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Undergrad Symmetry transformation in Heisenberg vs Schrödinger Picture

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High School Does ψ*∇²ψ = ∇ψ*·∇ψ for wave functions?

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Graduate Why decoherence doesn't resolve the measurement problem

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Undergrad Confusion about the quantum field Lorentz transformation

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Undergrad If philosophical discussions are not allowed

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Undergrad CSCO of Total Angular momentum

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High School Does a shared wave function guarantee identical outcomes for entangled photons?

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High School Does Entangled Particle Detection Prove the Spooky Action at a Distance?

  • ScienceMike33
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High School Would there be an upper limit to density in QM?

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Graduate Is the visualization of quantum fields as harmonic oscillators accurate?

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Graduate How to explain the nuclear radius of Uranium 238 using QM

  • JD_PM
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Undergrad What is Stochastic Quantum Mechanics (in simple terms)?

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Graduate Schrödinger's cat: what's the state?

  • Peter Morgan
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Undergrad Why is the wavefunction an integral over k in Gasiorowicz?

  • Arman777
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High School Does the Universe Consist of Information Rather Than Stuff?

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High School Thought experiment -- A radioactive decay detector and randomness

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Graduate What is the Vector Manipulation Formula for Elastic Scattering Angle?

  • JD_PM
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Graduate Confusing eigensolutions of a wave function

  • Yourong Zang
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Graduate Measurement and the Conservation of Momentum

  • Bernard Brault
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Undergrad Uncertainty of momentum and position

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Graduate Definition of bi-local measurement by Masanes et al.

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Graduate Oscillator Model with Eigenfunctions

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Graduate Structure of Matter in Quantum Field Theory

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High School Quantum entanglement comunication

  • Paulo Jardim
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Undergrad What is the basic scheme of quantum field theories?

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Undergrad How Does Schwartz Derive the Schrödinger Equation from QFT?

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High School Bell state measurement outcomes in different bases

  • Joao
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Undergrad Residual noise levels in entanglement experiments after coincidence counting

  • Isa
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Graduate How to numerically diagonalize a Hamiltonian in a subspace?

  • Luqman Saleem
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Undergrad How does g-factor relate to energy splitting in the Lamb shift?

  • Riverplatense
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High School How are outer products quantum states?

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Graduate Quantum interpretations reduced to absurd, in a nutshell

  • Demystifier
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Graduate What is best way to start learning DMRG for Fermions?

  • Luqman Saleem
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High School Quantum entanglement phenomenon

  • federete
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Undergrad What is the relation between chemical potential and the number of particles?

  • Luqman Saleem
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Graduate Does the Bell theorem assume reality?

  • Demystifier
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High School Doesn't the choice of measurement prove free will

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Graduate Is QM Foundations Facing a Crisis?

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High School Applying gates to individual qubits after entanglement

  • Joao
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Graduate How to choose the number of particles per site in Fermionic DMRG?

  • Luqman Saleem
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Graduate Perturbation solution and the Dirac equation

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Undergrad Stationary states vs. the unitary time evolution operator

  • LarryS
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Undergrad Electrons and the Pauli exclusion principle

  • Philipsmett
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Graduate Derive / verify Legendre P (cos x)

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High School Whats the principle behind Schuster Focusing?

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High School Can someone explain to me what's the Schrodingers cat?

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Undergrad Electrostatic repulsion at a distance

  • Philipsmett
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Undergrad Quantum fidelity for pure states as trace product

  • Alex Dingo
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Undergrad Human eyes can detect single photons?

  • Auto-Didact
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Undergrad Electrons in Quantum Field Theory: A Composite Excitation

  • Philipsmett
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Undergrad Phase shift after double-slit for entangled photons

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Undergrad "Breaking the loop" in Casimir force?

  • Swamp Thing
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Graduate Does Bell's theorem imply nonlocality using a false assumption

  • Ali Lavasani
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Undergrad Assumptions made in stationary-state scattering

  • WWCY
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High School Entanglement Decay of a proton pair

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Undergrad Integration of the Outer Product of a Basis

  • Prometheus18
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Undergrad Why is the Phase Shift in Grover's Algorithm Applied to All Elements Except 0?

  • Peter_Newman
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Graduate Uncertainty principle, removing infinity in the Fourier Transform

  • ade
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Graduate Quantum Entangled Living Bacteria

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Undergrad How does magnetism work in QM?

  • S Beck
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High School Interference fringes, what if you sample them?

  • David Byrden
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Undergrad C-G coefficients and Angular momentum

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Undergrad How does an electron interact in QFT?

  • Philipsmett
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Undergrad Inner product of a vector with an operator

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High School Is Uncertainty in Quantum Mechanics a Fundamental Limit or a Measurement Issue?

  • Kevin Chieppo
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High School Are Quantum Entities in Macro Sized Objects Entangled?

  • Robert Friz
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Undergrad Qualitative description of particles in QFT

  • Geofleur
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Undergrad Calculate Revival Time of a Wave in Griffiths' QM 2nd Ed.

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Undergrad Complex conjugate of an inner product

  • Pablo315
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Undergrad Why particles have group velocity?

  • arda
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Undergrad Electron Repulsion in QFT: How Does It Work in Quantum Field Theory?

  • Philipsmett
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High School Understanding Entangled Electrons: Creation, Isolation, and Observation

  • RJ Emery
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Undergrad How does stimulated emission work in the process of light amplification?

  • Albarok
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Undergrad Integration being unchanged after rotation

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Undergrad Do I need energy to measure position without uncertainty?

  • gmastrogiovanni
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Undergrad Visualizing the Attached EM Field for Free Electron in QFT

  • CSnowden
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Undergrad Novel Schrodinger equation examples for 1D

  • learn.steadfast
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Undergrad Casimir force and the Vacuum Field

  • Swamp Thing
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Undergrad Double slit with a quarter wave polarizer on one slit

  • Marco Masi
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High School NOVA Show on Einstein and Quantum Entanglement

  • jedishrfu
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Graduate Dipole moment of an isolated quantum system

  • Sheldon Cooper
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Undergrad One-Dimensional System: Boundary Condition Applicability

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Insights How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Orthodox Quantum Mechanics - Comments

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Graduate Wave functions for positrons and electrons

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Undergrad Franck-Hertz: Overall behaviour of the current

  • greypilgrim
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Undergrad Why does a mercury Franck-Hertz tube produce visible light?

  • greypilgrim
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High School Superposition of traps (thought experiment)

  • PaleMoon
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Undergrad Annihilation vs. Creation Operators: What's the Difference?

  • gerald V
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Undergrad Quantum Oscillator in 1D: How Can a Real Particle Have an Imaginary Velocity?

  • RealKiller69
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High School Are all particles and photons entangled?

  • jjfromspace
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Graduate The effect of macroscopic quantum phenomena on human evolution

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Graduate The different interference patterns in the double-slit experiment

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Undergrad The component of the total spin in the direction of H

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Undergrad How has quantum physics been used in biology and medicine?

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Undergrad Why is u(a,b) equal to Cab divided by sqrt(2m)?

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Undergrad Info traveling faster than light, and quantum entanglement

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Undergrad Diffraction experiments with one particle at a time?

  • Sandeep T S
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Undergrad Quantum locality and nonlocality at Planck scales

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High School The Spectral Gap and Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations

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