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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Graduate Cheap fun with polarized light
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Graduate The Wave Equation IS the electron
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Graduate Could matter and matter waves be derivable?
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Graduate Learning Quantum Electrodynamics: Resources and Advice
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Graduate Why can't quantum crypto be broken this way
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Graduate Calculating Self Energy of Electrons: A Classical Approach
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Graduate Quantum Physics and the Real World
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Graduate Bose Einstein condensation and subatomic-speed
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Graduate Understanding the Schrodinger Equation: The Effects of Multiplying by a Constant
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Graduate Proving Rnl(r) Has (n-l-1) Zeros - Interesting Proof
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Graduate Photon-Photon Repulsion-Attraction
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Graduate Deriving Even Function Solutions to TISE
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Graduate Calculate Magnetic Field & Velocity of Free Electron @100 nm
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Graduate Prerequisites for quantum physics
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Graduate Why is a solid state laser dioide pen shoning an undulating constant beam
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Graduate Does light wave never collaspe?
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Graduate How Did the Pauli Exclusion Principle Originate: Assumption or Observation?
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Undergrad Why Can't a Photon Stop Interacting with Matter?
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Graduate How do particles become entangled?
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Graduate Determining Ground State in L-S Coupling Scheme for (3d)4
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Graduate How should we recognize antisimmetric and Pauli rules in
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Graduate Help with Questions for a beginner
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Undergrad Is It Possible for an Electron to Be Completely Still?
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Graduate Proving $\Psi$ and $\Psi'$ Normalizable: A Mathematical Proof
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Graduate Proving Schrödinger Equation for Normalizable Solutions
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Graduate Can schrodinger equation be proved
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Graduate Ket bra notation, and radial momentum
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Graduate Why do uncertainty relations not apply in stationary states?
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Graduate Did Entanglement Spook Einstein?
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Graduate Observables as a function of energy
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Graduate What Are Phonons and How Do They Influence Physics?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: String vs. Loop Theory
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Graduate Interferometer questions, pure states?
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High School Why Does Light Always Go Straight?
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Graduate The Limitations of Applying Relativity to Photons
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High School How Quantum Entanglement Works
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Graduate How Do You Find the Momentum Space Wave Function for an Infinite Square Well?
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Graduate Why Are Photons Massless in Quantum Field Theory?
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Graduate How Does Photon Angular Momentum Affect Zeeman Effect Observations?
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Graduate Very small particles induce other particles
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Graduate Natural line width and energy uncertainty question
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Graduate Could you entangle a charmed meson?
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Graduate Heisenberg vs schrodinger picture
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Graduate What exactly is a Quantum Field
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Graduate Very very very easy quantum exam question
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Graduate How Do We Choose the Right Hilbert Space in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Is Faster-than-light Communication Possible?
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Undergrad Is all mass is just rotational inerta?
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Graduate Need help Figuring out the topic
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Graduate How does uncertainty princ. apply to photons?
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Graduate How Do GUT and Quantum Theory Interact at the Extremes of Cosmology?
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Graduate What is an Eigenequation and Eigenvalue in the Schrodinger Equation?
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Graduate Live Forever? Possibilities in Quantum Mechanics
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High School Is Light Dispersed Due to Interference?
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Undergrad Simple reflection thought experiment
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Graduate How does a particle know when to send out its messenger?
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Graduate Solving for Momentum in Energy Equation
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Graduate What Is the Peierls Critical Mass Formula?
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Graduate We can't know the velocity and position of a particle accurately ?
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Graduate Black Body Radiation: Classical Mechanics Can't Explain It
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Undergrad What is Rest Mass? Explaining Photon Mass Zero
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Graduate Understanding Spin in Atoms: The Role of Charged and Uncharged Particles"
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Undergrad Is energy conserved for light?
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Graduate Bell's Theorem and Negative Probabilities
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Graduate How is a self-adjoint linear operator defined in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate What make system different from environment?
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Graduate Transition probabilities (basic concepts no math)
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Graduate Explaining Bell's Theorem: Proving We're All Connected
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Graduate Building the World's First Quantum Computer: Challenges & Ideas
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Graduate What is the relationship between quantum spin and classical spin?
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Graduate Quantum Fluctuation: Causes & Effects
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Graduate Why is Psi Considered a Complex Phenomenon?
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Graduate Does observation really mean interaction?
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Graduate Ed Jaynes' Quantum Syllogism: Comparing Pre-Copernican Syllogism
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Graduate Hund's Rules and L-S Coupling: Understanding Limitations and Confusions"
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Graduate Quantum singularity reactor: theoretically possible?
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Graduate Bilinear Expressions in Quantum Field Theory: Benefits & Uses
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Undergrad What do we call the dimension measured with time?
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Graduate A particle with a mass of 6 MeV has energy in Joules of 6c^2?
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Undergrad Electron Wavelength: Find Data Here
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Graduate Picturing wave/particle duality
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Graduate How Does Schrödinger's Equation Apply to a One-Dimensional Particle in a Box?
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Graduate Question about Other Tests of EPR Paradox
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Graduate Can Loophole-Free Bell Tests Resolve Quantum Nonlocality Debates?
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Graduate Uncertainty in heisenbergs uncertainty principle
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Undergrad Learn Group Theory for Physics: Beginner Guide
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Graduate Quantum Computers: Dependent on Many Worlds Interpretations?
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Graduate Problem with this renormalize quantum theory
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How come my shoes are where I left em last night?
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Graduate Is there an archive with important QM articles?
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Graduate Faster than light communication?
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Graduate Why don't electrons have infinite mass when moving at nearly the speed of light?
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Graduate Is the Law of Conservation of Energy Violated on a Macroscopic Scale?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics Exam Question: Hamiltonian and Energy Eigenvalues
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Graduate A Kalusza-Klein Hidden Variables Theory
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Graduate EPR Crypto-System: Bennet, Brassard, & Ekert
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Graduate Local Realism After Bell: Can Quantum Mechanics and Local Realism Coexist?
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Graduate Yet another double slit experiment thread
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: The Bottom Line from Fuchs and Einstein
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Graduate Aspect's Experiment Was Flawed
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