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Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
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Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM
Graduate Are Photons Always Wave Packets or Can They Be Plane Waves?
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Graduate Is it possible to complete QuantumTheory by Hidden Variables?
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Graduate What Explains Action at a Distance in Quantum Physics?
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Graduate Benjamin Seet's Questions on Math, Pion Creation, Beta Decay & Electron Levels
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Graduate Gravity's Effect on Electric Charges in a Gravitational Field
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Graduate What Are the Possibilities and Limitations of Matter Beams?
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Graduate De brolgie and noumenal telecommunications
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Graduate What Math Do I Need to Know for Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Need Help with Relativity Questions
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Graduate Neurinos are massless paricles
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Graduate Understanding the Hydrogen Atom's Emission & Absorption Frequencies
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Graduate Is wavefunction collapse limited by the speed of light?
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Graduate Schrodinger Wave Function Question
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Graduate What wave structures correspond to real state functions in quantum physics?
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Graduate ANN: quantum field theory course.
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Graduate Are Photons Responsible for Preventing Atomic Collapse?
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Graduate What is the Colour of Virtual photons?
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Undergrad About bose-Einstein condensate
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Graduate How Can Quarks Have Mass Without Physical Extensions?
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Graduate My First Question: Relativity & Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Can Spin 2 Bosons Explain Particle Masses and Dark Energy?
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Graduate Is Bohm's Pilot Wave Theory a Viable Alternative to Standard Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Can quantum length be derived not using gravity constant?
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Graduate What Defines a Massless Particle Like a Photon?
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Is the observer truly separate from the observed?
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Graduate Does the electric force in a hydrogen atom behave like an electromagnetic wave?
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Graduate Is Boltzman's Constant related to the Fine Structure Constant?
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Graduate Can Changing Gluon Spin to 1/2 Make the Color Force Repulsive?
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Graduate A question about Hawking's path integral methods
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Graduate Could Fast-Moving Particles and Dark Energy Influence Electron Behavior?
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Graduate Can Neutron Beams Reveal Decoherence in C60 Buckyballs?
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High School Electron Energy in Atoms: What is it?
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Graduate Is it possible to make the quantum coherent?
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Graduate Help Needed: Understanding Bessel Functions & Schrodinger Equations
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Undergrad CNOT Gate: What is it & How Does it Work?
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Graduate Deterministic systems and disproving the schrodinger's cat theory
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Graduate How does non-abelian gauge symmetry affect quark interactions?
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Graduate Maximum # of mutually orthonormal eigenvectors
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Undergrad Explaining the Photoelectric Effect: What is the Energy Converted To?
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Graduate Eigenvalues of total angular momentum
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Graduate ZPE, Dark energy and Dark Matter
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Graduate Is the Uncertainty Principle simply a measurement problem?
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Graduate Very difficult problem for you
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Graduate What Lies Beyond Wave Particle Duality in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Decoherence for dummies and experts
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Graduate Interacting virtual particles?
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Graduate Where Can I Find Online Solutions for Griffiths Introduction to QM?
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Graduate What is the difference between an operator and a function?
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Graduate Does electron have real physical mass?
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Graduate Negative energy density in a Casimir vacuum
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Graduate Superconductivity - Cooper Pair
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Graduate Quantum Teleportation across the Danube Demonstrated
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Undergrad Why is Electric Charge Quantized?
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Graduate Operator representation of p in x basis.
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Graduate Confirming the Higgs Theory: Predicting Particle Masses
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Graduate Teleportation goes long distance
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics Lecture Videos
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Graduate What are hidden variables and the significance of Bell's Theorem?
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Graduate Predictable unpredictables (very confused)
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Graduate Best Quantum Mechanics Texts for Graduate Students | Expert Recommendations
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Graduate Addition of three angular momentum
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Graduate Did Hawking Solve the Black Hole Information Paradox?
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Graduate Are QM and SR completely compatible?
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Graduate Electron Proton Scattering vs Tunneling
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Graduate What is the connection between frequency and particles in light?
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Undergrad Understanding Refraction of Light: Photon Absorption and Beam Direction
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Graduate Can a Hydrogen Atom Decay Into a Neutron?
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Graduate Neutrino Telescope: See Back in Time to Big Bang?
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Undergrad What is the velocity of an electron accelerated through 50V?
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Graduate Is the cat in Schrodinger's thought experiment actually significant?
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Graduate Simplifying Continuity Condition in Delta Potential
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Graduate Is Teleportation Scientifically Possible?
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Graduate What are the implications of M=E<C on electron behavior and photon emission?
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Graduate Terry Giblin Double Split Experiment
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Graduate What happens to a bound electron when
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Graduate Debate with regards to time and FTL travel
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Graduate Quantum Tunneling Explained: How Does it Work?
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Graduate QFT Textbook Recommendations and Discussion
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Graduate Wilson Loop & Spin Network in Physics: Explained
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Graduate Quantum Measurement: Griffiths' Introduction Explained
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Graduate Unmesh Kamle: 17 Year Old Discussing Potential Wells and Supersymmetry
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Undergrad How Does Biology Connect to Theoretical Physics and Time Travel?
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Graduate Which Technique Will Shape the Future of Quantum Computing?
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Graduate Exact mechanism of Casimir force
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Graduate Which is Correct? (delta p) (delta x) >= hbar or hbar/2?
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Laser Gun Technology: Secret Stories & Powerful Effects
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Undergrad Predicted stabilities of positronium and H atoms
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Graduate Can any particle become entangled with another particle
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Solutions for Reducing Mass: What's Possible
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Graduate Two concepts about quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory
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Graduate Why are E/B fields of photon in-phase?
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Graduate Want Proof that Photons have EM Properties
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Graduate Momentum space and position space
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Graduate Self-adjoint/hermitean operator vs observables
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Undergrad Quantum Physics 2nd Year Exam Help: Understanding Fourier Series
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Undergrad Uncertainty Principle in Physics: Eng. Phys II
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Graduate Is Angular Momentum Truly Quantized in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Double slits and virtual photons
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Graduate New here: on Fourier transform of wave-function
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High School What is superfluidity/superconductivity?
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