We See Photons With Naked Eye?
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Graduate Revolutionary Experiment Confirms Incompleteness of Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Photons Detector not yielding which-path info.
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Graduate Commuting Operators in Sequential Stern Gerlach Experiment
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Graduate Measurement and Stern Gerlach Experiments review articles?
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Undergrad Distance Between Atoms: How to Measure
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Graduate Linus Pauling's Hydrogen Atom: MVR=nh/2pi?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: Learning Bra-Ket Notation
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Graduate Coherent States of the Harmonic Oscillator
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Graduate Questions about the Density Operator Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Turning Off a Measuring Device: Wave-to-Particle Possibility?
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Graduate How Do Quantum Computers Use Qubits in Superposition for Calculations?
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Graduate Unveiling the Mysteries of Photon Helicity
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Graduate Is there any reason the Universe must have a wave function?
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Graduate How do I calculate the initial alpha for an iterative process in a finite well?
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Graduate Massless free field equation -> Maxwell's eqn.
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Graduate What is a wave function and how does it describe the wave nature of a particle?
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Graduate Concept of a renormalizable theory in Weinberg's feild theory book
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Undergrad Understanding the Hamiltonian of a System: Explained for Beginners
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Graduate Quantum computing and Nanoscale CAD
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Graduate What Would Happen If 2 Protons Collided?
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Graduate Solving Fermions: Finding States & Energies
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Undergrad Why is the Weak Force So Weak?
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Graduate Why spinor bec is called ''spinor bec''?
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Graduate Why Don't Electrons Fall into the Nucleus Despite the Uncertainty Principle?
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Graduate Chirality vs Helicity: Explaining the Difference
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Graduate Projection postulate - can it be verified?
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Graduate Dirac delta spherical potential
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Graduate What Is the Simplest Picture for Entangled Particles?
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Graduate Can anyone improve the Gottesman and Chuang quantum digital signature scheme?
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Graduate Are Ghosts a Scientific Myth or Reality?
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Undergrad Finding n for Line Spectra with 400 nm Wavelength
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Undergrad Gravity and its effect on particles/molecules and bonds.
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Undergrad Detecting Single Photon Energy
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Graduate Questions about some material from Dirac
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Graduate Differentiation of an exponential with operators (Peskin p.84)
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Graduate Is the Integral of the Square of Phase Density Constant in Classical Mechanics?
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Graduate Electrons travel faster than the speed of light
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Graduate The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Physics
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Graduate Quantum attraction by exchange of particles
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Graduate Pair Annihilation and Conservation of Momentum and Energy Explained
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Graduate Renormalization in Fluidodynamics
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Graduate Total Spin of Two Particles w/ Spin 1
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High School Basic question on electron, ion and photon excitation
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Algebra Help: Attached File Guide
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Graduate Is there a description of collapse in QFT ?
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Graduate Pair Production and Momentum Transfer in Photon Interactions
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Undergrad Heisenbergs Uncertainty Principle
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Graduate What's wrong with Heisenberg's microscope?
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Graduate What is the significance of singlets and gauge invariance in particle physics?
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Graduate Is probability a Quantum Observable ?
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Graduate Can a cat truly be the observer in Schrödinger's thought experiment?
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Undergrad Double slit experiment - quick question
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Graduate What the state of Quantum mechanics (QM) is?
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Graduate Mach-Zehnder Interferometer at Wiki Question
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Graduate Question About Harmonic Oscillator in Griffiths - E=0 or E=1/2hw?
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Graduate What Is the Role of the Hamiltonian in Quantum Mechanics?
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