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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Undergrad Expectation value of the occupation number in the FD and BE distributions
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Graduate Discrete K-G eq. solutions - problem with integral
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Undergrad What Are the Key Properties and Measurements of Pauli Matrices?
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Undergrad Could the probability distribution itself be quantised?
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High School Can Electrical Repulsion Distort Electron Orbits in Atoms?
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High School Do Entangled Photons React to possible Photon-Photon Collisions?
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Graduate Why is Spin-Orbit Coupling Important in Understanding Quantum Systems?
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Graduate Transition in LS-coupling confusion
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Graduate Alternative linear comb. to vizualize hydrogenic orbitals p,d etc
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Graduate Solutions to the TISE for unbound states
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Graduate Molecular States, Symmetry and Allowed Transitions
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Undergrad How to understand the Bloch sphere in the quantum computation?
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Graduate Query about an article on quantum synchronization
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Undergrad Hamiltonian in QM for QFT forces/fields effects
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Undergrad Kim's 1999 delayed-choice quantum eraser experiment
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Graduate Does there exist a super-quantum correlation in mixed-state formalism
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Graduate Which operator corresponds to the Green function in QFT?
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Graduate What is the relationship between QFT and QM?
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Graduate Why "Green's function" is used more than "correlations" in QFT?
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Graduate No hidden variables in QM - a paradigm shift?
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Undergrad Eigenstates and repeated measurements
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Graduate How does Bell's 1964 theorem address detector independence and local realism?
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High School What Is the Role of Density Matrices in Describing Quantum Mixtures?
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Graduate The line between quantum and large scale objects
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High School Proietti 2019 experiment: Doubt in measuring A1(B1)
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High School Can superposition be attained for multiple states at once?
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Graduate Second Quantized Minimal Basis Hamiltonian of H2
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Graduate Is there a principle of stationary action for QFT?
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Graduate Do we need stochasticity in a discrete spacetime?
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Graduate Can we create a random variable using QED effects?
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Undergrad Does the Compton wavelength put a limitation on position measurements?
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Graduate How to mathematically write down a probability of measuring a particle
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Undergrad Would these (unrealistic) conditions imply gravitons existed?
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Graduate Calculating transition rate between nljm resolved states
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Graduate Help with quantum computing notation
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Graduate Regarding the Born approximation
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Graduate What is the relationship between angular momentum and energy in electrons?
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Graduate Photons interacting with multiple matter particles
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Graduate Water molecule absorbing radiation (or not?)
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Graduate Matriz Lz, m=2, but in x,y,z basis
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Graduate Rayleigh Ritz with two Particles
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High School Is this a good way of "dumbing down" superposition?
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Graduate Why Are My Tensor Products Not Adding Up Correctly?
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Graduate Feynman Double-Slit: 2nd Slit Effects Explored
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Graduate Rearranging the doulbe slit experiement?
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High School Variations of the Double Slit?
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Graduate Nonclassicality described mathematically
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Graduate How, and in what atoms does the Lamb shift occur?
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Undergrad Choosing the eigenvector stochastically
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Graduate Is There a Connection Between QHO and Angular Momentum?
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Graduate Do different paths of an electron interfere with each other?
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Graduate Spatial linewidth and density matrix
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Undergrad Sending a cryptographic key faster than the speed of light
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Graduate Schrödinger's equation: a diffusion or a wave equation?
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Graduate Measuring Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations
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Graduate Doubts in a lattice translation example
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Graduate What Are the Missing Links in Enrico Fermi's Beta-Decay Theory?
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Graduate Quantum statistical canonical formalism to find ground state at T
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Undergrad Griffiths: Intro To Quantum Example 4.3 clarification , <Sx> =
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Undergrad Which operator for reflection in quantum mechanics?
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Undergrad Wave function of particle / quantum field in space, also in time?
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Undergrad Are EM fields clouds of photons?
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Undergrad How does the collision between two atoms work?
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Graduate Unsure about a part of quantum physics
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Graduate Does anyone know of a good treatment of Pauli's spin-1/2 theory?
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Graduate Source material on how Planck came up with h
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Graduate Spin Coupling, Matrix Building
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Graduate Charles Stross and Quantum Teleportation
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Graduate Photon with spin 1. But it only has two projection along z. Why?
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Graduate When to Choose Between Operators for Theoretical Calculations in Experiments?
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Graduate One atom v.s. atoms? (solved by schrodinger equation.)
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Graduate State Kets in QM and F. Path Integral
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Graduate Quantum mechanical measurement (schrodinger's cat)-
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Graduate My New Quantum Mechanics video
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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics Explain Elastic Collisions Between Non-Interacting Bodies?
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Graduate Is ZPE of an electron in an atom obtained intrinsically or extrinsically
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Graduate Question about the Unitary Operation in Teleportation
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Graduate Understanding Bohr Theory (Wavelengths for Electron States)
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Undergrad Hybridised Orbitals: Understand Probability & Quantum Physics
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Graduate Understanding Energy States and Population Distribution in Thermal Equilibrium"
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Graduate QED photon vs photon as particle
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Graduate For all you Math / QM freaks out there
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Graduate Definition of (quantum) information?
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Graduate Uncertainty versus indeterminism: formulation?
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Graduate T-symmetry (string theory) for minimum length?
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Graduate How Does Light Localization Relate to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
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Graduate Schrodinger's Cat and Leonard Susskind
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Undergrad Physical meaning of reflection
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Graduate Question in Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Shankar
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Graduate Stern-Gerlach experiment with orthogonal spin detector
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Graduate Eigenfunction, Eigenvalue, Wave Function and collapse
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Graduate Why would FTL not be possible even in a noiseless place?
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Graduate Does local MWT require hidden variables?
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Graduate Does Renormalisability Depend on Spin in Quantum Field Theory?
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Graduate What Causes Divergences in QFT?
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Graduate Double Slit - Post Incident Detection
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Graduate Defining Spin in QFT in Curved Spacetime
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Graduate Treating the Observer as a Quantum Object: Implications and Considerations
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Graduate Conventional renormalization to order in the coupling or loops?
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Graduate Superrenormalizable phi cubed theory
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