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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad New interpretation for the double slit experiment with light?
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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Graduate Can the path integral method explain the spreading of wave packets over time?
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Graduate Particle Nature of Light versus Compton Scattering Effect
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Graduate Double Slit Experiment: Explaining Wavefunction Collapse
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Graduate Something that has always confused me
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Graduate Creating a First Moment in Quantum Boom or Quantum Vacuum: Does This Seem Right?
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Graduate Incompleteness and Uncertainty
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Graduate Exploring the HUP: Real Numbers and Imaginary Components
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High School Quantum Brain Teazer: See Yourself in Rear View Mirror?
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Graduate Overlapping Quantum Theory & Relativity
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Graduate Explain Algorithmic Cooling: "Redemption Ark" by Alastair Reynolds
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Graduate Understanding Polyakov-Loop & Ward-Identity in QFT
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Graduate A question about the linear product
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High School What holds the nucleus together?
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Graduate How many neutrinos are there in a cubic in inch?
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Undergrad QM light experiements at home.
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Graduate Quantum Tunneling and atomic spectra.
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Graduate Why is the Electromagnetic Field Tensor in the QED Lagrangian?
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Graduate What Are David Bohm's Hidden Variables in Quantum Metaphysics?
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Graduate Raindrop - tear drop or inner tube
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Graduate What is VoDou Physics and how does it relate to the manyworlds theory?
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Graduate Is Quantum Mechanics Fundamentally Indeterminate?
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Graduate Do Virtual Particle Pairs Radiate Energy as Gamma Rays or Repay Borrowed Energy?
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High School What is the Historical Development of the Wave Model of Light?
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Graduate Exploring the Mystery of Light Speed: Nearest Star vs. Farthest Galaxy
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Graduate Understanding Direct Product States in Linear Algebra
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Graduate Rank 2 and rank 1 field theories
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Graduate Gravity: Warped Space-Time or Graviton?
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Undergrad Build Your Own Cloud Chamber for Particle Detection
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Graduate This is for the QFT-specialists
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Graduate Effective Potential: Krammer, Coulomb, Approximation Questions
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Graduate Potential barriers, wavepackets, probabilities etc.
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Undergrad Left/right handed electrons - what's the difference?
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Graduate Trapping a Single Photon: Is it Possible?
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Graduate Quantum Phase Compactification via Spacetime Expansion
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Graduate Relativity: Is Faster Light Travel Possible?
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Graduate A question in solving schrodinger's equation
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Graduate How Does Electron Size Impact Covariance in Quantum Field Theory?
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Graduate Can the Uncertainty Principle be Applied to Nuclear Physics?
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Undergrad Fields & Energy: Path of Least Resistance?
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Graduate Exclusion Principle: I'm Confused!
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Solve the Mystery: Who Said "A Computer Cannot Make a Perfect Model of Itself"?
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Graduate Interpritations of Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Singularity prevented by repulsive force?
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Undergrad Beginner-intermediate books on quantum physics
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High School Suggestions on any good Niels Bohr sites
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Graduate Designing An Electron Beam Gun for Two-Slits Experiment
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Graduate Pullin: most accurate clock possible
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Graduate Pauli Matrices and orthogonal projections
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Graduate Can we truly understand the interaction between gravity and light?
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Graduate Limited study of QM and all I know of operators
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Graduate How Does Nonlocality Impact Macroscopic Systems Like Human Consciousness?
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Graduate The Quantum Measurement Problem and Decoherence
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Graduate Uncertainty in QM: Nature or Measurement?
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