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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
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 How is Euclideanization of Path Integrals Justified in Quantum Field Theory?
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Graduate Hans Dehmelt's Refutation of Bohr's Claim: The Impossible Made Possible
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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 Renormalization and divergences
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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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Graduate Tracking Photons in a Double Slit Experiment
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Graduate Heisenberg's & Schrodinger's Picture
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Graduate Wave packet vs relative probability
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Graduate Size matters but so does shape.
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Graduate Relation between condensed matter physics and QFT
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Graduate Inner product of signals (or wavefunction)
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Graduate What does simultaneous reality and non-commuting operators mean?
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Graduate Is E=3/2 Kb T or E=Kb T?
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Graduate Question on Russell-Saunders term Symbols
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Graduate Larmor Frequency spin, orbital or total angular momentum?
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Undergrad Where do the free electrons go and how do I find the energy level?
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Graduate Cloud Chambers and The Double Slit
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Graduate Wave function of two different fermions
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Graduate What Are the Different Ways Particles Can Occupy Energy Levels in Systems?
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Undergrad What are vibrational levels and energy states?
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Undergrad What are the Best Michio Kaku Books on Wormholes, Black Holes, and Time Travel?
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Graduate Reference to a peer reviewed paper
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Graduate Questions on Quantum Numbers (introductory physics)
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Graduate Quantum synchronization in a cavity
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Undergrad How to derive the energy of a parabolic confining potential in a wire
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Graduate Lundeen Steinberg claim to resolve Hardy paradox
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Graduate Hawking Radiation and Black Hole Evaporation
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Graduate Degeneracy of the Quantum Linear Oscillator
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Graduate Accelerated electron photon emission
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Graduate How can I create polar plots of spherical harmonics?
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Graduate How Does the Rotating Wave Approximation Simplify the Density Matrix Evolution?
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Graduate 'Genuine Decoherence' and Macroscopic Superposition
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Undergrad Two Basic Blackbody Radiation quesions
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Graduate Doube slit electron with single slit photon emitter and detector
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Graduate Has Computer Simulation Proven Successful in Solving Quantum Mechanical Systems?
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Graduate Matter waves as standing waves
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Graduate Maximizing Bounces in Quantum Ping Pong Ball Collisions | Brain Teaser
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Graduate Talbot Lau interferometry of carbon-70 fullerenes
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Graduate Spin - overlapping photons with opposite spin
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Undergrad How to predict the frequency of NMR spectrum
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Graduate What is the ground state wave function of ortho-helium and its degeneracy?
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Graduate Unraveling the Mystery of Elementary Questions in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Electron spin and conservation of angular momentum
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Graduate Quantum computing - bloch sphere coordinates
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Graduate How are the excitation energies of helium determined experimentally?
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Graduate Calculating Fermi Energy for Neutrons Confined to a Nucleus
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Graduate Scattering theory - phase shift - best approx.
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Graduate How to create good quantum states from good quantum numbers?
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Undergrad Definition of a symmetry transformations in quantum mechanics
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Undergrad No problem, happy to help! Good luck with your studies.
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Graduate Does Antony Valentini's "sub-quantum measurement" really work?
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Undergrad Can Quantized Momentum Transfer Explain Double-Slit Interference Patterns?
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Undergrad Is the Chirality Projection Operator Misused in This Scenario?
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Graduate The uncertainty principle in quantum gravity
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Graduate Is the Counterfactual Argument for Locality and Realism Flawed?
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Graduate Tsirelson bound and mixed states.
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High School Interference of Light in the Double-Slit Experiment
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Graduate Quantum Harmonic Oscillator: Negative Kinetic Energy Question.
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Graduate Solving Degeneracy Equation: General Formula & More
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Graduate Potential barrier, wave function, and probability
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Undergrad Definition of the potential energy operator
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Undergrad Physical Significance/Interpretation of Angular Wave Number.
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Graduate Understanding Black Hole Evaporation with Hawking Radiation
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Graduate Hawking radiation and negative gravitational charge
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Graduate How Do Spin-1 Particles Behave in Stern-Gerlach Experiments?
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Graduate Covalent bonding has limited range?
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Graduate Transmission Coefficient of a Rectangular Square Potential Barrier
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Graduate Dual particle and dual double slit interference
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Graduate Mesons Violate Bell's Inequality?
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Graduate How to calculate the photon flux of monochromatic light?
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Graduate Discover Ne^9 Energy Levels Using NIST Database - Missing Values?
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Graduate Time period measured in double slit experiment
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Graduate Can magnetism exist outside of any non-inertial motion, such as spin?
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Graduate Could wave/particle duality have to do with the speed limit of light?
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Graduate Question about quantum computing theory
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Graduate Isn’t Bell’s probability density for hidden variables too restrictive?
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Graduate HUP and the Double-Slit Experiment
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Undergrad The deduction of Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distrbiutions
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Graduate Double slits separation & electron field size
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Graduate Quantum Time Experiment: Teleporting Information Across Time Confirmed
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Graduate How particles become localized
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