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Graduate Universal quantum physics
Graduate Generation of polarization entangled photons
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Graduate Hamiltonian of Minimum Uncertainty State
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Graduate What Are Spin Functions and How Do They Work?
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Graduate Perturbation Theory: Higher Order Energy + Deviation from True Solution?
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Graduate Entangled Photons with no shared Past
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Graduate Is the 2-D Wigner-Eckert Theorem applicable to cylindrical harmonics?
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Graduate How Does the Klein-Gordon Hamiltonian Define the Evolution of Field Variables?
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Graduate Is quantum field theory a genuine quantum theory?
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High School Charge of Proton & Electron: Explained
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Graduate How Many Gluons Are Inside a Proton?
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Graduate Does Quantum Mechanics Suggest Violations of Conservation Laws?
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Graduate Why the reflection and transmission?
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Graduate Understanding the Equivalence of Dirac Delta Functions in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Do Quantum Numbers Determine the Node Structure of Wavefunctions?
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Graduate Time independent schrodinger equation: delta potential
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Graduate Multiple Particles in a Box: How Does the Schrodinger Equation Change?
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High School The Double Slit Experiment: A Fascinating Introduction to Quantum Physics
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Graduate Quantum vaccum one dimensional?
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Graduate Commutators and the Parametric Nonrelativistic Particle?
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Graduate Solving the Mystery of Energy Eigenfunctions
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Graduate Question on Experiments with Entangled Particles and Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Selection rules and related stuffs
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Graduate How to Solve Quantum Mechanics Problems Using Commutation Relations
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Graduate How Do You Calculate Spectral Line Width?
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Graduate Tunneling past the speed of light
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Graduate QM of particles with no common past light cone
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Graduate Photon is different from an eletron
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Graduate KWhat conditions must a wavefunction satisfy for all values of x?
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Graduate Is this state coherent or squeezed according to the definitions given?
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Graduate Relativity & Quantum Theory: Is Locality Violated?
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Graduate Understanding the Uncertainty Principle and the Physical Reality of Electrons"
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Graduate Does the Pauli Exclusion Principle Imply Orthogonality of Quantum States?
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Graduate Why is glass QM transparent ?
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Graduate A general math theory on the quantum harmonic oscillator?
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Graduate Quantum angle selectivity of polirizers filter
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Graduate Can Entangled Particles Enable Faster-Than-Light Communication?
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Graduate Quantum Problem: Particle Motion Under Constraints and Christoffel Symbols
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Graduate Fermi Golden Rule Tutorial | PH.UTexas.edu
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Graduate Is there a minimum possible wavelength?
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Graduate What are the effects of quantum energy on macroscopic objects?
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Graduate Why Does the Bloch Sphere Use Theta Over Two for Qubit Representation?
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Graduate Even another 2-slit experiment setup
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Undergrad Neutron Decay Into Proton: Hawking's New Book
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Graduate What Does the Double Slit Experiment Reveal About the Nature of Particles?
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Graduate Unlocking Mathematical Mysteries: Wave Mechanics & Inner Product Spaces
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Graduate How Does a Flat Black Body Radiate Energy into a Hemisphere?
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Graduate Do Photons Have Different Rest Mass?
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Undergrad A few questions about particles.
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Graduate Harmonic Oscillator, Ladder Operators, and Dirac notation
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Undergrad Intensity of light constantwhy rate of emission of electrons changes?
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Graduate Entanglement: What is it and how is it measured?
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Undergrad Understanding Quantisation: Definition and Examples for Clear Understanding
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Graduate Uncertainty of when a photon is absorbed
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Graduate Probability Density of Electron in EM & Matter Waves
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Graduate Godel incompletness related to physics?
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Graduate Another misleading observer example, or not?
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Graduate Measuring instant changes in particles
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Graduate Is State 1 the Cause of State 2 or Vice Versa?
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Graduate Question on observer created reality
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Graduate Tom Green says I'm wrong about Quantum Physics
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Graduate Frustrated total internal reflection
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Graduate Understanding Velocity and Momentum: Unraveling the Uncertainty Principle
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Graduate What Physics Formula Applies to Particles Smaller Than 10^-10?
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Graduate Electromagnetic Momentum & Force: QM & Wave Analysis
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Graduate Understanding the Limitations of WKB Approximation in One-Dimensional Problems
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Undergrad How is light experimentally proven to be a particle?
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Graduate Necessity of Continuous Wave Functions
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Graduate What is spin up and spin down?
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Graduate Why Is Classical Dirac's Field Considered to Have No Physical Meaning?
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Undergrad What does * mean and how is it used
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Undergrad Eigenvalues for particle in finite square well
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Graduate Another doubt regarding wavefunction.
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Graduate Can someone explain the Schrödinger equation?
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Graduate English Translations of Original QM Sources: Find Textbook & Papers
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Graduate Why Does the Electron Not Fall Toward the Nucleus in QM?
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Graduate How can this possible tricky situation be explained?
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Graduate OK Corral: Local versus non-local QM
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Graduate Quantization of EMR in charge acceleration
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Graduate Imaginary Action Friends: Ann. Phys. & Textbook for Tunneling
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Graduate Fundimental frequency of subatomic particles.
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Graduate Field operators in canonically transformed representations of the CCRs
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Graduate What will happen in the following scenario?
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Graduate Double Slit Experiment with Interference Patterns
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Undergrad Similarities/differences between EM waves and particle waves
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Graduate Statistical Quantum good question
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Graduate What Happened to Heisenberg's Constant in Planck Units?
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Graduate Minimum energy for a spin flip?
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Graduate Is Quantum Probability Shaping Our Understanding of Particle Behavior?
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Graduate No experiment can be repeated? (2 questions)
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Graduate How much does the uncertainty in position increase with time?
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Graduate What is the role of time evolution in the behavior of different types of waves?
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Graduate Double Slit Experiment: Questions and Answers
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Graduate How long do photons live not in a vacum?
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Graduate Non-local Realistic theories disproved
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Graduate How Many People Actually Understand QM?
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Graduate Quantum mechanics and spacetime
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Graduate Why probilities and not definates.
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Graduate If, as Richard Feyman insisted, nobody understands quantum mechanics
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Graduate Fourier transform limited photons?
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Graduate How is a particle's spin detected in quantum mechanics?
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