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Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
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Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
Graduate Finding the density matrix of an ensemble
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Graduate Commutator of hermitian operators
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Graduate Neutral Kaon decay and CP violation
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Graduate Are Probability Clouds and Fields in Quantum Mechanics Interconnected?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics & Singularities of Black Holes
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Graduate If you could measure the KE in the classically forbidden region
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Graduate Understanding the Terms in the 1-D Schrodinger Equation
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Graduate Exploring von Neumann's View of Quantum Measurement
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Graduate Critique Logic: Analyzing the Impact of Gravity as a Particle or Wave
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Graduate Need Help Solving the 3D Schrodinger Equation?
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Graduate Bound states for sech-squared potential
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Graduate Hawking Radiation: Theory & Acceptance in Quantum Physics
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Graduate What are the principal results of the decoherence in QM?
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Graduate Time Travel: Quantum Eraser Experiments
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Graduate Understanding Squeezed States: Explanations & Evolution
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Graduate Tunnel-effect possible for massless particles?
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Graduate What Are Mechanical Qubits and Franco Nori's Discoveries?
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Graduate Using cgs units, can I set c=h-bar=1?
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Graduate Quantum Fluctuations of Spacetime and of Energy
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Graduate Physical Interpretation of a Wave Packet: Single Beat Wavepacket
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Graduate Are Virtual Photons Responsible For Real Photons?
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Graduate How to Calculate AM and Energy of Multiplet Levels with Spin Orbit Potential?
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Graduate A good short intro to Perturbative QFT
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Graduate Solving an S=3/2 Dimer: A Dilemma and Bonus Question
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Graduate Schrödinger Ecuation & Continuity Ecuation | R. Aparicio
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Graduate Quantum Foam and Virtual Particles
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High School What Determines the Energy Level of a Photon?
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Graduate G Penrose: Quantum vs. Gravity Experiment on Page 35
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Undergrad Is Lightspeed Determining the Vertical Speed of Light Accurately?
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Graduate Wavefunction expansion coefficients
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Graduate Are the paramiters of The Universe
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Graduate Is There a Connection Between Gravity and the Casimir Effect?
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Graduate What Are the Latest Experiments on the EPR Paradox from the Past Decade?
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Graduate Do Commuting Operators Always Form a Basis in QM and QFT?
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Undergrad Double-Slit with Natural Light?
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Graduate Quantum Theory on Alternate Realities
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Undergrad Is a quantum computer possible
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High School EMF wave are form due to changing of current which result in electric
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Graduate Can Quantum Eraser Experiments Predict the Future?
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Graduate Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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Undergrad Finding Theory of Semiconductor Lasers at Undergrad Level
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You may say i'm a idiots or what, but what is spin.
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Undergrad Calculating the Diffraction Speed of a Cadillac
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Graduate Question about electron diffraction
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Graduate I am also confused in energy in QT
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High School Is Watching a Kettle Actually Making It Boil Faster?
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Graduate Unraveling Quantum Physics to Understanding Complex Equations
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Graduate Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement
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Graduate Matrix element (raising and lowering operators)
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Undergrad Wave: Probabilistic wave or physical wave?
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Graduate Find Eigenvalues: Physics Forums Homework Help
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Graduate Goos-Hanchen effect and polarization
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Graduate EPR Experiment and QFT: Are They in Conflict?
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Graduate Why is the Commutator Between Ladder Operators for a SHO Not Zero?
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Graduate Proving the Identity for Non-Commuting Operators A and B | Operator Algebra
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Graduate The title of the webpage could be Can a photon be divided into smaller parts?
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Graduate Spin/angular momentum question
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Graduate Why don't ups and downs annihilate in nucleons?
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Graduate Two Questions about my Microwave Oven
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Graduate The destiny of an antiparticle
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Graduate Double slit experiment with particles
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Graduate Legendre equation and angular momentum
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Undergrad Vibrational States: Frequency, Amplitude & V0-V2
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Graduate Why gauge bosons, but no gauge fermions
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Graduate Solv Trivial Spin Problem Involving E^iπS_y
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Undergrad No free particle in real world
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Graduate Proving "Quantitized Dimension" Theory: Answers Needed
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Graduate Biological system based on a wave function
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Graduate Separate normalisation of chiral spinors?
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Graduate Energy conservation in two-slit experiment
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Graduate Solving the schrodinger equation
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Graduate Understanding the Relationship Between Electron Spin and Magnetism
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Graduate Does an electron have a known diameter and rest mass?
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Undergrad Inner workings of a semiconductor transistor
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Undergrad Using Carbon Nanotubes for Electron Guns
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Graduate QFT anomaly in electromagnetic, neutral Pion decays
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Graduate Understand of vacuum expectation
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Graduate Schroedinger equation Hydrogenic atom?
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Undergrad Are all emitted photons 100keV in the bremmstralung effect?
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Graduate Electron Capture: Explaining Conditions & Occurrence
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Graduate Super Free Will: Metaprogramming and Quantum Indeterminism
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Graduate Destructive interference of light
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics & Universal Consciousness: Evidence?
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Graduate Observation,From quantum locality to Macro Domain
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Graduate Understanding the Dual Characteristics of Electrons: Possibilities to Ponder
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Graduate Expectation value of an anti-Hermitian operator
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Graduate Are Local Hidden Variables Still Viable in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate How Long Does an Electromagnetic Field Oscillation Last in Ground State?
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Observation Definition - What Is It?
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Graduate Is the spin statistics theorem a postulate?
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Undergrad Play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
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High School Where Can I Find Beginner-Friendly Books on Quantum Physics?
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Gain an Awesome Perspective on the Scale of Things
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Graduate Weird state density calculation
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Undergrad Perpetual Motion within an atom?
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Graduate Hermitian Operator: Is d^2/dx^2 Proved?
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Graduate How Does Light Speed Change in a Prism?
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Graduate What is the minimum possible energy in classical and quantum mechanics?
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Graduate Polarizing vs nonpolarizing beamsplitter qm toy problems etc
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Undergrad Polarized e/m wave and magnetism
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