Join in expert discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics is the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles. Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory.
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Undergrad Spherical Harmonics from operator analysis
- davidge
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Undergrad Absorption rate on a quantised EM field
- brunow
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Undergrad Checking My Understanding: Lagrangian & Path Integral Formulation
- redtree
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Undergrad Is Entropic Uncertainty Principle taken seriously in QM?
- LarryS
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Undergrad Revisiting Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: Is There Room for Improvement?
- chitranshgtm
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Graduate Gauge Theory: Principal G Bundles
- nateHI
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Undergrad Why not calculate the "trajectory" of a wave function
- zhouhao
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Undergrad Timelike Killing vectors & defining a vacuum state
- Frank Castle
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Undergrad 'Normalisation' of Fourier Transforms in QFT
- tomdodd4598
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Undergrad SO(2n) representation on n complex fields
- hideelo
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Undergrad How is the CSCO in an harmonic oscillator?
- Dario SLC
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Undergrad Why isn't the photon energy h nu over two?
- DaveLush
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Undergrad Vector Operators in Quantum Mechanics: Adapting to Different Coordinate Systems
- David Olivier
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Undergrad Can light be entangled in polarization and still exhibit interference?
- Erik Ayer
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High School Photon producing Electron-Positron pair's effect on c.
- abilolado
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Graduate Constant Solutions of Real Scalar Field
- hilbert2
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High School If energy increases with decreasing wavelength, then...
- Sam_A
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Undergrad How does measurement work in a two particle universe?
- FallenApple
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Undergrad Decoherence Pure States Into Mixed States
- Electric to be
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Graduate Calculating Einstein's coefficients in QFT vs equilibrium
- alemsalem
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Undergrad If electromagnetic waves propagate, do photons as well?
- calinvass
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Undergrad How do we interpret an EM wave using Quantum Mechanics?
- calinvass
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Undergrad Questions about the Dirac delta
- Isaac0427
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Undergrad Two-Level Atom Driven by Two Lasers?
- Twigg
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High School Is Light a Wave or a Particle? Understanding Its Nature and Travel to Our Eyes
- Quantum Velocity
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High School Heisenberg applied to accelerated particles
- Chorlton
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Undergrad Spherical Harmonics: Arriving at Equation
- davidge
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Undergrad Actual example of a mixed state not part of entangled state
- Rainbows_
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High School Terry Tao's Interesting View of QM
- bhobba
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Undergrad Quantum entangled image sensor for space camera-telescope
- Thelonious Monk
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Undergrad Experimental history of quantum physics
- manu de hanoi
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Undergrad How does sequential measurement affect observable data in molecules?
- Rainbows_
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Undergrad Similar behavior between anti-particles and waves?
- despues357
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Graduate Discrete measurement operator definition
- jim jones
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High School QFT for Beginners: Operators & Their Physical Significance
- Wrichik Basu
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Graduate What Hilbert space for a spinless particle?
- David Olivier
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High School How much space does a single photon occupy?
- Peter Mason
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High School Measuring momentum and position in particle colliders
- Sophrosyne
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Undergrad Establishing consistency between a wave model of the photon and a particle model
- Charles Link
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Undergrad (QED) The initial mass and the correction cancelling out
- Christian
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Undergrad Hamiltonian in Quantum vs Classical
- Electric to be
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High School Why don't emission/loss of virtual photons lower a charge's energy?
- Ahsan Khan
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Undergrad (Conceptual) Infinity energy via quantum tunneling & Nuclear Fusion?
- Ethan Singer
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Undergrad Lorentz transformation and its Noether current
- Ken Gallock
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High School What is Quantum Spin? Understanding Basics
- Quantum Velocity
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Undergrad Radiative collapse of an electron in a classical atom
- LauritsT
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Undergrad Fermi's golden rule derivation
- -marko-
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Undergrad Do quantum fluctuations mean metric fluctuations?
- nomadreid
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High School Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser - Experimental Details
- albroun
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High School Can an atom be in two places at once?
