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Graduate What is Quantum Physics and How Does it Differ from Classical Physics?
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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics Allow for Discontinuous Wavefunctions and Probabilities?
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Graduate Non-Commutative Angular Momentum, and Muonium
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Graduate A crank's idea about Uncertainty Principle
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Graduate Probability Amplitude phases
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Graduate Understanding the Duality of Photons: Particle or Wave?
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Graduate Nonlocality of a Single Particle: A Scheme Without Objections
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Graduate Intiutive approach to Green's function for SE
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Graduate Entanglement: Can We Logically Say a Body is in All Possible States?
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Undergrad Multiple lines in H2 and Hg emission spectra
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Graduate Hilbert/Fock space spanned by non-interacting states
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Graduate Gauge Transformation: Definition & Uses
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Graduate A contradiction of Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
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Graduate So, the question is: Can hidden variables explain quantum behaviour?
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Graduate Slit Experiments: Unanswered Questions Explored
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Graduate Spectral line width calculations
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Graduate Why are eigenstates important in the treatment of atomic systems?
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Graduate Double Slit Experiment: Wave Interference & Particle Like Patterns
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Graduate Two particles in superposition
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Undergrad Flux vs Fluence: What's the Difference?
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Can Consciousness and the Unified Field Be Experienced Beyond the Human Body?
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Graduate Can q Have Eigenvectors Other Than Zero in Standard Quantization Procedure?
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Graduate Need a quick tutorial on the following topics
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Graduate Deducing Degeneracy in Spin from Commutation Relations
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Graduate Does Absolute Zero Occur in the Universe?
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Graduate The Dirac Equation and the Neutrinos
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Graduate Quantum Spin Chain Problem: An Overview
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Graduate Fourier Transform of Hermitian Operators
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Graduate How Do I Derive the Zeta Function Using Zeta Function Regularization?
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Graduate Understanding Non-Relativistic Path Integral Formulation
- CPL.Luke
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Undergrad Light through polarizing filters
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Graduate Is the physical whole a sum of quantum measurements?
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Graduate How Do Electrons, EM Waves, and Electricity Interact?
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Graduate Understanding the Delta Function Well in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Can operators describe a single or many measurements simultaneously?
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Graduate Communication using quantum entanglement
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Graduate Deriving 3D Wave Eq.: Assumptions & Considerations
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Undergrad Hermitian Matrices: Visualizing Transpose & Adjoint
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Graduate How can the momentum be non-zero if the probability current density is zero?
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Graduate What is the use of representing wavefunctions as an exponential?
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Graduate Perturbation effect on harmonic osclillator
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Graduate COM vs Lab Total energy discrepency
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Graduate How Does Quantum Theory Explain Repulsion Between Charged Balloons?
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Graduate Why Does a 2π Rotation Change the Sign of a Wavefunction in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Calculating Group Velocity of Schrodinger Waves: Dispersion Relation
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Graduate Does Observing a Particle in Superposition Entangle You With It?
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Graduate Is the collapse of the wavefunction in entangled particles instantaneous?
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High School Direction of revolution of atomic electrons
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Undergrad Absorption of photons by electrons
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Graduate Understanding Bound States in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate How Can You Have Negative Energy in a Positive Potential?
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Graduate Typo in Kapusta or Ashok Das ? Formula for thermal propagator
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Graduate Euclidean QFT and thermodynamic analogy
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Understanding How to Manage Your Finances
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Graduate Electromagnetic casimir effect
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Graduate How two quantum systems interact ?
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Graduate Can QT estimate the ionization energy of neutral Helium, He I?
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Graduate What Does Not Local in Space Mean in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Parity Operator, Symmetric Potential: Is V=PV?
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Graduate 'Spookytech'? Technology based on quantum interactions
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Undergrad Question about the Photoelectric Effect
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Graduate Transforming a Lorentz Scalar: psi-bar x psi x y_0
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Graduate Clarification on wavefunction collapse
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Graduate Quick QM: Why Does Schrodinger Eq Being 1st Order Matter?
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Graduate Pψ=aψ and wave function uniqueness
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Graduate Orthonormal basis and operators
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Graduate Wavefunction collapse: is that really an axiom
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Graduate Usefulness of Heisenberg picture?
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Graduate How does Helium-4 exhibit bosonic properties despite being composed of fermions?
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Graduate Angular Momentum Ladder Operators
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Graduate Photon, black hole, Wikipedia quote
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Graduate How can one ensure Lorentz invariance when using an external field in QFT?
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Graduate Are All Particles in Quantum Physics Excitations of Fields Like the Higgs Boson?
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Graduate Can Energy Be Calculated from a Single Point in Full CI Calculations?
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Graduate How observation leads to wavefunction collapse?
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Graduate Bell States: Problem & Effects of Phase Gate
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Graduate Spin Interference: Looking for Thought Experiments with Single Electrons
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Undergrad What Happens to a Particle's Energy When a 1D Box Shrinks?
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Graduate Solving Shor's Algorithm to Factor 15: Results & Analysis
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Graduate Significance of the hamiltonian commuting
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Graduate Is the Ground State of a System Always Pure?
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Graduate Can Entangled Photons Reveal Which-Path Information in a Double Slit Experiment?
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Undergrad Are Atoms Affected by the Big Bang Theory?
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Graduate On the helicity of the electrons
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Graduate Symmetry and conserved probability current for wave functions
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Graduate How are the positions of particles described in QFT?
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Graduate Understanding Time in Quantum Physics: Absolute vs. Relative Concepts Explained
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Graduate A photon as a phonon in ether?
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Graduate Operator Question: Evaluating \langle x |\hat{p} | \psi\rangle
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Graduate What is the relationship between wave functions and molecules?
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Graduate Is Modern Aether Theory Valid Against Einstein's Relativity?
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Undergrad About the radiation of blackbody
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Graduate Operator in non-orthogonal basis
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Graduate Who Developed the Sequential Stern-Gerlach Apparatus and Formalism?
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Graduate Complex simple Lie algebras classification
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Undergrad How The Mass Of an Electron Was Worked Out
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Graduate Very basic questions about QFT
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Graduate Understanding Spin 1/2 Particles - Writing Expressions
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Undergrad What factors determine the ability of a substance to transmit light?
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Graduate Afshar 2 slit experiment-peer review
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