Quantum Physics Forum

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 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 Why does the Dirac Hamiltonian go negative with antiparticle operators?

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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 Does measurement interaction cause the uncertainty principle?

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Graduate How can quantum mechanics contribute in a Nuclear reactor

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High School Is momentum in atoms part of the 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 Does the wave function collapse if a measurement is made but unobserved?

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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 Is teleportation possible through 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 detecting one slit in the double slit experiment show entanglement?

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High School Is it possible for any wave to be in a complex of waves?

  • Gary Smith
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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 mirror momentum transfer reveal photon path in Mach-Zehnder interferometer?

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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

  • Gary Smith
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Insights Entanglement entropy in quantum mechanics

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Undergrad Does measurement affect decay rate without interacting with the atom?

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Undergrad QM: Measurement & Wave Function Change

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Undergrad Why physics cannot explain what matter is in itself

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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 Does measuring an alpha particle affect an entangled daughter nucleus?

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Graduate What are the probabilities of multiverses?

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High School What do physicists mean by the wave function being ontic or real?

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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 Why does lacking a position observable make photons less classical?

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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 Are wave functions more real than state vectors 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

  • Silviu
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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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Undergrad How a particle localized in half of a box changes over time

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Undergrad Size of an electron and Planck Volume.

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Undergrad Can superdense coding be achieved without quantum memory?

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High School Does the screen count as an observer in the double slit experiment?

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Undergrad Stationary states (The Bohr hydrogen atom)

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High School Examples of systems that evolve deterministically

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Graduate What's Your Answer To Dyson's Challenge

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Undergrad If there are gravitons, is space not curved?

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High School What is the comparison between the Born rule and thermodynamics?

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Undergrad How many electron positron pairs are created

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High School How do we know superposition exists?

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Graduate Counterfactual Transmission of Information

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Undergrad Why must the wave function be continuous in an infinite well?

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Insights Damped Motion in Classical and Quantum Mechanics - Comments

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High School How to understand unitarity in QM?

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Undergrad Emitting Photon and Energy Change

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High School Can the law of conservation of energy of be broken?

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Undergrad Spin and magnetic field of a photon

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Undergrad What is the basic concept of the spin of a particle

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Undergrad Does the Cosmos article accurately depict photon shape and wave functions?

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High School Absolute zero by definition is "nothing"

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High School Speed of light or speed of causality?

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High School What is the significance of the Planck length in physics?

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Undergrad What are the units for the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?

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Undergrad One by one photon delay in double slit experiment

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