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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Alternative model for counterfactual definiteness in Bohm-like EPR
How to Measure Probabilities for Observables in Quantum Mechanics?
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Diffraction: Does the electron determine the hole to travel through?
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Heat Capacity of Solid Material: Plank's Constant Implications
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Good paper(s) on Bell's theorem
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What books do you recommend for reference?
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That queer experiment; what is its limit?
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You cannot derieve Schrödinger Equation .
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Question on Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in QFT Final
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Understanding the Mathematical Definition of the State Ket Expansion in Sakurai
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Non-linear Replacements for QM
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Is there such a thing as position entanglement?
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Phase space: a one-to-one mapping with all quantum dynamics?
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Drawing Feynman Diagrams: Tools & Photoshop
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Can the Reality of the Quantum Mechanical Wave Function be Falsified?
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Where Can I Find Rigorous Developments of the Path Integral Formulation?
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(maybe) simple calculation question
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Momentum of a photon and Einstein
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Need help with Clebsch-Gordan calculations?
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Understanding Renormalization in Quantum Field Theory
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What is the true definition of 'observe' in quantum physics?
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Addition Theorem for Spherical Harmonics
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Researchers Develop Quantum Processor
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Disappearing and reappearing at the other side of the wall
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Y: Calculating Expectation Value of O with Orthonormal State
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A few thoughts on entanglement
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Rigorous Intro to QM: Best Books for Learning
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Can Anything Explain No Matter = No Photon?
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What are the units of a wave function
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What causes photon diffraction through thin air?
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Some my puzzles of coincidence counting
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QED Courses at the Graduate Level: Standard or Optional?
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Question on observables of QFT
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What Happens When the Electron Energy E Equals Potential V in Quantum Mechanics?
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Could Proton Microscopes Revolutionize Imaging with Their Smaller Wavelength?
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How Quantum Teleportation work ?
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Is Dr. Randell Mills' Alternative Energy Source the Future of Power Generation?
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Mass is converted into energy which appears as Binding Energy
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Quantum superpostion, determinability, and existance of virtual particles
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Real Double-Slit Experiment: Unraveling Quantum Mystery
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I hope I'm not bothering anybody here
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Understanding Quantum Chaos: A Beginner's Guide
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Particles & Fields: QM and Charged Particles
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A question on measurment in QM
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Deterministic quantum mechanics?
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A neutron star collapses - where's pauli?
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Is incandescence a purely quantum phenomenon?
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Wave Function Collapse in Quantum Mechanics: Understanding Probability
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QFT & Bound States: Is Calculation Possible?
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How many famous paradoxes in Quantum Mechanic?
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Hyperentanglement demonstrated
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Does any linear unitary operator stand for a symmetry transformation?
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General questions about fields and light
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What Are the Key References and Concepts in Algebraic Quantum Theory?
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Schroedinger's test-tube babies
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Hamiltonian of a spin 1/2 particle in a constant mag. field
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Exploring the Unitarity Problem in Non-Renormalizable Theories
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Why don't lower energy photons sometimes produce a neutrino-antineutrino pair?
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What causes a particle to go into superposition?
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Learning at college about wave partile duality
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Does Pair Creation = Bremsstrahlung?
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When a free proton captures a free electron
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Vacuum Polarization - Why invoked?
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University of Australia Slows Light to 670 mph
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How Does Quantum Field Theory Explain Vacuum Energy and Momentum?
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Everything in nature is truly random and unpredictable
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Debroglie wavelength of a baseball
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Kinetic energy change in virtual photon exchange
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What do the terms in Heisenberg's matrices represent?
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What causes the arrow of time ?
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Are Parallel Universes and Dimensions Real or Just Theoretical Possibilities?
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Why the name Second Quantization ?
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Solving Shrodinger Equation for Hawking Radiation
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A question on momenta of electrons
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QED vs Point Charge of the Electron
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What is correct write about photon?
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Wave-Particle Duality of Light
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Why Is the Wave Function of Photons Considered a Physical Wave?
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Quantum Mechanics Book for First Year Physics Students
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Where can I find J. Bell's book on Quantum Mechanics?
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Does violation of Bell's inequality imply faster-than-light communication?
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Defining Charge: Electrons, Protons, and Spin
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Help me find a couple of good articles
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How is adiabatic invariant proved in a simple dynamic system?
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Is the Gedanken Data on Quantum Entanglement Available Online?
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Can Penrose's Felix experiment prove the role of gravity in objective collapse?
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Clearing the Misconception on Light's Wave-Particle Duality
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Particle Spin: Definition & Meaning
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Photon bunching in quantum optics
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Is there a proof for Fermi and Bose statistics?
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Proof of non-locality indep. of conservation law
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A trick to solve functional integraltion?
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Can Particle/Wave Duality Be Explained by the Nature of Space-Time?
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Does a controversy still exist ?
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Layman's definition of CM and QM?
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Can a complex potential have real energies?
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Harmonic Oscillator: Lowest Allowed Energy Not E=0?
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Where did Will 'O The Wisp Go?
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Understanding the Layman's Definition of a Unit
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How Big is a Photon? Envelope Size & Oscillations
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What Are the Core Equations of Quantum Mechanics Contradicting Relativity?
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