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Graduate Finding Value of Phi*k(x) in Basis Function Method
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Graduate Gravitational potential of a particle in a box in the ground state
- einstone
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Graduate A delayed choice experiment with a paradox. What did I do wrong?
- Fredrik
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Graduate Maximum energy transefer in COmpton effect - rutherford
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Graduate Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and ions
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Graduate Uncertainty vs. speed of light
- jkleid
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Graduate Normalize the even wave functions for the finite square well
- broegger
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Undergrad When do we call something a wave versus a particle?
- somy
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Graduate How can you aim without knowing the precise position and velocity of a particle?
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Graduate Why do electrons occupy quantized energy levels around nuclei?
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Graduate How can photons carry force if they don't interact with external forces?
- scilover89
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Graduate Does the photoelectric effect influence the material properties of metals?
- Shawnzyoo
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Live Feynman QED Lectures by Richard Feynman
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Graduate Position and momentum (basic stuff)
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Graduate Can photons be attracted to one another?
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High School How is E=mc² derived?
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Graduate EPR Debate: Nature Agrees with Einstein
- JohnBarchak
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Graduate Compton-scattering = Entanglement ?
- Edgardo
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Graduate Pauli exclusion principle - does it apply to everything
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Graduate Why is an electron 1084 times lighter than a neutron?
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Graduate Double slit intensity - QM description
- Edgardo
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Undergrad Introduction to the structure of matter
- Feynmanfan
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Graduate How Do Photons Relate to Classical Light Wave Theories?
- touqra
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Graduate Mathematics of locality and nonlocality in quantum mechanics
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Graduate Is the entire system of quantum observers and objects relatively linear?
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Coupled Angular Momentum sates and probability
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Graduate Debunking the orbitsphere electron model
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Graduate Are Quarks Really the Building Blocks of Matter?
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Graduate Is Quantum Randomness Really Random?
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Graduate Relative phase in infinite square well
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Graduate Oscillating Molecule and Revolving Electron
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Graduate Adiabatic Theorem: Finding Coefficient for State Transitions
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Undergrad Are there an infinite number of energy levels in an atom?
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Graduate The Particle-Wave Duality in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate How can we handle infinities in renormalizable theories?
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Graduate Dirac's Postulations: A Scalar Function or Four-Dimensional Vector?
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Undergrad Why we consider light to be massless?
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Graduate Do Photons Truly Have Zero Mass in Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad Are There Any Non-3D Objects in the Universe?
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Graduate Is Dirac's equation valid for point charges?
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High School Light acts as a wave but travels in a staright line right
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Undergrad What is a value of psi* for a particle in 1D box stationary state?
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Graduate Magnetic Repulsion between Proton and Electron in Hydrogen
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Graduate Optical Emission - due to Acceleration or Oscillation
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Graduate Hydrogen Atom probability question
- Ed Quanta
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Graduate I want to find the expectation value [tex]\langle x^2 \rangle[/tex] in
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Graduate Zero Point Energy of Coupled Dipoles
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Graduate Is Time an Observable in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Von Neumann's measurement model with delta function coupling
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Graduate Why do expansion coefficients give probability of energy in stationary states?
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Graduate Question regarding Dirac matrices
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Graduate The consequences of energy-time-uncertainty
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Graduate Showing that the Virial Theorem holds
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Graduate Prove P=h/i(d/dx) from Axioms: Get an Answer
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Graduate Put a cat into a pure quantum state, without killing the cat?
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Graduate Fractional Fourier Transform in a QM Oscillator
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Graduate Could a Universe with h=0 be Fully Deterministic?
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Graduate Do hydrogen atoms continuously emit radiation?
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Graduate If photons had S=0, not 1, what changes?
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Graduate EPR results equal the Fully Deterministic case
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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 Recommended books and websites for QED
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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 Why does multiplying a wave function by a constant still satisfy the Schrödinger equation?
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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 Was the Pauli exclusion principle assumed or experimentally observed?
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Undergrad Why Can't a Photon Stop Interacting with Matter?
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Graduate How do particles become entangled through collisions?
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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 Why is there uncertainty in energy if energy states are discrete?
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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
- Ed Quanta
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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?
- trosten
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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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