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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Undergrad Are QFT fields the medium for light?
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Undergrad Does Bra-Ket Notation Clarify the Gradient Operator in Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad Do Hydrogen and Helium Electrons Share Identical Energy Quantums?
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Undergrad Potential terms in SE & Quantum Chemistry
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Undergrad Usage of partition function in derivation of Sackur-Tetrode
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Undergrad A new approach: retrocausality in QFT
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Graduate Similarity in form of time-evolution and Gibbs weight?
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Undergrad Solving for <E^2> of a non-stationary state of the QSHO
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Undergrad Does a field operator always commute with itself?
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High School The Dirac equation and the spectrum of the hydrogen atom
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Undergrad Bell's Inequality is only valid for non-negative numbers
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High School Quantum Entanglement & Special Relativity: BBC Report
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Undergrad Just what is information, and what is its place in Nature
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High School Double-slit experiment observed by split brain
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Graduate Dyson's Formula from Tong's lecture notes
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High School How does quantum entanglement protect a key?
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Undergrad DeBroglie wavelength & particle-wave duality
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Undergrad What does it mean to span the Bloch sphere?
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Undergrad Unruh effect in full spacetime
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Undergrad Relationship between negative mass, energy and antimatter
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Undergrad Fourier transform and locality/uncertainty
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Graduate Field strength measurement and continuity
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Undergrad Representations of the Poincaré group: question in a proof
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Undergrad Why does "wave particle duality" not exist anymore?
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Undergrad How do electrons impact the probability of fusion in a non-plasma fluid system?
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Undergrad Using measurement to extract energy?
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Graduate Srednicki's normalization choice for lie algebra generators
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Undergrad Frustrated spontaneous emission
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High School Classical physics emerging from quantum physics
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Graduate Scalar Fields with the Same Mass
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Undergrad Understanding the Mistake in Dirac's Hamiltonian for Field Quantization
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High School Physical significance of wave function
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Graduate Quantum telescope (different meaning)
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Undergrad Do Pions Exist Naturally in High Z Nuclei and How Do Their Half Lives Change?
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Undergrad Are any electrons ejected below the threshold frequency?
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High School Do Instantaneous Reactions Imply Infinite Speed in Quantum Entanglement?
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Graduate Forming a unitary operator from measurement operators
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High School If quantum particles can move to other universes, can macroscopic things move?
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Undergrad Particle has certain energy levels in a potential well?
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High School How does entanglement occur at such incredible speeds?
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High School Question about the Heisenberg U.P. & the Observer Effect
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Graduate How can quantum mechanics contribute in a Nuclear reactor
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High School Momentum in Atoms: Understanding its Role in Potential Energy
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High School What is the wave function for a single electron?
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Undergrad Creation operator and Wavefunction relationship
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High School How do we know some particles don't exist until measured?
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High School How Precise Can QED Predict the Motion of Charged Particles?
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Graduate Problem about Kohn Hohenberg theorem
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High School How is the Schrodinger Equation used in calculating forces of nature?
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Undergrad Concerning the Nature of Quantum Measurement....
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Undergrad Is the Joint-State of Alice and Bob's Instruments Separable in Spacetime?
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Undergrad Difference between field and wave equation
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Undergrad Question about quantum entanglement
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High School Is Decoherence Enough to Solve the Measurement Problem in Wave-Particle Duality?
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High School Question on the Bohr atomic model and energy
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Graduate Deriving total energy in a Hydrogen molecule
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Undergrad Calculate the energy of the electron in a non-H like atom
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High School Does the double slit experiment reveal evidence of quantum entanglement?
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High School Is it possible for any wave to be in a complex of waves?
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Undergrad How electrons move in subatomic world?
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Graduate Simple way to create entangled photon pairs?
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Undergrad How can an atom reach less than absolute zero?
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Undergrad Why doesn't momentum transfer on mirrors reveal which path?
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Graduate Calculate the moment of inertia of H with the probability from wavefunction
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Undergrad Forms of the Uncertainty Principle
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Undergrad Mainstream quantum physics and consciousness
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Insights Entanglement Entropy - Part 1: Quantum Mechanics - Comments
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Undergrad Question about the quantum Zeno effect again
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Undergrad QM: Measurement & Wave Function Change
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Undergrad Unlock the Mystery of Matter: Is Consciousness Within?
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Graduate Is the overlap of coherent states circular symmetric?
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High School Can a particle be in two entanglements at the same time?
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High School What are the practical applications of QM and QFT?
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High School Unanswered questions of quantum physics
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Undergrad Are special relativity rules encoded in the Dirac equation?
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Undergrad Satellite based entanglement over 1200 km
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Insights Entanglement Entropy – Part 2: Quantum Field Theory - Comments
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High School Simple intro about Schrödinger's cat metaphor
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Undergrad How can the total orbital angular momentum be zero?
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Graduate Using feedback in quantum measurements
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Undergrad Understanding the Effects of Entanglement in Radioactive Decay
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Graduate What are the probabilities of multiverses?
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High School Understanding the Ontic Nature of Wave Function in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Bohr's solution to the EPR paradox
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Undergrad Kinetic and Potential energy operators commutation
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Undergrad Photosynthesis and quantum randomness
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Undergrad Does measurement change the energy of a system?
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Undergrad Quantum mechanics and gravity of Greenberger
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Undergrad The symmetry argument and expectation value
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High School Photon Position: Is It Less Classical Than Massive Particles?
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Undergrad Delayed choice experiment affecting the past
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Undergrad Is the Dimensionality of Vector Spaces the Same for Different Quantum States?
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High School Understanding Quantum Theory: Wave vs Vector in Hilbert Space
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Undergrad Is Wave-Particle Duality Still Relevant in Modern Physics?
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Undergrad Why is E not equal to p^2/2m for a particle in a box?
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High School What kind of difference would particles have?
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Undergrad Questions on Black Hole Entanglement and ER-Bridges
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Undergrad Understanding QM Proof: Wavefunction in Orthonormal Eigenfunctions
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Undergrad Many measurements are not covered by Born's rule
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High School Wave-particle-duality and the evolution of the universe
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