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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 Bell state notation for photon polarization entanglement

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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 What happens if electrons pass through a second double-slit after measurement?

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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 Why do two QHOs generate angular momentum operators?

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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 Why localized states are eigenstates in an infinite potential lattice

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Graduate What Are the Missing Links in Enrico Fermi's Beta-Decay Theory?

  • Rob S
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Graduate Quantum statistical canonical formalism to find ground state at T

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Undergrad Griffiths example 4.3: expectation value of Sx with cosine terms

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Undergrad Which operator for reflection in quantum mechanics?

  • Amentia
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Undergrad Wave function of particle / quantum field in space, also in time?

  • Silvio Macedo
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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 Learning Pauli's spin-1/2 theory and spinors from QED background

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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 How does Bob identify and apply the unitary operation in quantum teleportation?

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Graduate Understanding Bohr Theory (Wavelengths for Electron States)

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Undergrad Why do hybridized orbitals have different shapes than their constituent orbitals?

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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 Why do transmission lines reflect waves at discontinuities?

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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 How to define spin in quantum field theory on curved spacetime

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Graduate Treating the Observer as a Quantum Object: Implications and Considerations

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Graduate Loop order vs coupling order in conventional renormalization

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Graduate Superrenormalizable phi cubed theory

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Graduate What is the true meaning of weak measurements in quantum mechanics?

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Graduate Estimating size of loop integrals

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Graduate What Are the Limitations of Multiplying Delta Functions in Quantum Mechanics?

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Graduate Asymptotic perturbation theory

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Graduate Wick rotation justification in path integrals without poles

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Graduate Hans Dehmelt's Refutation of Bohr's Claim: The Impossible Made Possible

  • JohnBarchak
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Graduate The Quantum field’s effect on Virtual Particles

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Graduate Quantum states as L^2 functions

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Graduate Perturbation theory - need a couple of articles

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Graduate Wigners Friend where is the paradox?

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Graduate Why can't non-renormalizable theories use self-consistent mass equations?

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Graduate Extending Shannon's Ideas: The Evolution of Information in Quantum Mechanics

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Undergrad What is the Basis of a Composite System?

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Graduate Entropy of Reeh-Schlieder correlations

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Graduate The Pauli Principle and the Wavefunction of Two Particles in a Ring

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Graduate What is non/perturbative vacuum

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Graduate Variational Principle on First Excited State

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Graduate Path Integrals and Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

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Graduate What Properties Can Become Entangled When Atoms Interact?

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Graduate Standard perturbation theory - what exactly is meant?

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Graduate Are van der Waals forces the fundamental basis for the Casimir effect?

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Graduate Spectroscopy and Russell-Saunders coupling

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Graduate Difference between a classical and quantum field theory?

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Graduate Solving S.E. for rigid rotor (asymmetric top)

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Graduate Planck's assumption and Uncertainty principle

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Graduate Is the Källen-Lehmann Representation a Feature of Quantum Field Theory?

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