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Join in expert discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics is the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles. Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory.

Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad New interpretation for the double slit experiment with light?

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Graduate Can Quantum Spacetime Behave Like Turbulent Fluids?

Nov 13, 2003 · Replies 2 · Nov 13, 2003

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Graduate How Does Quantum Theory Influence Molecular Biology?

Oct 28, 2003 · Replies 3 · Nov 13, 2003

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Field is something more than just a region

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Graduate Photon wavefunction and speed of light

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Undergrad Odd request from somebody who doesn't know much.

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Graduate Gluons 101: Understanding the Force Carrier Particle of Strong Nuclear Force

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High School Basic understanding in quantum mechanics for high school

Nov 10, 2003 · Replies 1 · Nov 10, 2003

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Graduate Uncovering the Mystery of the Speed of Light: A Discussion on Quantum Physics

Nov 8, 2003 · Replies 2 · Nov 8, 2003

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Graduate Is the atomic structure correct

Nov 5, 2003 · Replies 7 · Nov 8, 2003

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Graduate What is the connection between quantum mechanics and polarized glass?

Nov 6, 2003 · Replies 3 · Nov 6, 2003

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Graduate Expanding Your Knowledge of Quantum Physics: Tips and Resources

Nov 5, 2003 · Replies 7 · Nov 6, 2003

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Undergrad Question about electrons moving from ground state

Nov 3, 2003 · Replies 3 · Nov 6, 2003

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Graduate Are Neutrinos the Elusive Gravitons We've Been Searching For?

Nov 4, 2003 · Replies 2 · Nov 5, 2003

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High School Charge on a electron & proton.

Oct 31, 2003 · Replies 21 · Nov 4, 2003

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Graduate Is Negative Kinetic Energy Real in Quantum Systems?

Oct 18, 2003 · Replies 12 · Nov 4, 2003

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Graduate A Type I unit of power, the Sol

Nov 3, 2003 · Replies 4 · Nov 3, 2003

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High School Taking my knowledge on further

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Graduate Is False Equivalent to Not True in Quantum Mechanics?

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Graduate Measuring Spin Component of Particle with S=1 & Sz=1

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Graduate How Do Wavefunctions in Coordinate and Momentum Spaces Form an Orthonormal Set?

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Graduate How Does Particle Spin Influence Coulombic Repulsion and Spin Correlation?

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Undergrad About neutrons, theyve been bothering me

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Graduate How Are Conservation Laws Respected in the Dirac Field?

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Graduate Molecules were held in a state of quantum superposition

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Graduate Does Loop Quantum Gravity Allow for the Existence of Gravitons?

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Graduate Entangled Particles Allow for absolutely crazy things?

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Graduate Question about operator and eigenvectors

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Graduate Understanding Quantum Tunneling

Oct 21, 2003 · Replies 8 · Oct 25, 2003

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Graduate What constitutes a QM observation?

Oct 23, 2003 · Replies 8 · Oct 25, 2003

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Graduate Understanding the Constantly Changing Direction of L Vector

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Graduate Why Are Degenerate Quantum States Not Orthogonal?

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Graduate Speed of Light Not Constant: Evidence & Theory Explained

Oct 14, 2003 · Replies 22 · Oct 22, 2003

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Graduate Favorite books on quantum mechanics?

Oct 13, 2003 · Replies 2 · Oct 22, 2003

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Graduate Clarification of relativity that makes the quantum world possible

Oct 12, 2003 · Replies 2 · Oct 19, 2003

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Undergrad The quantum computer: computer of the future

Oct 17, 2003 · Replies 4 · Oct 18, 2003

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Graduate Another explanation of that poor, poor cat

Oct 12, 2003 · Replies 32 · Oct 17, 2003

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High School Speed of light can be attained.

Oct 2, 2003 · Replies 28 · Oct 17, 2003

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Undergrad Why Don't Electrons Spiral into Protons Despite Their Attraction?

