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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?
High School Quantum Field Theory and Electrcity
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Undergrad Quantum Field Theory -- Does electron have infinity size?
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Graduate Rigged Hilbert Spaces In Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Quantum Field Theory. Electric discharge
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Undergrad What is the Difference between the lottery and QM?
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Graduate Is Chapter 5's Approach to the Photoelectric Effect Unique in QFT Literature?
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Undergrad Double slit experiment: two persons are checking the experiment
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High School Why doesn't the plate interact with the particle in double slit?
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Undergrad QM: I as an Observable & Its Eigenvectors & Eigenvalue
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Undergrad Is information lost in wavefunction collapse?
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Graduate Rigorous transition from discrete to continuous basis
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Undergrad How to think about partially entangled states
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High School Light and Reflections in Space
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Undergrad Nonrelativistic limit of scalar field theory
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Undergrad Klein-Gordon in QFT: Understanding the KG Equation
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Undergrad Expectation for the Harmonic Oscillator ( using dirac)
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Undergrad How Does the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Relate to Statistics?
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Graduate Question about coefficients of massless quantum fields
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Graduate Classical uncertainty principle
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Graduate Commutation relations for bosons and fermions
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Undergrad Spin conservation in the Dirac equation
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Graduate Null measurement in the which-path experiments
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Graduate Quantizing the complex Klein-Gordon field
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Undergrad Wave function collapse and measurement rule
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High School Is Schrodinger's Cat a True Reflection of Quantum Uncertainty?
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Undergrad Finite square well bound states
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High School Conjugation , involving operators in Dirac Notation.
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Undergrad Clarification on what we can consider a qubit to be
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Undergrad How Does Measurement Affect Uncertainty in Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad Quantum Computing and Superposition of states
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Undergrad Is consciousness necessary to collapse the wave function?
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Undergrad Momentum/Position space wave function
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Undergrad Can Quantum Entanglement Be Used to Transfer Information?
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High School Projection Operators: Explaining |m|2*|m|2 = |m|4
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Undergrad Deriving GHZ Theorem for 3 Particles: A Detailed Guide
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Undergrad What is the physical meaning of Bogoliubov transformation?
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Undergrad Definition and Rules of Quantum State Observation
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High School Photon particle independent of wave question
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Graduate Atomic state that is a coherent superposition?
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Undergrad Neutrino masses and oscillation
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Undergrad Distribution of Position in classical & quantum case
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Undergrad Dynamical Casmir Effect in expanding space?
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Undergrad Exploring Spontaneous Decay in QM with Griffiths
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Undergrad What Happens When a Black Hole Reaches the End of Its Life?
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Undergrad Commuting observables for Fermion fields?
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Graduate Non-Computability of Hidden Variables
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Undergrad Degenerate Perturbation Theory
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Undergrad Quantum Scattering Differential Probability
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Undergrad Can Quantum Mechanics Be Both Probabilistic and Deterministic?
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Undergrad Uncertainty relation derivation
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High School Polarization Basis: Measuring Entangled Photons in 45/135
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Undergrad Two-State Vector Formalism - I like it
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Graduate Photon direction as hidden variable in a double slit expt?
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Undergrad Pauli exclusion principle explained
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Graduate Momentum Energy tensor and Wilson Loop in Yang-Mills Theory
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Undergrad Can something be caused and be ontologically random?
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Graduate Is there a gravitational variant of the Schwinger limit?
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Graduate Confusion about the Z factor(Renormalization factor)
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Undergrad Difference between Schrodinger's equation and wave function?
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Undergrad Exploring QM in Virtual Gravity: Rindler and Rotating Systems
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Graduate Calculating the spontaneous emission rate for a material
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Undergrad Relativistic hidden variable quantum mechanics?
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High School Testing spacetime collapse at absolute zero
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Undergrad There are no particles, only fields
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High School What, in essence, distinguishes light from matter?
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High School Feynman experiment with bullets
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Undergrad Why do we need the position operator?
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High School F = dP/dt on subatomic particles
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Undergrad Why Does a Blackbody Emit Broadband Radiation from Monochromatic Light?
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Undergrad What is the criteria for bound states
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Undergrad What's the significance of HUP if Ψ collapses?
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Undergrad Two particles Dirac type equation question
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High School Do Black Holes Destroy Information?
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Undergrad Photon Directionality: Do Opposite Photons Change Direction?
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High School Is Max Born's probabilistic proposal artificial?
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Undergrad The weak force as an attractive force
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Undergrad How good is this PBS video at explaining weak hyper-charge?
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Undergrad What is the meaning of coherent states of mean photon number
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Undergrad What happens if B measures the x-axis spin in an entangled pair?
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Undergrad Quantum Zeno effect to influence a particle's movement
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Undergrad How Does the Dirac Equation Utilize Component Functions in Its Derivation?
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Undergrad Tunneling through a finite potential barrier
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Undergrad Is Braket Notation Causing Confusion in Quantum Mechanics?
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High School Quick question about Bloch's sphere
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Undergrad Why is radioactive decay so rare?
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Undergrad History of the Universe and measured outcomes
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Graduate Vacuum in QFT: Fock space or effective potential?
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Undergrad SU(3) Generators & Physical Quantity Corresp.
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Graduate Helium atom, variation method and virial theorem
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Undergrad Perturbative versus nonperturbative quantum mechanics
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Graduate How Does a Particle's Energy State Change in a Non-Uniform 2D Corridor?
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Undergrad How to pick an operator onto which the wavefunction collapses
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High School The setup of "2012 entanglement between photons that (....)"
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Undergrad Help with Schoedinger´s equation when V(x)=0
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Undergrad Find the energy from the graph of the wave function
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Undergrad Determining the state from observation?
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Undergrad Correlation setup between past and present
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High School Can we observe 2 electrons at the same time?
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Undergrad Does the concept of infinite parallel universes justify absurdities?
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Undergrad What's the effect of E-field for an electron in a solid?
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