- Habib_7654
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Undergrad Determinant problem in an article about QCD phase diagram
- Ken Gallock
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High School About electrons and the photoelectric effect
- rareEarthminerals
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High School Is there any state of matter colder than solid?
- Quantum Velocity
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Undergrad Quantum Teleportation: Exploiting Entanglement & No Cloning Theorem
- Trollfaz
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Undergrad Deductions of Formulas for Energy
- cazador970
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Insights Struggles with the Continuum - Part 7 - Comments
- john baez
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Undergrad Energy-time versus time bin DOF
- Armchair
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Undergrad What does the 0-ket in this state function expression represent?
- davidge
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High School Does Momentum Affect Potential Energy in a Particle Box?
- mieral
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Undergrad Where can I find textbooks and articles on relativistic Landau levels?
- Ken Gallock
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Undergrad Path Integral in QM: Resolving Confusion on Causality
- Silviu
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Undergrad Are QFT fields the medium for light?
- FallenApple
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Undergrad Does Bra-Ket Notation Clarify the Gradient Operator in Quantum Mechanics?
- christianmetzgeer
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Undergrad Do Hydrogen and Helium Electrons Share Identical Energy Quantums?
- barryj
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Undergrad Potential terms in SE & Quantum Chemistry
- mieral
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Undergrad Usage of partition function in derivation of Sackur-Tetrode
- georg gill
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Undergrad A new approach: retrocausality in QFT
- Buzz Bloom
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Graduate Similarity in form of time-evolution and Gibbs weight?
- muscaria
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Undergrad Solving for <E^2> of a non-stationary state of the QSHO
- hnicholls
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Undergrad Does a field operator always commute with itself?
- Frank Castle
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High School The Dirac equation and the spectrum of the hydrogen atom
- Sophrosyne
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Undergrad Bell's Inequality is only valid for non-negative numbers
- harpo
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High School Quantum Entanglement & Special Relativity: BBC Report
- Dr Wu
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Undergrad Just what is information, and what is its place in Nature
- plschwartzx
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High School Double-slit experiment observed by split brain
- Bojan Keevill
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Graduate Dyson's Formula from Tong's lecture notes
- noir1993
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High School How does quantum entanglement protect a key?
- gnnmartin
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Undergrad DeBroglie wavelength & particle-wave duality
- Blue Scallop
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Undergrad What does it mean to span the Bloch sphere?
- PieroC
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Undergrad Unruh effect in full spacetime
- gerald V
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Undergrad Relationship between negative mass, energy and antimatter
- martin25p2
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Undergrad Fourier transform and locality/uncertainty
- bznm
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Graduate Field strength measurement and continuity
- hilbert2
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Undergrad Representations of the Poincaré group: question in a proof
- formodular
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Undergrad Why does "wave particle duality" not exist anymore?
- Dadface
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Undergrad How do electrons impact the probability of fusion in a non-plasma fluid system?
- Aidan Davis
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Undergrad Using measurement to extract energy?
- nashed
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Graduate Srednicki's normalization choice for lie algebra generators
- hideelo
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Undergrad Frustrated spontaneous emission
- Trollfaz
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High School Classical physics emerging from quantum physics
- Andrew Wright
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Graduate Scalar Fields with the Same Mass
- hilbert2
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Undergrad Understanding the Mistake in Dirac's Hamiltonian for Field Quantization
- Silviu
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High School Physical significance of wave function
- Wrichik Basu
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Graduate Quantum telescope (different meaning)
- nic30
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Undergrad Do Pions Exist Naturally in High Z Nuclei and How Do Their Half Lives Change?
- Kevin McHugh
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Undergrad Are any electrons ejected below the threshold frequency?
- lawlieto
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High School Do Instantaneous Reactions Imply Infinite Speed in Quantum Entanglement?
- Deepak K Kapur
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Graduate Forming a unitary operator from measurement operators
- Danny Boy
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High School If quantum particles can move to other universes, can macroscopic things move?
- TheQuestionGuy14
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Undergrad Particle has certain energy levels in a potential well?
- nickhobbs
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