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High School Explain to me what quantum physics

Oct 15, 2003 · Replies 2 · Oct 16, 2003

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Graduate If two electrons were to approach each other

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Graduate Questions on Hawking Radiation

Oct 10, 2003 · Replies 7 · Oct 15, 2003

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Graduate Explore Schrodinger's Model of an Atom

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Undergrad Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

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Graduate Magnetic Monopoles detected? Mayhaps

Oct 2, 2003 · Replies 24 · Oct 12, 2003

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Undergrad Maximum photocurrent in photoelectric effect

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Graduate Explaining the Doppler Effect on Photons: Consistency with Wave Theory

Oct 4, 2003 · Replies 3 · Oct 11, 2003

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Will I See Warp Speed in My Lifetime?

Sep 26, 2003 · Replies 7 · Oct 9, 2003

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Graduate Announcing QM Course: Study Group for JJ Sakurai's Modern Quantum Mechanics

Oct 7, 2003 · Replies 4 · Oct 9, 2003

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Graduate QM: Is Electron Behavior Random?

Oct 6, 2003 · Replies 9 · Oct 8, 2003

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Graduate Is the following operator hermitian? C|Phi> = |Phi>*

Oct 2, 2003 · Replies 3 · Oct 7, 2003

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Graduate How Does Quantum Epistemology Challenge Our Understanding of Knowledge?

Sep 17, 2003 · Replies 12 · Oct 6, 2003

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Undergrad I beleive that light is absorbed by the nucleus of an atom

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Graduate Higher dimensions, quantum inflations, multiverses, and their interactions.

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Graduate Schrödinger's cat comes closer: Nature

Oct 2, 2003 · Replies 2 · Oct 3, 2003

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Graduate Feyman's sum over path hypothesis

Sep 30, 2003 · Replies 4 · Oct 2, 2003

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Graduate I need detailed information about the ionization of atomic hydrogen

Sep 28, 2003 · Replies 2 · Oct 2, 2003

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Graduate Quantum effects in very small scale numerical modelling

Sep 22, 2003 · Replies 2 · Sep 30, 2003

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What Makes Holeum a Unique Journey Through Light and Darkness?

Sep 22, 2003 · Replies 2 · Sep 30, 2003

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Graduate Quantum Information Processing

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Graduate What is the relationship between wavelength and probability for matter waves?

Aug 11, 2003 · Replies 7 · Sep 25, 2003

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Graduate Observation: more decoherence or interference?

Sep 17, 2003 · Replies 2 · Sep 24, 2003

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Choosing an Undergraduate Thesis Topic: Tips and Ideas

Sep 18, 2003 · Replies 10 · Sep 23, 2003

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Graduate Gravitational quantum detection

Sep 12, 2003 · Replies 14 · Sep 23, 2003

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Graduate Does Bose Einstein Condensate Defy the Pauli Exclusion Principle?

Sep 20, 2003 · Replies 3 · Sep 22, 2003

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Graduate Is Teleportation Scientifically Feasible?

Aug 27, 2003 · Replies 12 · Sep 20, 2003

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Graduate What Are Hardy's Axioms and Their Role in Quantum Theory?

Sep 19, 2003 · Replies 6 · Sep 20, 2003

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Graduate Can dark matter/energy disobey special relativity?

Sep 17, 2003 · Replies 8 · Sep 19, 2003

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Graduate Is time travel possible in the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics?

Sep 15, 2003 · Replies 2 · Sep 15, 2003

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Graduate How about: Can realistic boundary conditions cure the Casimir energy divergence?

Sep 14, 2003 · Replies 2 · Sep 15, 2003

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Graduate Is It Valid to Use Free Theory Expansion in Interacting Field Theory?

Sep 13, 2003 · Replies 4 · Sep 14, 2003

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Graduate Attn: chi meson re. explination of bose-Einstein condensation

Sep 12, 2003 · Replies 10 · Sep 13, 2003

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Graduate When is a Photon Real or Virtual?

Jul 13, 2003 · Replies 3 · Sep 10, 2003

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Graduate What are the key drawbacks of quantum theory?

Sep 9, 2003 · Replies 2 · Sep 10, 2003

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Graduate How do quantum orbitals prevent radiation in atoms?

