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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Graduate Deriving Schrodinger's Equation w/o Boundary Conditions
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Graduate Where Can I Find Translated Classical Papers on Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Maxwell distribution of kinetic energies
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Graduate General version of fermi-dirac distribution?
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Graduate Do All Electrons in a Molecular Orbital Share the Same Magnetic Quantum Number?
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Graduate Why Don't the Laws of Quantum Mechanics Work at Planck Scales?
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Undergrad Spin Hamiltonian Explained: Basics & Overview
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Graduate Pilot Wave Theory: A Viable Explanation for Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate What is the PDE for photons proposed by Bialynicki-Birula?
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Undergrad How can I do the double slit experiment with limited resources?
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Graduate Electrons are fired one by one in double slit-interference
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Graduate Is it possible to derive E=h f from E=h \nu in the theory of light quanta?
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High School Is it Possible? Laser Generated from Non-Absorbable Substances
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Graduate Confusion about eigenstates and wavefunctions.
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics 1D Harmonic Oscillator Simulator
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Graduate Can Quantum Entanglement Enable Faster-Than-Light Communication?
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Graduate Quantum phenomena and the passage of time.
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Graduate What is the current understanding of the nature of photons?
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Graduate Understanding Photon: Models from Classical Physics to Quantum Field Theory
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Graduate Why replace Hamiltonian with operator?
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Graduate Different versions of the uncertainty principle
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Undergrad Does intensity determine the occurrence of the photoelectric effect?
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Graduate Schrödinger equation: eigen value or differential equation
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Graduate What exactly is the definition of a "quantum event"?
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Graduate How Does Acceleration of Charged Particles Produce Electromagnetic Radiation?
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Graduate Why does electron have wave property
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Graduate Why is the Tr notation used in the Z=Tr(Exp(-bH)) equation for the Ising model?
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Graduate Is the Bohr model of the atom still valid in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate [Quick] States of interacting and non-interacting Hamiltonian
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Graduate Need Understandable Explanation Of Bell's Theorum
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Graduate Interaction term in path integral
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Graduate Can Photons Really Pop In and Out of Existence?
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Graduate The Semantics of Wave: Understanding the Wavefunction and De Broglie Wavelength
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Graduate Wave-Particle Duality: Questions & Answers
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Graduate What is the difference between entangled and normal photons?
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Undergrad Inelastic collision and ideal gas law
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Graduate In an experiment, do we measure the eigenvalue or expectation value?
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Graduate Renormalization, infinitesimal charges?
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Graduate Quantum fields are the basic constituents?
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Graduate Chern Simons Spin density as hidden variable.
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Graduate Explaining Zero-Point Energy & Quantum Foam
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Graduate Entanglement Effects in Relativistic Reference Frames
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Graduate Getting Into Quantum Physics: Is It Difficult?
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Photons at same place at the same time
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Graduate A paradox about Heisneberg Uncertainty ?
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Graduate Uncertainty: Measuring Electron Position w/o Light
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Graduate Non Commutative Quantum Field Theory
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Graduate Questions on Line Spectra, Orbitals and Radiation
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Undergrad The Photoelectric Effect question
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Graduate Symmetries and conserved quantities
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Graduate I won't debate on the wavefunction collapse
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Graduate Weinberg Paper: Understanding Two Loop Corrections for Gravitational Force
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Graduate How we interpret quantum physics
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Graduate Probability current versus electric current
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Graduate What is the energy loss of a solid sphere hitting a wall obliquely?
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Undergrad What are some recommended introductory books on quantum mechanics?
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Undergrad Black lines in elements' emission spectra
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Graduate How Can Visualizations Enhance Your Understanding of Quantum Spin Observables?
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Graduate What are the fundamental mathematics behind path integrals in QM?
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Graduate What Is the Significance of the Fine Structure Constant 1/137?
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Graduate What are generalized probability functions?
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Graduate Is the Screen an Observer in the Double Slit Experiment?
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Graduate Distinguishability of electrons separated by large distances
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Graduate Symmetric Potentials - Eigenstates & Ground States
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Graduate Recursion relation for C-G coefficients
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Undergrad What is a good introductory book for quantum physics?
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Graduate Energy levels in quantum well structures
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Graduate What Is the Fine Structure Constant in Physics?
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Graduate Decay length of Half Square Well
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Graduate Is Quantum Physics an Epistemology or an Ontology?
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Graduate Does de Sitter General Relativity Offer a New Approach to Quantum Gravity?
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Graduate Do Electrons Orbit the Nucleus Like Planets?
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Graduate Confirming the Correlation of Quantum States and Lowest Quantum Numbers
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Graduate Why Should We Revisit Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity?
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Graduate Time Elapsed Through Earth's Tunnel: Clock Drop Experiment
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Can Comedy Simplify Quantum Physics?
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Graduate Quantum number and wave vector
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Graduate Raising and lowering operators for spin
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Graduate Electric Dipole Transition: Selection Rules & n Transition
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Graduate An irreducible representation of
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Graduate Momentum Eigenstates in 1D Infinite Square Well
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High School Movement of Electrons: Spin or Orbit?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics and Relativity.
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Graduate What Does "Size" Mean for Electrons and Protons?
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Graduate Numerical calculation of tunneling probability
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Graduate Does Natural Hydrogen Exist in a Stable Ground State?
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Graduate What does this state collapse into after the measurement?
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Graduate Has FTL communication really never been tested in this way?
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Graduate How Does Angular Dependence Arise in a Spherical Symmetric Potential?
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Graduate Logical Rational for spooky-action @ at distance
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Undergrad Electronic structure of the atoms
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Graduate Advice for High School Student's Quantum Mechanics Assignment
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Graduate Understanding Bell's Inequality & Theorem
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Graduate One Photon from coil and battery
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Graduate Exchange of photons/virtual photons and electrostatic or EM force
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Graduate Physical meaning for wavefunction
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Graduate Compton Scattering from bound electrons
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Graduate Massive boson propagator - problem with step in derivation
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Graduate Periodic Potential: Diff. Eq. Solutions
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Graduate How Are the Failures of Equipartition Theory Linked to Quantum Mechanics?
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