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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008)
Undergrad Is Hawking Radiation unique? (And one more question)
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Graduate Can zero dimensional QFT be real?
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Undergrad Entanglement-questions photons
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High School Exciting an H-Atom: Effects on Kinetic Energy
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Undergrad Quantum Tunneling Max Distance
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Undergrad Hilbert space in Everettian QM
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High School Why did Max Planck assume discrete energy values?
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Undergrad Why is Quantum Gravity theory still not "finished"?
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Undergrad "Observer Effect" referring to two different things?
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Graduate Can entanglement swapping determine the absolute velocity of an object?
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High School Collision of photon and proton
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Undergrad Double slits seen from the plane
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High School So Quantum Fluctuations don't exist?
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High School Is the Momentum Explanation in Marcella's Paper Consensus Among Physicists?
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Undergrad Help with an expectation value formula
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Graduate Interference in electron conductance through e.g. molecule?
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Undergrad Quantum Collapse: Understanding The Mystery
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High School Energy absorbed by an electron
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Undergrad Is there a simplified spin-orbit coupling equation?
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Undergrad Is the Hamilton-Jacobi Formalism a Classical Analogue to Quantum Wave Functions?
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Undergrad TIR (total internal reflection) in terms of quantum world
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High School Particle pair creation probability
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Undergrad Why the velocity operator commutes with position (Dirac equation)
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High School Avoiding unexpected observations
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Undergrad Find a calculation of Schrödinger's cat experiment?
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Undergrad Can the PBR Theorem Prove the Reality of Quantum States?
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Undergrad How does quantum entanglement communication work?
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High School Does Heisenberg's uncertainty principle imply no free will?
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Undergrad 3-particle or more entanglement…
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Undergrad Finite universe, quantized linear momentum, and the HUP....
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High School Gravitational radiation on transition?
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Undergrad Principle of superposition of states
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Undergrad Applying the Principle of Relativity to Quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad Is all correlation related to quantum entanglement?
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Undergrad QM Incompleteness: Can We Predict Uncertainty?
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High School Does QM state that Space is made of nothing?
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High School Question regarding Light by Light Scattering
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Undergrad Understanding Quantum Cascade Lasers
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High School Does QM implicitly define an aether?
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Graduate Charge conjugation in Peskin and Schroeder
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Undergrad Constant particle motion due to zero-point energy....
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Undergrad Energy operator and the Hamiltonian operator: Are they same?
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Undergrad QFT in Euclidean or Minkowski Spacetime
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Undergrad Experiment: Spin Rotation Operator
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High School What are the potential uses of time crystals?
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Undergrad Math of Spreading Wavefunction
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High School Photon detection in the EPR experiment
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High School Is a pure state a kind of mixed states?
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High School Quantum communication satellite
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High School Unveiling the Mysteries of the Electron in an Atom: The Quantum Perspective
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Undergrad Compatibility of Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity
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Undergrad Quantum communication question
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High School Superposition principle: clarifications
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High School Matter/antimatter entanglement
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Undergrad Povm's and Von Neumann Meaurements
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Undergrad Klein-Gordon propagator derivation
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Undergrad What Happens When the Hamiltonian in Dirac's Equation Isn't Linear in Momentum?
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Graduate Can the wave function show turbulence?
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Graduate Several ground state calculations at once
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Undergrad Pauli Spin Operator Eigenvalues For Two Electron System
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Undergrad Mixed states vs pure states - physical POV
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Graduate Understanding the LSZ Reduction Formula in Quantum Field Theory
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Graduate Understanding the Use of Grassman Numbers in Fermionic Fields: A QFT Guide
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Graduate Correlation properties of quasi-thermal light
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Undergrad Understanding Hilbert Subspace for Two-Particle Entangled Systems
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High School Information transfer using entanglement?
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High School Understanding Quantum Entanglement: Debunking Common Misconceptions
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Undergrad Conservation laws during particle decay?
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Undergrad Why is "consciousness causes collapse" unprovable or unfalsiable?
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Graduate Hubbard model diagonalization in 1D K-space for spinless Fermions
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Undergrad Von Neumann measurement scheme
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Undergrad Particles of matter as Bosons?
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High School What is the physical interpretation of n-particle correlation function in QFT?
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Undergrad Relativistic Quantum Mechanics vs Quantum Field Theory
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Undergrad Why the Quantum Theories are flawed
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Graduate Enhancing Spontaneous emission in a vacuum standing wave
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Graduate Analytical evaluation of r^l integral
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Graduate Quantum Optics - transition from pure to mixed state
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Undergrad The box notation and Lagrangians in field theory
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High School Exploring the Mystery of Electron Magnetic Moments in Quantum Mechanics
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High School Is the electron a particle or field?
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High School Does this theorem “theoretically” falsify macrorealism?
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Undergrad Quantum entanglement information
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High School Physicists measure complementary properties using quantum cloning
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Undergrad What is the behavior of real magnets when passed through Stern-Gerlach gates?
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Undergrad Can quantum superpositions be observed
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High School Uncertainty of a Gaussian wavepacket
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High School Why does a the Wave Function collapse?
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Undergrad Derivation of the radial equation
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High School How did Caltech's photon teleportation work?
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High School What are quantum states and quantum information?
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Undergrad Complex scalar field commutation relations
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High School "probability of finding the electron" (teaching QM)
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High School Is energy really probabilistic in quantum mechanics?
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Undergrad Understanding the Wave Function of Electrons: From Theory to Experiment
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High School Understanding the probability cloud?
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Undergrad Schrodinger equation and Heisenberg equation of motion
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Undergrad The nature of quantum interference
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Undergrad Proposal for a peculiar double-slit experiment
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Undergrad The propagator and the Lagrangian
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