Sep 6, 2003 · Replies 10 · Sep 9, 2003

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Graduate What Are the Key Concepts of Quantum Theory?

Sep 1, 2003 · Replies 2 · Sep 8, 2003

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Graduate Quantum Field Computation: Beyond Quantum Computing?

Sep 5, 2003 · Replies 5 · Sep 7, 2003

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Graduate Is It Possible to Overcome the H.U.P.?

Sep 6, 2003 · Replies 3 · Sep 7, 2003

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Graduate Can We Overcome The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?

Sep 4, 2003 · Replies 5 · Sep 6, 2003

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Graduate Quantum Gravity and Inflation -a new paper

Sep 5, 2003 · Replies 7 · Sep 5, 2003

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Graduate Causality, the law of cause and effect

Aug 3, 2003 · Replies 12 · Sep 4, 2003

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High School Tell me what is quantum theory?

Sep 2, 2003 · Replies 6 · Sep 3, 2003

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High School Explore Compton's Effect: Uncovering the Mystery

Sep 2, 2003 · Replies 1 · Sep 2, 2003

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Graduate Oops, I accidentally figured out quantum uncertainty.

Aug 24, 2003 · Replies 39 · Aug 29, 2003

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Q-Element: Ancient Building Block of Heavens

Aug 26, 2003 · Replies 6 · Aug 26, 2003

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High School Good books on quantum mechanics?

Aug 16, 2003 · Replies 18 · Aug 25, 2003

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Graduate What is Bell's Theorem and its implications in quantum physics?

Aug 17, 2003 · Replies 27 · Aug 24, 2003

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Graduate What are some real experiments on Bose-Einstein Condensates?

Aug 18, 2003 · Replies 1 · Aug 18, 2003

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Graduate Helium Wave Functions: One or Two for Electrons? Evidence & Implications

Aug 17, 2003 · Replies 1 · Aug 17, 2003

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Graduate Separating Schrodinger's Equation

Aug 17, 2003 · Replies 2 · Aug 17, 2003

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Graduate Separating Schrodinger's Equation

Aug 17, 2003 · Replies 1 · Aug 17, 2003

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Graduate Can the Casimir effect be harnessed for free energy and anti-gravity?

Aug 14, 2003 · Replies 5 · Aug 15, 2003

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Graduate How does QM represent the Poynting vector?

Aug 12, 2003 · Replies 2 · Aug 12, 2003

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Graduate Stern Gerlach Experiment: Understanding the Unexpected Results

Aug 11, 2003 · Replies 3 · Aug 12, 2003

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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics Explain Freak Ocean Waves?

Aug 7, 2003 · Replies 14 · Aug 12, 2003

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Graduate Is Quantum Field Theory Logically Consistent?

Aug 10, 2003 · Replies 6 · Aug 11, 2003

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Graduate Tunneling and transmission coefficient

Aug 10, 2003 · Replies 1 · Aug 10, 2003

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Graduate Looking for a Beginner-Friendly QM Book?

Jul 28, 2003 · Replies 3 · Jul 29, 2003

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Graduate Could Virtual Wavefunctions Revolutionize Quantum Mechanics?

Jul 21, 2003 · Replies 16 · Jul 27, 2003

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Graduate Physics today rely on an observer

Jul 15, 2003 · Replies 17 · Jul 27, 2003

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Graduate Is Quantum Physics Practical for Engineering Applications?

Jul 16, 2003 · Replies 15 · Jul 21, 2003

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Quantum Physics

Quantum physics, or quantum mechanics, is a branch of physics that explores the behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales, where classical physics principles break down. It introduces the concept of quantization, suggesting that certain properties, such as energy levels, are quantized and can only exist in discrete values.

Quantum mechanics encompasses wave-particle duality, where particles like electrons exhibit both wave and particle characteristics. The theory is probabilistic, relying on probability amplitudes to predict outcomes, and features phenomena like superposition, where particles can exist in multiple states simultaneously.

Quantum physics has transformed our understanding of the microscopic world, leading to technologies like transistors and lasers, and continues to provoke profound questions about the nature of reality and the role of observation in shaping it.

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