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Graduate Using BEC to Propel a Solar Sail - What Do You Think?

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Graduate Gauge Transformations and (Generalized) Bogoliubov Transformations.

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Graduate Spin angular momentum operators

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Graduate Time-Dependent Schrodinger Eq: Integrating Time?

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Graduate Scalar field and spin 1/2 field

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Graduate 2 dimensional quantum mechanical situation

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Graduate Nuclear Gravitation Field Theory

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High School Unraveling the Origin of Photons

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Graduate Newbie's Fundamental Doubt: Wave Function & Eigen Functions

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Graduate Klein-Gordon Field QM: Replacing Wave Function with Wave Functional?

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Graduate Why Do Textbooks Use Different Signs in Gauge Covariant Derivative Notations?

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Graduate Question on Double Slit experiment

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What do we mena by energy barrer

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Graduate Renormalization group and cut-off

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Graduate Can 4 Momentum be an Operator?

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Graduate Hamiltonian Symmetry: Implications for Negative Energies and Potential

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Graduate (How) is a single photon polarized?

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Graduate Explaining Quantum Spin Without Math: Is It Possible?

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Graduate Symmetric Potential: Reasons for Eigenstate Solutions

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Graduate Rewriting a wave function superposition

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High School Photon Size: Direction & Probability

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Graduate Thoughts about ∣Φ>=∣1>*C1+∣2>*C2

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Graduate Canonical Commutation Relation Explained?

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Graduate What Is the Difference Between Albenian and Nonalbenian in Quantum Field Theory?

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Graduate Why is the Fourier Transform in QFT Divided by (2pi)?

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Graduate What is the relationship between mass and energy for photons?

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Graduate Renormalization and divergent integrals.

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Graduate Question about quantum mechanics

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Graduate Schrodinger's Equation: Reason for Acceptance?

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Graduate Quantum to Classical: Exploring Intermediate States through Varying Uncertainty

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High School Confused on Electron Double slit experment

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Graduate What are the allowed energies for a quantum harmonic oscillator?

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Graduate Does the Correspondence Principle Apply to All Quantum Systems?

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Graduate Could Electron Interference Be Explained by Undetectable Waves?

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Graduate Does Quantum Physics Affect the Cardiovascular System?

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Graduate Diracs Quantization Condition & Magnetic Monopole Explained

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Graduate Probability or Impossibility in QM?

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Graduate Understanding interference and decoherence

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Graduate Casimir effect - Does it fit? Or NOT?

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Graduate What is the meaning of canonical in quantum mechanics?

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Graduate Wave Packet: What is It & What Does NLS Say?

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Graduate Can Sub-Atomic Particles Exist in an Unseen Dimension?

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Graduate Haag's Theorem, Perturbation, Existence and QFT.

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Graduate Slow variables in Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation

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Graduate Can the fabric of space-time transform into virtual particles?

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Graduate Fourier transform formulation of the dirac delta

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Graduate Quantum Loops: Solving the Particle-in-Potential Problem

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Graduate Getting Started with Klein's Paradox: A Forum Q&A

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Graduate Weak measurements? Modified Double slit

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Undergrad What does the negative sign mean in the work function calculation for lead?

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Graduate I've found a way to see electrons (?)

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Undergrad Photodetection Theory: Photo-Oltaic, Photo-Emissive, Photo-Conductive

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Graduate Novice question about heat, ZPE and HUP

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Graduate What is the velocity of an orbiting electron in an atom?

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Graduate Understanding Quantum Tic Tac Toe & Event Horizon

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Graduate On Heisenberg Principle - ParticleWave Hybrid

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Graduate Does the Charge of Photons Change Our Understanding of Light?

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Graduate Why doesn't QM make particles zig-zag as they travel?

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Graduate Is Filming Free Electron Motion in Superfluid Helium Possible?

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Graduate Quantum optical application of Pascal Principle

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Graduate Modified Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

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Graduate Are Solitons the Only Type of Waves in Wave Equations?

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Graduate Fourier Integral involving a position operator

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Graduate How make a confront between energy levels?

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Graduate What is the Concept of a Fractional Dimension Probability Sphere?

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Is a Website a Reliable Source for Random Bits?

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Undergrad In the formula E=nhf for a photon, what is n ?

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Graduate What Are Quantum Gates and How Do They Relate to Nuclear Spin?

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Graduate Conditions for entanglement to exist

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Graduate Why adj( U(t)) * U(t) = I where U(t) is a propagator in QM?

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Graduate Path Integral & Quantum Mechanics: Beyond the Speed of Light?

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Graduate The temperature is also quantized?

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Graduate Euler-Lagrange equations in QFT?

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Graduate Does frequency make sense in terms of one particle?

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Graduate Electromagnetic field vs. photon(s)

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Graduate Quantum Teleportation: Is it the Biggest Rip-Off Since Miss Cleo?

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Graduate Is There a Definitive Answer to the Existence of Action in Quantum Mechanics?

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Graduate Understanding the Single Photon in Double Slit Experiments

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Graduate Does Supersymmetry Breaking Compromise Poincare Invariance?

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Graduate Which formula for the energy of the first orbital of hydrogen is correct?

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Graduate Propagator Equation: Explaining Integral

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Graduate What does it mean that a wave packet has an uncertainty

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High School Does an electron gain velocity when it drops to a lower energy level in an atom?

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Graduate Are Entangled Photons the Same Particle?

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Graduate What is the Definition of Measurement in Quantum Physics?

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Graduate Can Virtual Particle Annihilation in the Dirac Sea Generate Detectable Light?

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Undergrad How Does Threshold Frequency Support the Particle Theory of Light?

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Graduate What is the paraquantization? How does one develop a geometric pq?

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Graduate What is Propagator in Quantum Mechanics?

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Graduate Quantum physics vs. Quantum Mechanics

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Graduate Covariant quantum field theories

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Graduate Questions about operators in QM

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Graduate How does one develop a Hamiltonian for a free particle?

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Graduate Are Virtual Particles Real or Just a Concept in Physics?

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Graduate Does Moon exist if you don't look at it?

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Graduate Anticommutation Example: Solving for Operator p in Relation to Variable q"

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Graduate Locality/nonlocality for bound states - a question

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Graduate Can i exploit johnson noise to violate the second law?

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Graduate Wheeler's delayed choice gedanken experiment

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Graduate Understanding the Well-Defined Properties of Quantum Systems

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