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Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
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Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
Graduate Is Direct Brute Force Quantization Possible for Equations of Motion?
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Graduate Angle of pilot wave through apperature?
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Undergrad Preference for lower energy states?
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Graduate Energy States of Electrons in Free Space
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Graduate Exploring Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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Graduate Quantization on momentum space
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Graduate About the behaviour of a beam-splitter
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Solving the Riddle of Chaotic Particle
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Graduate Peer-Reviewed References for ZapperZ's Ideas on Barut and Bohm de Broglie
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Graduate Could EM/strong/weak force be expressed geometrically?
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Graduate Wave function and Uncertinaty Principle?
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Graduate System with big number of particles
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Graduate Bell's theorem and Harrison's (2006) inequality
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Graduate How does quantum mechanics affect the classical electrostatic force?
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Graduate What is the Ground State Energy of a Harmonic Oscillator?
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Graduate Why do we think particle is wave and probability also wave?
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Graduate Rotation Energy Levels and Degeneracy.
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Graduate Blackbody Radiation: Plank's Quantum States & Frequencies
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Graduate The Heisenberg Uncertainty Princeple
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Graduate Density matrix for QFT from the path integral?
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Graduate Has the Theory of Unification in Physics Been Discovered Yet?
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Graduate What is the Relational Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Are Unphysical Renormalization Conditions in QFT Justifiable?
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Graduate Why is the square modulus of the wave function used in quantum mechanics?
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Undergrad Does the equation E=mc2 prove that energy and mass are equivalent?
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Graduate Atoms, Void & Time Reversability
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Graduate Absolute Zero or Uncertainty Principal?
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Graduate Spin and orbital magnetic moments?
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Graduate Yet another solid-state electrical generator patent
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High School What is the menaing of standing plane waves ?
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Graduate Commutation relations trouble (basic)
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Undergrad Can You Really Go Through Walls According to Physics?
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Graduate Observable and interaction
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Undergrad Why Does My Emission Spectra Prediction Program Differ from Lab Results?
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Graduate Fun question RE: Bell's Theorem
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Graduate Photon Interaction: Manish Mehta Question
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Graduate Dimensions of a probability amplitude (matrix element)?
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Undergrad What causes natural decay and why can't it be avoided?
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Undergrad How does increasing distance affect potential energy in an atom?
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Graduate Reading the FAQ on how phonons
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Graduate Do photons have finitely many wavelengths?
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Graduate What Makes Quantum Tunneling Possible Despite Classical Physics?
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Graduate Why Does Observing the Double Slit Experiment Change the Outcome?
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Graduate Quantum Computing: Isolating Atoms & Effects of EM Waves
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Graduate What Is the Connection Between Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory?
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Graduate Double Slit Experiment: Unrecorded Measurements & Waveform Collapse
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Undergrad What is a blackbody?What special of its radiation?
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Graduate Naive Feynman diagram question
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Graduate Is there any approximation to the two particle density matrix
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Undergrad What is a Pure State and Mixed State?
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Graduate Do antiparticles really go back in time?
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Graduate Circuit Response to Gamma Rays
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Graduate QFT and unitary Lorent representation
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Graduate Can Photons Ever Acquire Mass Through Theoretical Processes?
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Graduate Why does an observer affect the electron?
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High School What Is the Size of a Photon?
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Graduate Schrodinger equation in gravitational field
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Undergrad Looking for explanation of randomness.
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Graduate Do massless particles always have momentum in the direction of travel?
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Graduate Why Do Spin 1/2 Particles Behave Like a Twisted Ribbon?
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Graduate Invariant quantities for antimatter
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High School What is Superposition? Explained in Simple Terms
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Graduate Brian Green's Beam Splitter Experiments
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Graduate Superposition and Kets: Rational Discussion
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Graduate Matrix Mechanics for the Bored Wave Mechanics Student
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Graduate Is Wave-Particle Dualism the Key to Understanding Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Eigenkets of the field operator.
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Graduate Heisenberg and quantum mechanics
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Graduate Understanding Multidimensional Time
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Undergrad Can Technology Convert Matter to Energy and Vice Versa?
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Graduate QFT Peskin Errata: Pauli Vilars Regularization & Ward Takahashi Identity
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Graduate Understanding Fourier Series and Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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Undergrad Blackbody Radiation: Explaining Integer Frequencies
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Graduate What Does the Wave Function y(r,t) Represent in Quantum Mechanics?
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High School Hiesenberg uncertainty principle in 100 ACII characters or less
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Graduate Quantum Evolution by Johnjoe McFadden: Fascinating Read on Quantum Physics
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Graduate Mutli-partite states and operators
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Graduate Explanation for term in formula, QFT
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Graduate Gravity & Casimir Force: Is There a Link?
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Graduate Storing Photons: A Theoretical Possibility?
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Graduate Quantum entanglement information transfer proven?
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Graduate Struggling to Get the Same Result: Solving Schrödinger Equation
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Graduate Quantum Interference: Is There a Size Limit?
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Graduate How Can I Understand QFT in My Own Way?
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Graduate Griffiths Problem 1.15: Understanding Complex Potential
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Graduate Can Entropy and Time Reversal Coexist with Irreversible Wavefunction Collapse?
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Graduate Why Does Quantum Field Theory Insist on Integral Particle Numbers?
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Graduate Can Electrons Really Pop Into Existence When We Observe Them?
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Graduate What is wrong with this lagrangian
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Graduate Confused about time on the quantum scale
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Graduate What Are the Key Postulates of Quantum Physics and Their Implications?
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Graduate Does the Pauli Exclusion Principle Span Distance?
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Graduate Electric and Magnetic Fields due to Photon
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Graduate Is the photoelectric effect a particle phenomenum?
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Graduate Energy of the harmonic oscillator
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Graduate Where the hell did my thread go?
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Undergrad Trying to see light as a wave
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Graduate Understanding the Uncertainty Principle: Momentum & Position
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Graduate What is the normalization of photon states in QFT?
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Graduate Eigenfunctions versus wavefunctions
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