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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad What is matter?
Graduate Everyone Has a Perfect Universe?
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Pronouncing Spinors: A Self-Adjoint QM & GR Example
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Graduate Local operations and classical communication
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Graduate How will a stream of photon (being light) looks like?
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Graduate One-dimensional Schrodinger Equation
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Graduate Superstrings and the Laws of Physics
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Graduate What is the Procrustean method for entanglement distillation?
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Graduate What Are the Mysteries Behind Quantum Mechanics and Parallel Universes?
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Graduate Is There a Disconnect Between Intuition and Mathematics in Quantum Theory?
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Undergrad The exchange particle for gravity: the graviton?
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Graduate The Halo and the Non Linear Crystal
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Graduate What is the significance of the commutator in quantum mechanics?
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Graduate Raising Operator (Harmonic Oscillator)
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Graduate Question about schroedinger equation
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Graduate How Does the Vector Potential Transform in the Flux-Tube Model for Anyons?
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Graduate Can Photons interact with Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations?
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Graduate Why don't hydrogen atoms -> neutron + neutrino?
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High School Single Photon Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Questions about Quantum Physics: Advice Needed
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Undergrad Newbie Questions on Quantum Physics: KingNerd04
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Graduate Application of quantum theories
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Graduate Meaning of operators for observables.
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Graduate Is BB84 Quantum Cryptography Secure Against Eavesdropping?
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Graduate Understanding EM Photon Deflection: Equation and Terminology
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Graduate What Happens When a Particle Encounters a Step Potential Higher Than Its Energy?
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Graduate Fourier Analysis in QM: Practical Applications & Potential Pitfalls
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Graduate How long can a Wavefunction exist for?
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Graduate Virtual antiparticle pairs at event horizon
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Graduate The mind's 'projection' & the position observable:
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Graduate Quantum Computing and Entanglement
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Graduate Gravitational vs electromagnetic quantum trajectories
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Graduate Photoelectric effect question, help , thanks
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Graduate If light experiences gravitational redshift as said by GR
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Graduate Hawking approach to quantizing GR
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Graduate Can Quantum Fields Explain the Nature of Particles?
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Graduate Quantum chromodynamics and gravity
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Graduate Do virtual particles violate Conservation of Energy?
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Graduate Quantum Entanglement: Does Atom A Know?
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Graduate Is Quantum Cryptography the Future of Unbreakable Encryption?
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Intergalactic Traveling Methods
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Graduate Strange photoelec. exp. result
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Graduate Is there a limit to how small we can go?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics and our Brains
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Is 'The Final Theory' just a one-man science fiction fantasy?
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Graduate Gravity's Strength in Galaxies: A Quark-Like Explanation?
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Graduate Dark energy vectors scalars higgs field
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Graduate Visualizing the Submicrocosm: A New Perspective on Atoms
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Graduate Trying to learn QED are my assumptions correct?
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Graduate Area spectrum in Simplex Gravity
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Graduate Simplistic Definitions of Locality and Nonlocality in Quantum Physics
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Undergrad How do we measure a photons frequency?
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Undergrad What is psi function? (newbie)
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Graduate Entangled particles and black holes
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Graduate Understanding Quarks and Subparticles: A Comprehensive Explanation
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Graduate Reconciling QM and GR: Formulating QM in Curved Space-Times
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Undergrad What is Paired Particles: Quantum Encryption Explained
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Graduate Question regarding Feymann Diagrams and other QED things
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Graduate Quantizing the Electric & Gravitational Fields: A Deeper Look
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Graduate How Does the Uncertainty Principle Affect Vacuum Energy?
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Graduate Elementary Particle Physics: Forces, Laws, Fields, Quarks
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Undergrad A few questions on Quantum mechanics
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Graduate Quantum Teleportation: What Do Physicists Make of It?
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Graduate Exploring Heisenberg's Matrix Mechanics: Applications & Solutions
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Graduate Is time travel a realistic possibility?
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Undergrad I need an unambiguous explanation of
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Graduate Uncovering the Possibilities of Groundhog Day and the Illusion of Free Will
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Graduate Fireplaces and Reality: Understanding the Wave Function
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Undergrad Does a Photons Energy (hv) spread out to all locations?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics Operator Commutation Relations
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Graduate Scattering-Transmission-Reflection in box potential? Help. Please. Please.
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Graduate Experimental Quantum Transition Physics: A Necessary Heretical Postulate
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High School Science project about the Quantum Computer
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Graduate State evolution in finite suden-broading quantum well
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Graduate How is the Optical Theorem Used in Optics and Particle Physics?
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Undergrad Planks length to planks volume?
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Graduate No Reflected Wave in Region 1 for 2L = Particle's de Broglie Wavelength
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Graduate Is Empty Space Truly Empty or Packed with Energy?
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Graduate Can the Uncertainty Principle be Explained by Time and Space Invariance?
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Graduate Feynmans Path Integral for single Electron?
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Graduate Schoedinger Equation in Momentum space
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Graduate Macroscopic distinction between quantum and classical forms
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Graduate Does the Schrodinger equation account for the characteristic smell of a soap?
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Graduate Ultraviolet Catastrophe: Explained by Planck's Quantum Theory
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Graduate Does the Higgs Field Explain E=mc²?
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Graduate Fields of One Fermion: Spin, Charge & Mass
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Graduate Parity violation with respect to massive neutrinos
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Graduate Particle Passing Step Potential: A Wave Analysis
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Graduate Quantum Tunneling-Q's I've never seen asked
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Graduate Can the Uncertainty Principle Explain Randomness in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Interaction between wave functions
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Graduate Reversing wavefunction collapse
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Graduate Can Boson Fields Absorb Matter?
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Graduate Quantum gravity with constants
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Graduate Is Quantum Mechanics Controversy Finally Resolved?
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Graduate Is Teleportation Just a Sophisticated Form of Death?
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Graduate What is the Isotope Effect and its Role in Superconductors?
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Graduate Dirac's Monopoles: Experiments & Theoretical Status
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Graduate Neurophysiology mediates classical and quantum measurement
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Graduate Peskin & Schroeder: Is it a Good First Time QFT Book?
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Undergrad Light & Energy: Highest Velocity of All Matter?
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