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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
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Graduate Quantum Paradox: Interfering Imaginary Slits?
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Graduate The Doppler Effect- According to Quantum Mechanics
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End of electrons leaving metal
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Undergrad Why don't electrons leave a negatively charged metal in air?
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Graduate Which Differential Equation Does a Finite Wave Train Follow?
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Graduate Physical meaning of the 2 eigenfunctions of Free Particle
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Graduate Experimental distinction between states with one and two photons
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Graduate Help W/ Calculating LSZ Formula for 2-2 Scattering Amplitude
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Graduate Commuting metric past Dirac spinors?
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Graduate Understanding the Relationship Between Electrons and Time: A Simple Explanation
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Graduate Why there isn't missing information in QM
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Graduate What is the Locality Principle in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM)
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Graduate Quantum Hall Thruster? (QuantumHallEffect+HallThruster=?)
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Graduate Is Gravity Linked to Quantum Entanglement?
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Graduate Path Integral Troubleshooting: Dealing with Delta Distributions in the Exponent
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Graduate Exercises and problems on QED and QFT ?
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Graduate What Happens When We Cover Up One Slit in the Double Slit Experiment?
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Graduate Hypothesis about Quantum Interference in Time
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Undergrad Do Photons Decay or Scatter?
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Undergrad Atomic Orbitals | n=2, l=1, P Orbital, Magnetic Quantum No.
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Graduate Can Single Photons Be Isolated and Accelerated?
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Graduate Atom can give rise to singlet, doublet, triplet, and quartet states?
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Graduate Physical Nature of Non-Zero Component in Finite Square Well Bound Eigenstates
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Graduate Fermi-Dirac statistics valid for electron gas in metals?
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Graduate The electromagnetic current vanishes identically in the Majorana case
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Graduate Is Movement an Illusion in the Quantum Field?
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Graduate SU(3) symmetry and simple zeros of w. f.
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Graduate What are weight spaces and how do they relate to the representation of SU(2)?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics & Gravity: Is There a Connection?
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Graduate Microcausality in algebraic QFT
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Graduate How Does Max Tegmark's Multiverse Theory Influence Human Decision-Making?
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Graduate Afshar experiment questions - PROPONENTS only:P
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Graduate Time-dependant Schrödinger Equation Help.
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Graduate Quantum sensor and units issue
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Graduate Magnetic Quantum No: Angular Momentum, Electron Orbit Orientation
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Graduate Metric tensor, infitesimal transformation
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Graduate Degree of Freedom: Explaining n,l & m Quantum Numbers
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Graduate Spin 1/2 vs Spin 2: Does 360 Degrees Change?
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Graduate When Is a Quantum Field Theory Exactly Solved?
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Graduate KK Thermal Physics Ch4: A Peculiar Model of Photons
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Graduate Example of observing without absorbing needed
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Graduate What is the Smallest Quantum of Charge? - AJ
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Graduate What is the origin of vacuum fluctuations in quantum field theory?
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Graduate How Do Atomic Forces Influence Friction at the Quantum Level?
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Graduate Max Born and probability waves
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Graduate Will quantum computers ever be possible?
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Graduate Electron in a well: energies are quantized or not?
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Graduate Discreteness of Electron Orbits: Elliptical Shapes?
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Graduate What's going on between Alice and Bob?
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Graduate Understanding Zee's QFT: Simplified Gauge Derivative Calculation on Page 236
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Graduate How Do Energy Levels Interact When They Are Quantized?
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Graduate Space quantization of electron orbits ?
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Graduate Posulates of quantum mechanics
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Graduate Doublets Scalar Potential Question
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Readers’ Reactions: Is This Work Amusing?
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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics Be Generalized Beyond Bell's Theorem?
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Graduate Understanding Griffiths' Perturbation Theory in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Why/how electron spin conserved?
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Graduate First excite electrons into a higher state for lasers
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Graduate Can a Quantum Bouncing Ball Tunnel Through an Infinite Potential Barrier?
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Graduate Why Couldn't Einstein Accept Non-Locality?
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Graduate Do Virtual Particles Defy the Law of Conservation of Energy?
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Is There a Dedicated String Forum on This Site?
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Graduate How do you convert Planck's Radiation Formula into terms of wavelength?
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Graduate Uncovering the Mystery of Time: Examining Theories in Modern Physics
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Graduate How Does Our Understanding of Size Affect Quantum Mechanics?
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High School Unveiling the Mystery of Negative Energy and Transportation
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Graduate The Nature of Photons: Wave Packets, Existence & Manipulation
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Graduate Understanding the Complexity of Wavefunctions in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Unravelling the Mystery of J & l Quantum Numbers
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Undergrad Possible webpage title: Can You Perform Quantum Experiments at Home?
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Graduate Exploring Coherent States in the Quantum Oscillator
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Graduate Magnetic moment is an intrinsic property of elementary particles?
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Graduate What happens when two particles come within their Schwarzchild radius?
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Graduate Is There a Flaw in the Double Slit Experiment Theory?
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Graduate Is time entanglement the key to understanding the flow of time?
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Graduate Breaking quantum entanglement
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Undergrad Why can wave nature of light not explain photoelectric effect?
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Graduate Smallest Unit of Time: Planck Time Explained
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Graduate A few quantum mechanics problems
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Graduate Imagining particles, fields and interactions
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Graduate Determining uncertanity from the wave equation
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Graduate Using the energy of quantum oscillations
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Graduate Electron orbital angular momentum
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High School Frequency of Light: Explained & Examples
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Undergrad Photoelectric Effect: Explaining Cutoff Potential
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Graduate Why Does the 1-D Box Problem Present a Paradox in Momentum Eigenfunctions?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics of Rolling Balls: Learn More
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Graduate Understanding observables in QM
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Graduate Proposed Modification to Afshar's Experiment
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Graduate Understanding Physics: The Exchange of Virtual Photons
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Graduate Good introductions to quantum field theory and vacuum
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Graduate Understanding Vacuum Fluctuations Mathematically
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Graduate Quanta of massive vector fields
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Graduate Constructive Interference In Light
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Graduate Wave vs. Particle-Like Behavior
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Graduate Two-Slit & n-Slit Experiments: Explained
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Graduate What exactly does spin mean when talking about quantum physics?
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